Please put tomorrow night (June 3) on your calendar...for two reasons! 1) Tomorrow night is our regular meeting of Delmarva Star Gazers at Mallard Lodge -...
Don R Surles
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Jun 2, 2008 12:05 pm
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Gang, The weather looks great for tonight, and bad to iffy the rest of the week and weekend. I plan to go to the ballfield tonight and I will call the rangers....
Tonight does look promising. I'm going to try to make it to the ball field as well. I will know definitely by about 1:30 and will post to confirm. I'm star...
This afternoon version of the CSC looks excellent. I plan to go to the ball field tonight also. Should arrive around sunset. Jean-Paul ... Date: Mon, 02 Jun...
We had 7people or so yesterday at Tuckahoe. The sky was perfect ...for a while. Around 11 or so, high clouds started moving in and by midnight, everyone was...
Looks like I won't make the picnic this year. Gas is over 4.00 now, & with my gas guzzler , 79 miles each way seems too far to go for a hamburger-even tho I'd...
Now, now, Vaughn...I know gas is expensive...but you cannot take the few dollars it will cost to attend the picnic with you...there are no atm's or gas pumps...
Don R Surles
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Jun 7, 2008 10:55 am
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I'm starting to assemble the next issue, which is pretty bleak right now. If y'all got sumtin fer da nezsletter, pls send to : dmsg_pjr@......
Alright, I'm about to send my 10" coulter mirror out for recoating as my truss will be done around a week from now. Does anyone have any experiences with a...
First, I would never use Clausing to coat my optics. Both myself and another friend have had their optics scratched by them. They are not the same company...
Thanks alot Dave. I'll look up that place for recoatings. Thing is, With my new truss for the coulter(it's 3rd and final transformation), I also ordered a new...
The three foam method is the best way to ship the mirror. You can buy foam at Home Depot or Lowes that is around 2" thick. Then cut it up into a squares that...
here is a blurb for the enxt newsletter - edit as necessary. Don This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be...
Don R Surles
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Jun 19, 2008 7:56 pm
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Thanks for your help. Man this is one thin mirror! Just under an inch thickness. But it's pretty heavy for being so small. Arn't coulter mirrors made of plate...
the coulter 10" mirror is pyrex...just a thin one. a normal thickness is 6:1 ratio or 10/6 = 1.67"; most 10"er's are in the 1 5/8" after blanchard grinding...
James, I used Yahoo and it popped up with this link in like 0.13 sec.( Don't know why it took so long) http://www.majestic-coatings.com/ Pj ... From: James T....
http://www.majestic-coatings.com/ "James T. Morgan" <morganjt56@...> Sent by: delmarvastargazers@yahoogroups.com 06/20/2008 02:13 PM Please respond to ...
Sorry for the late request. The Outreach cruise has been rescheduled for Saturday June 28th. One more stargazer is needed to help with the outreach. Mostly...