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  • Founded: Jan 20, 2000
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1874 Terrill Bartlett
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Jul 2, 2007
4:25 pm
That was a good report Robert. I wanted to go out but laziness set in. As soon as the moon goes into hiding again I will resume the Herschel’s. I have 62...
1875 Bobby and Rosemary Sc...
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Jul 3, 2007
4:09 am
Terril At the rate you are going, you will be qualified to certify my list of Herschels. ;) I have 280 left. Bobby ... From: Terrill Bartlett To:...
1876 Bobby J. Schiffman
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Jul 6, 2007
4:20 am
It's a little early yet to say, but is anyone going to Claude on Friday?? Bobby...
1877 mdddpierce@...
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Jul 6, 2007
6:43 pm
Looks like the clouds could be a problem. Sure would like to meet yall out there sometime when weather and life cooperate. I never have been able to get the...
1878 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 6, 2007
9:08 pm
Hey guys! What is the focal length and f/ ratio? Should I be aware of it when shopping for a scope?...
1880 Carey Johnson
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Jul 6, 2007
10:01 pm
Focal Length is like a camera lense, 200mm, 300mm, or like my 8" SCT 2000mm. f/ratio is the ratio of the focal lenth and the aperature. For instance a 80mm...
1882 Reagan Herman
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Jul 6, 2007
10:38 pm
Sometime prior to 2001 when I joined the club. Reagan ... ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the...
1883 Carey Johnson
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Jul 6, 2007
10:57 pm
...and 1999 when I joined. Carey ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
1884 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 7, 2007
3:53 pm
Interesting. So then, higher power is not necessarily better to see the faint stuff? ... 2000mm. ... f/ratio ... and it ... You ... ...
1885 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 7, 2007
3:55 pm
Extremely useful. Thank you, sir....
1887 Carey Johnson
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Jul 8, 2007
12:24 am
Higher power only makes the object larger in the eye-piece. If you make a dim object larger, it's detailing is worse. You need to have a lot of aperature to...
1891 Bobby J. Schiffman
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Jul 9, 2007
11:48 pm
... and ... a ... we ... Don't let Robert fool you. Bobby Schiffman was back in Pampa, in his own bed at 3 AM. Bobby...
1892 Carey Johnson
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Jul 10, 2007
12:47 am
Ok. I was thinking from a astrophotography point of view, where no eye-piece is involved. At Prime Focus the F/6 would be better. Yeah it would be smaller...
1893 amarilloastronomyclub... Send Email Jul 10, 2007
5:01 am
Reminder from: amarilloastronomyclub Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amarilloastronomyclub/cal Nebraska Star Party July 15-20 Sunday July 15, 2007 ...
1894 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 10, 2007
12:41 pm
I am leaning towards a reflector. This one has caught my eye so far. ...
1895 Bobby J. Schiffman
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Jul 10, 2007
1:13 pm
Did anyone put an eyepiece on Linear VZ 13 last Saturday? According to Spaceweather.com it is in Draco not far from Polaris. Bobby TZ should have found it. ;-}...
1896 Bobby and Rosemary Sc...
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Jul 10, 2007
1:22 pm
If you can spend that much money on a scope, just my opinion here, I would buy the Orion 12" Intelliscope and get more aperture with the same "Locator"...
1897 Bobby and Rosemary Sc...
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Jul 10, 2007
1:52 pm
I should also say, "if you have room to haul the 12". I have an 8" Meade SCT on a GEM. And it hardly gets used since I purchased my 12" Dob. Bobby ... From:...
1899 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 10, 2007
3:20 pm
I have all intentions of attending once or twice before I pull the trigger. And then probably plenty of times afterwards, as well....
1900 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 10, 2007
3:20 pm
I've been looking at the Dobs for that reason of more lens for the buck. But, I'm thinking that the reason I don't use my 4.5 as much is because it doesn't...
1901 Carey Johnson
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Jul 10, 2007
10:47 pm
I took images of it Saturday. http://aisig.sdaa.org/objects.asp Carey ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
1902 Bobby and Rosemary Sc...
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Jul 11, 2007
12:24 am
Nice animation Carey. Is that the natural color of the comet! Is there a color filter involved? I'm guessing yes and no to my questions. The adjacent stars...
1903 Carey Johnson
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Jul 11, 2007
7:00 am
That was prime focus with a Canon Digital Rebel, no processing except to subtract the dark frame, so all the colors are natural. Carey ... ...
1904 Bobette Doerrie
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Jul 11, 2007
4:12 pm
We have used the Dobs at the Selman Living Laboratory astronomy site at Freedom, OK, and that is probably the way we will go for the next telescope. We put our...
1905 Bobby J. Schiffman
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Jul 13, 2007
1:17 am
New element discovered, the heaviest identified to date. In early Octber 2006, a major research institution announced discovery of the heaviest element yet...
1906 Terrill Bartlett
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Jul 13, 2007
1:16 pm
I think Bush is the biggest Gv of all. :-) Terrill Bartlett, Vice President Bartlett Enterprises, Inc. Canadian, TX 79014 (806) 323-6444 x 30 LMC #160100 _____...
1908 gentmax_5 Offline Send Email Jul 17, 2007
6:54 pm
I just put in an order for a Zhumell 10" Dob. I know I was looking at the much more expensive scope with the tracking mount. But the more I thought about,...
1909 Reagan Herman
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Jul 18, 2007
12:56 am
Billy, Spend that extra cash on Televue eyepieces! Reagan ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the...
1910 Reagan Herman
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Jul 18, 2007
1:04 am
Hello Night Sky Network, The last email sent about the Dawn Mission Telecon didn't have a direct link to the PowerPoint. Here is all the information you need...
1911 tzimmerman
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Jul 18, 2007
1:12 am
We will....cuss you that is for the cloudy skies. (grin) We have been needing a scape goat. Congratuations on your new purchase! We will be anxiously...
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