Bill Flanagan wrote in message 27547 that a 0.1" change movement of the primary will cause a 10% change in focal length. Here is a copy of that message which...
John: I may be a near quadriplegic, but I definitely know the difference between 1.02° TFOV & 1.61° TFOV. :) [obviously, these figures aren't precise or...
Since I struck a chord, I did a little research. The novel I was referring to is "Inferno" by David Niven. It is about a science fiction writer who falls from...
Hi all, I just posted a sketch of Jupiter I made on Feb 23rd in the Photos section in the Gary folder. Last night I was looking at photos of Jupiter and...
Seems I've been censored from the LX200GPS group regarding the UHTC = EMC thread. Looks like I struch a bad "truthful" chord with the moderator. It was the...
In a message dated 3/1/03 8:52:15 AM Central Standard Time, ... HI Chris: Did the moderator of LX200 GPS specifically tell you you were being moderated or...
Hi Rod, I must admit, I was not told specifically , but many threads have been passing through without incident. I agree, I should not jump to conclusions,...
Gary, Unless you buy an "sct-style" diagonal that is set up to screw directly to the rear cell of the scope. These will cost a few dollars more than a standard...
In a message dated 2/28/03 9:57:34 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi: No doubt. Yahoo has been very squirrely lately, pard. Peace, Rod Mollise, Author of...
In a message dated 2/28/03 9:04:33 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi John: My experience is that you need both. An Ultrablock tends to bring out the cloud which...
I'm pretty sure that Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle did a version of the Inferno too. It might be that book you are thinking of, the plot is similar. Ken ... ...
Bob: I own both of these Orion filters and I can tell you they perfom exceeding well. I use them with both 8" and 11" Celestron SCTs and they greatly enhance...
I'm looking for a little Macintosh help. I would like to capture frames from my videos taken with my LX200 10" and a Supercircuits camera. I understand I ...
Hi Paul: The standard coatings were resurrected so Meade could do the comparison to something and show how much better the UHTC coatings were. Probably the...
Hi, I'm looking to round out my eyepiece selection for my N11. Right now I have a 35mm Pan, 19mm Pan, 14mm Radian and 10mm Radian. I was thinking of...
In a message dated 3/1/03 11:16:32 AM Central Standard Time, ... The 27 Pan is a killer eyepiece. One of my all time faves! Peace, Rod Mollise, Author of...
I have a 10" SCT. My DSO EPs collection is the 35mm Pan (71x), 27 mm Pan (93x), 19 mm Pan (132x), 13mm T6 (192x), and the Pentax SMC XL 10.5 mm (for those...
Hi, Mike, What did you like about the Pan 27 better than the Nag 26? Just curious. Wade ... From: "scoper" <scoper@...> To: <sct-user@yahoogroups.com> ...
A little more eye relief. Didn't seem to have to keep my eye so centered. The views deliver crisper, more pinoint views to the edge with I feel a little more...
Hi Chuck, The Televue 24mm Pan. is available, (right in between the 27mm and the 19mm). Not everyone is aware of this. Sincerely, Frank at Astrotec Order Toll...
Hmmm, interesting. These two eyepieces are really the only two, in those two lines, where a direct comparison is very meaningful, IMO, so thanks for sharing...
I would like mention that my arrangement consists of: 7mm Pentax XL 10mm Radian 16mm Nag T5 22mm Nag T4 26mm Nag T5 35mm Pan and I don't know why exactly, but...
I haven't heard nothing but good about the 24mm Pan either. I have only viewed it once and the same effect here. Interesting that you could own the 24mm and...
Thanks Rod, I'll be savin up ... ... From: RMOLLISE@... To: sct-user@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [sct-user] 27mm...
Hi I have lost track, does the B&W have firewire?? If so there are some addon devices that use firewire to capture video. These have a lot more throughput...
Thanks to everyone for their replies on the 27mm Pan. I'll be savin up my pennies ... ... From: scoper To: sct-user@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 01,...
22mm Nagler Type 4! 127X, 82 Degree AFOV, 2/3rd Degree TFOV Love It! Love It! Love It! Just a couple of rookie's opinion here, but WE Love it! John & Bobbie...
Cooling down SCTs seems to be an important issue. I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a reference to using either helium or hydrogen to assist cooldown in...