If I'm not mistaken, the OP was asking about the C9.25 mounted on Celestron's equatorial GOTO mount. The Yahoo group Celestron_AS is dedicated to this subject...
I agree about the Princeton Stars and Planets field guide--I think it's the best. In addition to a good moon section, it has separate charts and descriptions...
I have had a major failure on my CPC 1100 tripod after using it 7 times. The stabilizer bars for the tripod attach to the base of each leg with a bracket that...
Mike- First, which side of your image is the "dropout"... the blank area... occuring? Is it at the top, bottom, left or right, or other part of the image? ...
Joe, I don't have personal experience but I am presently researching what might be the optimum SCTs for Jupiter studies. Check out the following review at the...
Richard Dibon-Smith's "Starlist 2000" is a good source of all sorts of information on the brighter stars. I don't know if it's still in print, but it should be...
... Over the weekend I had the same thing happen to me. It was probably not relevant in your case. I went to focus on a star and it was a little out of focus...
... Oh well, I am glad I wasn't showing anyone. :) ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, now that it's out, guess I'll go ahead. I've been thinking the whole time -- same...
I get a similar image when the star is too close to an straight external edge, such as the top of my roll-off observatory wall. Fred Charleston, AR ... the ......
... I had a problem that looked just like that, caused by the mirror coming loose in my diagonal. You may want to try taking the diagonal out of the optical...
Hi Gang: If you visit the Yahoo website for this group very often, you no doubt notice ads for SCT sellers. NONE OF THESE SCOPE SELLERS ARE ENDORSED BY UNCLE...
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In a message dated 5/1/06 2:52:53 PM Central Daylight Time, sct-user@yahoogroups.com writes: These good folks, who are selling SCTs, include (but are not...
In a message dated 5/1/06 5:10:40 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Nope...well, you're certainly free to share with us who you like, but those I listed were...
Maybe. Unfortunately I have not been able to interest anyone in serving as contest Chair. Frankly, at this time, I simply cannot do it myself. Does that mean...
In a message dated 4/30/06 11:20:13 AM Central Daylight Time, jimwebb9@... writes: I> don't know what anyone elses experience is, I'm new to this, but I ...
... Allegedly so, but it seems difficult to verify Synta's financials -- it must be privately-held. Googling "synta financial report" only reveals Synta...
We've had five unprecedented days of clear weather. I was out observing for four. I used my 75 amp hour marine deep cycle battery on all four days. For two...
Hi Greg I think we have covered this before. But even if it IS a deep cycle battery, running it below 50% of capacity is damaging. So your 7.8v is WAY WAY...
I managed to get a photo of the "C" component of the comet while at the CAV picnic. This is a 2 min exposure, iso 800, through a WO 66 SD APO. Guided with a...
Hi Rod, Dean and his crew at Starizona do a good job too. ...and it's never too early to butter up the vendor pool before Kevin puts the bite on them...
Hi, Undecided between a 9.25 or the 11" advanced series go-to for visual with a stellacam ii in the future. Looking for any input on these. thanks. Regards, ...
... From: Rick Woods To: sct-user@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:36 AM Subject: [sct-user] Re: Good Moon Book ... their ... Why not the Rukl...
... Many hands make light work Uncle Rod. I'd volunteer as prize beggar/coordinator/distributor, and would be pleased to nominate Mssr l'Starhopper as ...
In a message dated 5/2/06 11:21:43 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Hi: The question is weight. Much of this depends on what you want to do with the scope...of...
My specialty is high tension wires about 60 feet above and west of me. Really interesting defration patterns, too! ... From: sct-user@yahoogroups.com To:...
... but those I ... competition. ... otherwise, but ... STEP UP ... beating ... I don't know how they fit into this grand scheme of things, but Gary and Sherry...
Phil: Thank you for the analysis. It is so rare to have multiple nights that I never developed a protocol. If I had charged after each night and inparticular...