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I woke at 0430 in the early morning of Friday the 3rd and thought of this post. I dug the page out of the S&T website that shows where Uranus and Neptune are...
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Cliff ... Good thing I'm from Colorado and NOT Carolina - I'm just being held hostage here in Central Carolina!!! <RE> PS -...
... Bruce, Imo Any lub. that you put on your base will in the long run introduce striction.I hve tyied it and it was smooth at first but then the motion was...
From: "gldowns" <gldowns@...> ... A couple of years ago I tried Teflon spray and even recommended it on this site, only to later realize that in the...
... Or Astromist running on Palm. I think I have at least 4 planetarium programs on my desktop and 2 or 3 on two different laptops. I've printed charts from...
... Count me in as an Astromist fan. I think it's not as easy to use as Palm Planetarium, but it's faster and has a lot more features. John Wunderlin Mineral...
Hi: Has anyone had any experience with a device for controlling/improving altitude movement on our Dobs called a Scope-Gripp sold through Astronomy-Shoppe? ...
Hi Everyone just purchased a telrad finder for my XT10i. Where would be the best place for it on the scope? Right along side the stock finder? Thanks Anthony...
... That's where I put mine. Since you have the 'i' version, you'll probably only be using the Telrad to locate the alignment stars and the occasional...
I also recently purchased a Telrad for my XT10i. I mount it on the right side of the scope just next to the finder. I would recommend a Telrad riser( 4...
Hi John Thanks for the info. Right now I,am in the process of checking the colllimation everything looks fine with the collimation cap but when i put in...
What is the highest focal length eyepiece for an xt10i? I recently tried a 40mm celestron eyepiece- good for star clusters, but the eye relief wasn't so good. ...
From: "bruce_piano" <bruce_piano@...> ... Bruce, light loss is only part of the problem. More important to my eyes is the distortion caused by a too...
... loss at ... eyes is ... XL, ... with my ... rather than ... Panoptic ... images ... different ... probably ... is ... will ... Jack, I didn't have a...
I moved the base of the stock finder nearer to the focuser and put a 9x50 upright finder on it. I then put my telrad on the far side of that. It did require...
From: "bruce_piano" <bruce_piano@...> ... Hmmm ... One problem that has plagued wide field oculars is the "kidney bean" effect. Depending on where you...
No trouble, but to be fair, I sight through my right eye. Sitting on the stool, Its just a matter of turning my head to the left. Like with everything near the...
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