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A mailing list for the users of commercial Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes hosted by the inimitable "Uncle" Rod Mollise. Users of the similar Maksutov Cassegrains, including the ETX, the Questars, and the INTES MAK-CAS telescopes are also welcome....

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Re: Meade 2080 GEM upgrade...Opinions, please?
Thanks for all the input, folks. I've been scoping out "Scope Stuff" and working-up a plan. One last issue (for the moment); if anyone out there uses a Meade
Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:02 pm
Thomas
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Mobile Observatory
Just saw this on AM. Bad enough I have lofty dreams of an observatory. Now I WANT a MOBILE observatory!!! -Randy
Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:01 pm
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Re: LX 200 problem
hi Bruce... I also run a 12 inch classic, but have not done that trick, thankfully. My guess is serious component loss on the mother board, at least, perhaps
Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:18 am
chuck kimball
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Re: Mars - February 11th, (Dust Storm-Polar Cap?)
Martian dust storms are orange to yellow.  This looks like just an ordinary orographic cloud over Olympus Mons, which is rather common since it's ridiculously
Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:00 pm
John Mahony
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Re: Mars - February 11th, (Dust Storm-Polar Cap?)
I think what you are seeing as "Olympus Mons" in both my image and Efrain's is some combination of the shadow of Olympus (at a shallow sun angle) or more
Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:46 pm
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