Custer and AOS member, Jeff Johns, is holding his annual block party on July 4th and has extended that invitation to include Custer Institute. There will be...
Hi all thanks for letting me join. I have been out to custer several times with my Orion 100ED. Now I am completeing a 16" Dob(Royce conical). I will be...
Thanks for the feedback, Mike. I'll be contacting Ira. There are some significant issues with the regs as proposed that need to be addressed and we're...
Might I say welcome Joe? Congratz on the 16". You'll love it. I have used my 15" Obsession here and am always blown away by the views under these dark skies. ...
Hello All! Last night was my first observing night in quite a while. I went to Custer, and after some solar viewing and imaging, I partook of the festivities...
Thanks for the feedback, Mike. I'll be contacting Ira. There are some significant issues with the regs as proposed that need to be addressed and we're...
Hello Jode, it was poor early but it wasn't bad by 1am we had a good time looking around with our CGE-14". One of our Observatory members Steve, had a group of...
Hello Tom, for some reason yahell thought it was spam... I approved this one and deleted the other two... sorry for the delay. I guess you can disregard the...
Hello Steve, Nice images, I thought the Lunar was going to be better also. But considering that it was almost to a boil visually I'd say its a good one. I also...
Thanks! I agree with you on the lunar. I just wish the seeing was better. I liked everything else about the image, except the conditions it was imaged at. ...
Hello All! I took an image of a prom today. I like the way it came out. It looks like a tornado. http://www.sorlando.com/astronomy/070306prom.html Clear Skies!...
Hi Kurt. The ED100 is excellent. The star test shows a bit of spherical abberation, but in the field it takes 50-75 per inch without breakdown. I'm pleased...
You know, my biggest fear is that I buy a new telescope and in the end, dont see a whole lot of difference from my other two, a Celestron Comet Catcher and my...
Yep we could David. We have 100mmEd and a 150 Mak/newt. We also have 80mm f9 , 125mm f16 150mm f22 and 150mm f7 acromat. 14"(350mm)f11 SCT, 16"(400mm)f10 SCT,...
... wow thats great - thanks! Hopefully there will be clear skies... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Dear David, You already own two quite different telescopes and wish to choose again. Therefore, I hope that the following (long) post will help. As a...
Attached, please find the latest issue of the Custer Comment, the monthly journal of Custer Institute. You are receiving the electronic edition in lieu of the...
... Thanks and it did help; reminding of things I recently learned and understood further. I am aware I am comparing different apertures, telescope designs,...
Hello Sam, Nice post! One more point ... the correct EP for what you want is also important, and certain cheats you learn down the road. Such as an off axis...
Hi, Kurt. Thanks for the reminder about off-axis masks- they do "work" but not in the way most people think. There are good and bad consequences of using...
LOL, I saw a cloud filter on Astromart.... right next to the listing for "Brooklyn Bridges". As with scopes and most things in life, every thing is a bag of...
Well It was cloudy last night :( and wasnt able to compare the scopes. Does anyone go down other nights of the week, especially to "make up" for cloudy nights...
If I'm not too busy, I often Image durring the week. Not that we've had decent nights as of late. Another member of the observatory staff is often there on...
I'd like to thank you all for showing your support of Custer by attending our programs; along with dues and your generous donations, proceeds from these...
Tom, Trying to get the Comment, I just get the following message. Bill Not Found The requested URL /custer. was not found on this server. ... No virus found in...
Hello Bill, I emailed you a copy Clear Skies, Kurt ... monthly ... edition in ... the current ... contains ... events at ... developments in ... Commentary...
It worked. Thanks Kurt. Bill ... No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/385 - Release...
Bill, You're on my electronic list. The following URL is my archive site: http://www.tommadigan.net/custer . (It works; I was just there). BTW, you can...
So, if the weatherman is telling the truth and its clear this weekend, could we try this again? ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
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