Hello, First, I'd like to apologize for the weather in the NE US. My Barlow showed up on Tuesday, and after a short tease of clearing that afternoon, it soon...
Don, I'm glad to hear, saw another letter at Orion Owners (for the XT10) that confirmed the hand control put objects in view well, and thumbs up. I'm...
... Adams <cc88msu83@r...> wrote: transit of Venus across the sun that will be happening ... but I'm ... Might ... welder's ... Dickenson/Dyer ... blue - ... I...
I bought a badder filter or rather the material and made one for my five inch refractor. the film works just fine. 12 bucks kk [Non-text portions of this...
Is anyone thinking about CF for friday and saturday nights?? weather says partly cloudy but that also means partly clear. Moon will be bright but that makes it...
sorry I sent the cf message to the wrong yahoo group. it was suppose to go to my astro club. sorry kenk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I bought one of the Orion solar filters and am quite satisfied with it. I got the glass one that is coated with the filter film. It is on sale now for $116....
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... Although a filter, glass or film, that has begun to develop a lot of pinholes should be replaced, there's no reason to fear using a filter made from Baader...
... wrote: I am pleasantly surprised with this latest accessory addition. Hi Don, the same for me. I have an xt8i and found the finder to be easy to use and...
... be ... (don't look at ... but I'm ... have. > Thanks in advance. ... I use a Thousand Oaks solar filter. As I already lost sight in my right eye as a...
For what its worth, the instruction sheet that came with my baader film said that if you see pin holes to touch the spot with a black magic marker. I haven't...
I have the older 8" skyquest that has turned out to be a dynamite scope. I use a 14mm radian, a 9 mm nagler, and a 32 mm televue plossl. I am always pleased...
... Your 8" will kill the 80mm. No contest. Not even remotely close. That's assuming comparable optics, of course. Your 8" Guan Sheng should have at least as...
I have an 8" dob and an 85mm APO refractor. Most of the time, the dob will blow the refractor away. The other night we were watching two shadows transit...
I don't do this often, so please indulge me: I am now looking through and reading a book - The Moons of Jupiter - that is so beautiful and informative that I...
Gene, I finally was able to create storage space on Yahoo using the briefcase function under my user ID. The folder is set up as public so that anyone that has...
Steve, Thank you so much for going to the effort to free up the file space. However, we are not out of the woods yet, because when I tried to acces your link,...
Hey all, I've got my motions nice and fluid on both axis, couldn't be happier with them. But now the scope is so hard to balance it's ridiculous. My main...
What have you done to your mount to reduce the friction on Az and Alt? I occasionaly encounter this unwanted elevation of the tube but only when very near...
... From: Daniel Hayes To: skyquest-telescopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 12:36 AM Subject: [skyquest-telescopes] Balance Balance Balance! ...
... be happier with them. But now the scope is so hard to balance it's ridiculous. My main problem is that when I'm pointed about about 60 degrees, the scope...
... <swedishlf@h...> wrote: But now the scope is so hard to balance it's ridiculous. ... As a P.S.: My guess is that you could probably fix the problem with ...
... Gene: As an old physics teacher - I'm having trouble with this. If the scope was balancing on the base on one point only, weight around this perimeter...
... scope was balancing on ... certainly make a ... each other around ... perimeter would ... little more friction on ... matter) but have no effect ... Mark, ...
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