It stayed warm and dry at Palomar. Probably about 70-75 all night. There was very little wind and the seeing was very good to excellent. Bob ... From: "Jim...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 4, 2003 8:59 pm
Fellow TAC-Southerners, I have an original C8 for sale (see below) and would prefer to sell it locally so as not to have to pack and ship it. If anyone on the...
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Paul
welltraveled...
Sep 6, 2003 3:07 pm
There seems to have been a rash of new signups -- just wanted to post a little welcome message to the new folks, and encourage you to drop the group an...
4268
g52budd
Sep 7, 2003 1:46 pm
Hi Everyone, My name is Graham Budd and I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We have a time share in Ramona which we visit for between 4 and 6 weeks a year,...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Sep 8, 2003 3:46 pm
... Hi Graham -- welcome! I hope you spend your winters down here as much as possible -- they can be rough up in Alberta! Most of this group goes to Little...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 8, 2003 5:16 pm
Hi Graham, Wow, I presume you are our farthest flung member. Glad to have you join us. As I was writing this Paulıs response showed up. I guess I donıt...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 8, 2003 5:22 pm
... Yep, I was in Edmonton last March to give a talk at U of Alberta and it was still very chilly! I can only imagine what November January are like. ...
4272
nanzfamily
Sep 9, 2003 1:52 am
It does not seem like I go out that much. I hope to be going out a lot more... I am picking up a 25" Obsession tomorrow. Bob ... From: "Paul LeFevre"...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Sep 9, 2003 1:58 am
... Since I haven't made it out to LBV in several months, and only then with my binoculars for a short night, it sure seems that way to me, Bob! :) Wow, a 25"...
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primefocuser
Sep 9, 2003 3:50 am
Bob, Congratulations! Also, thank you for picking up your 25" tomorrow -- on a full moon! If you had waited a couple of weeks, it might have attracted rain ;-)...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 9, 2003 4:57 am
Yikes! We now have two 25² obsessions in the group. There are not many groups of 100 people that you will find having two 25² obsessions! Congrats Bob. I...
4276
primefocuser
Sep 9, 2003 1:46 pm
The 25 is a real eyeball magnet. It'll be great to have someone else around to thin the herd ;-) (That smiley is really a self portrait -- after a night of...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 9, 2003 3:25 pm
... Yeah, Bob has that pair of 19 panoptics. Just pop one in each focuser and push the scopes really close together. :^) (the smiley is after a night with the...
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Nilesh Shah
alfani47
Sep 9, 2003 7:22 pm
Congratulations Bob. Last time we were out, we didn't finish our program with Stephen's quintet - now that will be fun in 25". Are you coming to CalStar? -...
4279
nanzfamily
Sep 9, 2003 8:44 pm
I had not planned on it yet. I will probably stay around here because I would not be able to get up there until late Friday night unless I take my kids out of...
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nanzfamily
Sep 9, 2003 11:23 pm
Looks like mine is #789 and is a f5 scope. Is yours f5? When I was looking at it before I bought it I used my binoviewers in it and it really helped with the...
4281
primefocuser
Sep 10, 2003 1:27 pm
Yes, it's f/5. I have 1 20" mask as well as the 10". The 20 doesn't make much of a difference in brightness and does nothing for the diffraction. I have a...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 10, 2003 8:43 pm
I will be in Chicago until Friday evening, 9/26, and therefore won't be attending CalStar (same is true for Paul Lefevre). I'd love to do a two-night local...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 10, 2003 8:47 pm
Paul, Sounds great. Unfortunately Iım out of commission both Friday and Saturday nights. Curt ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 10, 2003 9:02 pm
... What about Sunday night? Paul S. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software ...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Sep 10, 2003 9:34 pm
... Sounds great as well. Unfortunately I have this thing called "work" on Monday. :^) I'll see what I can do. Curt...
4286
nanzfamily
Sep 10, 2003 10:49 pm
I will probably go out. What focal length will you be shooting? Bob ... From: "Paul Sterngold" <psterngold@...> To: "tac-south"...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 10, 2003 11:31 pm
... Haven't decided. I might do widefield with my Borg 76ED (f/6.6). Or I might do high-res with my C9.25 @ f/6.3. Them is the choices. I'll bring both scopes...
4288
slack_jeep
Sep 12, 2003 8:58 pm
I was just at the Bed Bath and Beyond on Mira Mesa and found the coolist little folding chair for observing for $9.99. It's small, and light weight, black...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 12, 2003 9:06 pm
Dorys, I work on Mira Mesa, we must nearly be neighbors! I'll go check 'em out. Thanks for the hot tip. Cheers, Paul Sterngold ... ...
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slack_jeep
Sep 12, 2003 9:20 pm
Hi Paul, I think everyone works on Mira Mesa or near abouts... at least that is what 805 looks like!!! The chairs are in the isle about a 1/3 of the way down...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Sep 12, 2003 10:08 pm
... Not quite the same for me -- I'll be in Tokyo that week, and won't be back in time for a weekend outing :( I believe the OPTAS folks will be out at LBV,...
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Paul Sterngold
psterngold
Sep 12, 2003 11:38 pm
... If I can get out for two nights, I'd like to camp somewhere that I can leave my gear setup. Can you do that safely at LBV? I'd put my scope, eyepieces,...
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Jon Bearscove
jonerikbear
Sep 13, 2003 5:56 am
Paul, Just to end your curiosity, Mars is very visible from Tokyo, as long as you can get a view between buildings. I was just there two weeks ago or so, and...
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primefocuser
Sep 13, 2003 2:57 pm
I'm not sure I've ever met most of you folks face-to-face. Being out in the dark doesn't help with face recognition. What do you guys think of the Mira Mesa...
