A while back I had a conversation with David Grotsky about the 4.5 inch Shief. You and I even discussed my buying your mirrors for your 6", remember? There was...
Stargazers: here is the announcement for our next outreach event next Thursday night, Dec 9, at Primehook National Wildlife Refuge. If you can participate...
Don R Surles
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Dec 2, 2004 2:09 pm
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Saturday looks promising at Tuckahoe. Anybody considering going if the skies are clear ? The moon will rise at 23:43. With sunset at16:35, end of twilight...
Don't you find it odd that a weather service calls itself "AccuWeather"? I would like to see a study done on exactly how INACCURATE our weather forecasts are -...
Don R Surles
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Dec 2, 2004 2:57 pm
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I could not agree more. Yet, in the past I have found AccuWeather as good, in general, as The Dark Sky clock so I use it when no data is available from the...
Having worked almost every day with meteorologists for the past three years, I've come to realize meteorology is the science, forecasting is the art. Few arts...
What is a 4.5 inch Shief? It sound interesting, is it a specialty scope like the promscope was? James __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
The 4.25" Schiefspegler or Schief for short or sometimes called 'Sheepspringler' is all spherical tilted optics telescope. It is unique in that the both the...
I might be interested; last year's seminar was a lot of fun and I'm thoroughly enjoying my 6" f/8 Dob that I ground the mirror for there. I must have missed...
I, too, have been looking forward to attending, and actually pushing some glass this year. Last year I attended my first seminar as an "observer". I "enjoyed"...
Thanks for the explanation, this sounds cool but at F27 how long is the scope? Can you remove the central obstruction in a regular Newtonian by tilting the...
James, The optical path is folded and the secondary amplifies. The 'scope is about 3' long. There are pictures of Bill's 'scope on the Stellafane's website...
1) Just a reminder that our December meeting is tonight in Smyrna @ 7:00 PM - Hope to see you there. 2) Would the person who has possession of the LCD...
Don R Surles
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Dec 7, 2004 2:20 pm
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Well I am sorry I missed the gathering at the church. I need to pay more attention....lol I have been having some great nights here in Cashville and even got...
I am about an hour north of VA beach and 2 hour south of the bay bridge. I am on the bay side of the peninsula. I have shadows at night quite regulary in my...
Its a hike. I am thinking of maybe trying to put something together one weekend in the spring with camping. I regularly drive the 4 hours round trip up to...
After last night's meeting, I noticed that the stars were diamond-bright on my drive home. At eleven PM, Orion hung high in the Southeastern sky right at the...
www.SkyMaps.com has added the track of the new comet Macholtz The url for the Lunar Photo of the Day is http://www.lpod.org/ and like its counter part APOD ...
Mike: The URL below in your original message gave an error reading! FS ... From: "Michael Stephano" <miaxapa@...> To: <delmarvastargazers@yahoogroups.com> ...
Sorry I blasted out of last nites meeting with out wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas. Also sorry I missed the party, but I was in Atlanta on Sierra...
Ladies & Gentlemen, we have some changes regarding our access to the baseball field at Tuckahoe. First, we have been asked to restrict our use of the field to...
Don R Surles
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Dec 8, 2004 8:39 pm
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Can anyone tell me the status of the Mirror Making event? There has been no effort to promote the event at the web site that I can find. There have only been...
Please respond to Art... Don... ccivortex@... 12/09/2004 08:19 AM Please respond to delmarvastargazers@yahoogroups.com To ...
Don R Surles
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Dec 9, 2004 1:32 pm
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It's been several years since I have sent a mirror to be recoated, but I'm having a hard time locating a reliable provider now that it's time once again (was a...
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