Greetings: Once again, the clouds are not relenting tonight. Stargazing at Francis Park is CANCELED for Sunday night. We had 3 chances at this conjunction, but...
Greetings: The viewing of the Saturn / Venus conjunction at Francis Park this weekend was clouded out all three nights, although Glenn and I did get to see it...
Hi Cook! Can't say for sure yet -- have some plans during the day, so I'm not sure we'll be home in time. I'll try to post tomorrow if I can make it. The sky...
My name is Al and I am a 42 yr old amature astronomer from Florissant. Been interested in this subject my whole life and just now getting back into it. I do...
Al, One suggestion would be the book "Turn Left At Orion". It is based around small scopes and does a great job of helping you find objects. Getting somewhere...
Al To chime in on what John had mentioned, it isnt necessairly the size of the scope but the amount of light pollution found through out the metropolitan St....
It looks like, in the early morning of July 23rd, Comet C/2006 VZ13 will be very close to globular cluster M3 - about a degree or so. Recently it has been...
Francis Park Stargazing * Wednesday, July 18, 2007 * 7-10PM Greetings Astronomers: You are invited for a group observing session and outreach at Francis Park...
Hi Rip: I brought the 3.5 inch refractor with a 7-21mm zoom eyepiece. We had 5 telescopes total, and about 30 guests. Despite clouds, we got peeks of the...
How do you like the zoom ? I've been thinking about putting one on my list. Which one do you have ? I've been planning to come over for another one of your...
Hi Rip: It's the Orion Explorer II 7-21mm zoom for about $55. It has sharp views for lunar and planetary observing, although the AFOV is smaller than I'm used...
... Dennis, take a look at this. http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=510660 A few years ago Apogee marketed an unmarked zoom that...
Hello All!!! I am new to the area and new to star gazing in general. I recently moved from california to the o'fallon area, well about 20 miles east anyway....
Steve, Unfortunately, there are not any astronomy shops located here in St. Louis, unlike the west coast. If one of the members here that have similar types...
I was going to suggest perusing Weasner's Mighty ETX Site for some collimation tips but I've been getting a time out error when I try to access it. ...
I actually have the instructions for the etx printed out. when I tried them I did manage to improve it, but only marginally. I was going to give it another...
I found a procedure for adjusting the collimation of an ETX on Weasner's site. Check this out: http://www.weasner.com/etx/techtips/collimation-tip.html...
OPT sent me an email while I was on line today. The above camera is on sale for $99.00. On other sites it's still $299.99. Needless to say I just bought one. ...
Thanks for the link to Weasner's, I just can't seem to get it right so I decided to bite the bullet and send the scope to meade for repair. with the 26 mm...
I agree at this point that sending the scope off to Meade is a wise idea. Although Mike has instructions for the collimation it requires a delicate touch to...
Been thinking of fishing the lake till dark then scoping the skies after. This may be the weekend. I was just wondering if anyone was planning on being there....
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