Gentlemen, Boy, it has been rather quite here lately! Anyone doing any astronomy
recently? I just got done viewing Mars from my porch here in light polluted...
Juan Martinez
j.r.martinez@...
Aug 8, 2003 4:14 am
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I'm waiting for the wx to clear a little. In the evenings, the boomers are all around, making a long venture a little risky. If things look better this...
Sounds good. If the weather holds out, I might too! Juan ... From: scasmail@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 08, 2003 09:25:39 AM To:...
Juan Martinez
j.r.martinez@...
Aug 8, 2003 1:38 pm
1562
Gentlemen, I am considering purchasing a refractor. I have narrowed it down to, a VX102
- FL 4" f/9 Apochromatic or a Meade AR-6 6" f/8 Achromatic. The former...
Juan Martinez
j.r.martinez@...
Aug 8, 2003 1:59 pm
1563
Yes size is very important.. but you are comparing an achromat with an apo. The lxd-55 mount has had severe reliability problems. You would have to ask an...
We are waxing to full moon in the next few days, not worth going out. However, I need to capture some mars images! Tim ... __________________________________ ...
Refractors http://www.cloudynights.com/howtos2/hitchhiker.htm Achromatic: Design using two-element crown and flint glass objective. Can only focus a sub-set of...
Hi Juan, I don't have either of those scopes, but I am a refractor kind of person, and love my Tele-vue 101. It's optics are "perfect" - no chromatic...
Thanks for all your input! I greatly appreciate it! Juan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Juan Martinez
j.r.martinez@...
Aug 9, 2003 2:46 am
1569
Herm, That 127mm Burgess looks good! Any recommendations as far as mount for that?
Losmandy? I don't know If I can swing that but, I would consider it!...
Juan Martinez
j.r.martinez@...
Aug 9, 2003 3:22 pm
1570
well you need a tall mount with a refractor, if you intend to do primefocus photography then you need either a losmandy or vixen, otherwise for visual or...
That "Cloudy nights review" gave me a good laugh! I was not sure whether or
not I should take it seriously! ... From: scasmail@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday,...
You see Herm, Throw away the film! CCD is the way to go for astrophotography! ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
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For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how true this is. They actually have a Chili cook-off about the time the rodeo comes to town. It takes up a...
Hi Folks, I'm planning on going out to Monument Lake this coming Saturday Night. Mars should be really looking good out there. Hope to see you there. Tim ...