FYI to the group. My 20" scope with a Pegasus mirror was originally owned by Doug for a brief 6 month period and sold back to Rick when Doug was in the process...
... Which makes me curious as to who makes the mirrors for the larger Starmasters nowadays. The web site shows all the scopes up to 20" as having Zambuto ...
Jim, I was just trying to incite a riot and get everyone to pile on you. ;-) That scope you have DOES have a nice mirror in it! I was bummed that I had to...
Is anyone else having problems looking at messages posted to this group? I have noticed that the last two days I will click on a message and get a blank...
Hi Doug, I get the messages via email and that's been fine. Just went to the website and I'm picking them up there fine too. Happy New Year to all. It's...
... Swayze (SP) has made some and I think Carl Zambuto might have made one or two but don't quote me on that. There are other mirror makers and as long as Rick...
... That's not what I was asking. I was curious as to the _number_ of 11", the _number_ of 12.5", the _number_ of 14.5", etc., produced, not the mirror ...
I saw through your transparent attempt, but took the bait anyway. Football wasn't on TV yet, so I had a little time to kill. 8^). Jim ... From: Doug Walton To:...
... You are right. My mistake. ... I have always heard there are more 14.5" Starmasters sold than any other size. The 14.5" is the smallest you can get and...
... deck. ... include ... the ... Thanks Ginger... I just uninstalled Ad Muncher and all is well now...for some reason it was preventing my seeing some posts. ...
... <spectrumsoft@c...> wrote: ... that ... mirrors ... observers ... carries ... good. ... I have a 20" Pegasus. I've never done a side-by-side comparison...
Somewhat similarly, the primary in my 10" is a Nova mirror. And while I've never compared it to a 10" Zambuto, it's hard to imagine the CZ mirror could be...
Well, it was finally clear here on the West Coast: New Year's Eve. I set up my 18" Starmaster and had a beautiful view of Saturn and M1. They were nicely...
Hi Ken, Thanks for sharing your recent observation report, and your battle with humidity. M1 & Saturn is a nice view isn't it? I've seen it twice recently,...
Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! May you all have many nights under clear skies with your Starmasters in 2003. On New Year's Eve, I was at our astronomy club's...
The date is ONLY use for calculating the locations of planets (for figuring retrograde). On deep sky objects, it make no difference what date you enter. On...
Christina, Try it again and let us know if it continues. I always set mine up for the following day as well, for the same reason that you gave. I will be...
Hi Christina, It's still cloudy and wet here in GA, so I haven't been able to check out my SkyCommander. However, in reading the SkyCommander discussion ...
The date is only used to calculate the positions of the planets. For deep sky observing, you don't even need to set it -- I often don't. So unless it was...
I'm taking a break from some observing with the 20" tonite, and FWIW my GOTO accuracy is really good - no problems. Polaris and Pollux for alignment. ...
I don't set the date on my SkyCommander either. You don't need it - unless, of course, you're trying to hunt up Pluto. And at mag. 13.8, don't expect to jump...
I've been following the progression of Saturn as it moves in on M1 with my 11" shorty SM for the last few nights when it wasn't snowing. It was very clear and...
Hi Ginger, I came inside again for a break - it's only 20 degrees here but there's a slight wind and it gets to me after a while. Also, there is some kinda...
Hi Doug, Glad you were out there too. I really enjoy *unique events* in the night sky! RMSS will be June 26->29 (and some of us will be there on June 25th so ...
... Actually, I've been quite excited on the several occasions when I've observed Pluto. Sure, it's just a pinprick of light, but so is 3C 273, and I found...
Where does one obtain the paint used to harden the sonatube and what is it called? I am referring to the material that was used on the old Starmaster sonatube...
Hello Steve, Charlie, Dallas, Susan, Doug, and Geoff, Thank you very much for your replies to my Sky Commander question. I would be more than happy to accept...
I saw something last night that I wanted to run by people here. I was out using my 20" SM and doing a lot of viewing of Saturn and Jupiter. When I first went...
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