Dan put it up on Astromart already. See: http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=386110 If one of you successfully buys it, mention my...
... Lordy Lordy... this was mighty tempting. I found myself almost..... almost.... taking another Starmaster-dive. What an incredible deal! If I didn't have...
Please don't post advertisements. We do, more or less, allow exceptions for people who are selling their own equipment, who want to offer it here first, before...
Three years ago, this was my "dream" all around scope. As the years pass, I seem to be slowly magnetized towards 5-6" portable APOs. I still can't figure out...
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I'm surprised you haven't succumbed to withdrawal pains, bring without a big scope for a full year now. Here's this beautiful, seductive premium truss Dob...
If the forecast does not improve in our area, I may drive to Canebrake on Saturday. There's a 15-20 degree obstruction to the south, otherwise good horizons...
... Canebrake has an enviable forecast for Friday and Saturday nights.... Clear, Clear, Clear. I had to chuckle at the Accuweather forecaster referring to 41...
... It makes me shiver just thinking about it. 41 is indeed "chilly", but 23 is "butt freezing"! But with with my "new" (two years ago) cold stuff, I think I...
... Yup, our resolve never to freeze again sure brought a windfall to REI that weekend. It's a shame we haven't had a decent chance to test our "new" gear. I...
Where is Canebrake? I'm pretty sure that it is some pretty far off location as Shneor is the only one that I know that would drive 6+ hours to observe. :) ...
I used to walk around in short sleeves when it warmed up to 41 degrees in the spring in Alaska ;-) Should have kept my cold weather gear. I used to ride...
Canebreak is a close to Bakersfield. I went to the Carrizo Plain viewing the same weekend Shneor went to Canebreak (last February) and we were close. ...
Canebreak is a little more than >340 miles from Benicia, (>360 miles from Davis)! This is definitely WAY, WAY TOO far, even for a weekend stay over there, for...
I bought a snowmobile suit for riding my motorcycle and it has come in handy for many other applications including observing. I've had it 20 years and it still...
Those snowmobile suits work great. Gregg Blandin has been using one for years. Another real good alternative (and a bit cheaper) is a set of insulated...
It's looking slightly better than "piss-poor" outside. I'm hoping to be able to setup in the front yard to learn more about my auto-guider. We'll see. It's...
Lots and lots of dew, but I set up the equipment. I had some success too. I didn't get any shots with the camera and autoguider yet as I'm having some cabling...
Monitor Pass is forecast (by CSC) to have clear skies, but below-average transparency and seeing tonight. Accuweather says partly cloudy for Markleeville. If...
OK, never mind... Shneor ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Shneor Sherman ******** Davis Community Network...
Okay.. so I talked with my 4 boys and asked them if they would like a pile of toys that will be broken and lost in 3 weeks or a telescope that they can see the...
Hi Dax, and welcome to the group. First of all, buying a telescope should be a carefully thought-out process. If you dive in, you will likely be disappointed...
Dax, The Orion XT6i Intelliscope sounds ideal to me, and falls within your price range. Once the boys learn how to align it, you can turn them loose and let...
Meade and Orion sell inexpensive electronic eyepieces that display low resolution images on a tv screen, but you'll need a tracking mount to do it, and that...
I guess the questions that I have are: how old are the boys, and do you live in the city? Small ones are going to have a tough time looking in the eyepiece of...
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