Hi all - has anyone had any experience the Baader 2" Moon & Skyglow Filter made with Neodymium glass? I've got a 14.5" SM and thought I might try one if it...
Astronomers are great people :) Very nice of you to offer her one of your scopes. Please tell her to stop by and visit. I'll be on the upper field with a...
Hi Shannon, I'll be in the NW upper field with the Houston group (Larry Mitchell, Barbara Wilson, etc) I won't have the 30" Starmaster this year, but will...
Hi Alvin, Do you know of anyway to get in touch with Barbara Wilson? She has an old pic on the group site of an old 7" box Starmaster 'Manual' ... a friend...
Mike, I have a picture of the 7" Oak Classic cover with Susan Carroll standing beside it at WSP. Is that what you need? If so, I can post it to the photo...
Mike, I heard through the grapvine you were trying to get in touch with me, so I came over to the group and saw your email to Alvin. I may not have gotten your...
My 756-B has three collimation screws, not four. Not sure about any others from that time period. I will bring it to TSP again. As Mike said it is the special...
... Hello Barbara, I am glad to hear you still have the owners manual for the Starmaster Self Storing Telescope. I like to keep things that detail the history...
Hey Alvin, Great to hear from you. We'll look for you at TSP - sounds like you're setting up near our usual spot. My friend, Lynn Gibson, has been using your...
Hi Shannon, Yes, we'll setup just north of you on the same side of the field. In the matter of fact, the book, Observing the Arp Peculiar Galaxies, is ready...
WOO HOO!! Tag one of those Arp Guides for me! Yep, Lynn and I were the ones who stole the Tak LE out from under you :) But Lynn is the guy, I am the woman :)...
Mike, your email prompted me to open my folder with all the letters and correspondence from 1994-95 from Rick to me about this wonderful telescope the...
... I like to keep every bit of information on my scopes too. I have some printed letters between Rick and myself and some that Steve Carroll and I traded. It...
Mike, When you reminisce about Starmaster memorabilia, I think about last June when I visited Rick in Kansas on my way out to pick up a used 20" f/4.3 ZOC...
Mike wrote: I like to keep every bit of information on my scopes too. I have some printed letters between Rick and myself and some that Steve Carroll and I...
- Mike, I copied the original manual and all the other sheets Rick sent me from 1994. It went out in the mail today to you. Barbara Wilson ... help. ... ...
Thank you Barbara ... Mike Sterling re: Mike, I copied the original manual and all the other sheets Rick sent me from 1994. It went out in the mail today to...
Not much responce on another site so here it is again. OK, simple question that I cannot find an answer to on the Starlight Inst. site. What is the height to...
Buck, I get 1.630. I took the adapter out, ran the focuser all the way in, laid a steel rule across the top of the focuser and measured from the outside to...
... I don't know the answer but if you call Rick Singmaster he may be able to help you. Or you can call the Starlight site and call the manufacturer. My own...
Thanks guys, I think I have just enough info to set me up with paralysis by analsis for a while. Buck ... Starlight ... when fully ... 1.5" ... travel ... ...
Many imagers have increasingly been building Newtonians. A new group has been formed for discussing the parameters involved in the designing, building, and...
I went to go observing last night, and the focuser on my StarMaster 20" was wobbly -- so wobbly, in fact, that I was able to pull it out of the secondary ring!...
An ACE Hardware near me (Kansas City) has several aisles of specialty screws, nuts, bolts, fasteners, etc - in those pull-out trays. I'd call a few places...
Michael I suspect you have a FeatherTouch and the focuser came out of the base plate. I was asking a few questions last week and one gentleman mentioned his...
As some of you know, I have been a big fan of Starmaster telescopes and have been privileged to own 15 of them. Being an "astro opportunist", I continually...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
