Hey thanks Jim i will e-mail him......I heard about
the trip to whiskeytown. I was gonna just show up and
hope someone would be able to help.Hope to catch up
with you sometime...Thanks again, Dwayne.
--- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> Dwayne,
>
> I'm not familiar with the Meade 4600 and I can't
> find anything on the
> meade website about it. Is it a refractor or
> reflector and what sort of
> mount does it have?
>
> FYI, although I am a member of TAC-Shasta, I
> actually live down in
> Sacramento. There is an astronomy club in Redding,
> the Shasta Astronomy
> Club, and they are planning a Mars viewing party on
> the 23rd at
> Whiskytown Lake. Bob Thompson is the head of that
> group and his e-mail
> is:
>
> rhtastro@...
>
> I'm still contemplating whether or not I'll be able
> to make it up for
> this one, but if you contact Bob and ask him for
> some help, I'm sure
> he'd be glad to assist you.
>
> There is also the TAC-Shasta list owner, Michael
> Huster, who might be
> able to hook up with you and give you a hand. I'm
> sure he'll see this
> post.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Jim
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dwayne norman [mailto:openwater2@...]
> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:48 AM
> > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [tac-shasta] Newbie
> >
> > Thanks for responding Jim.....i have a mead 4600
> > model.It isnt anything fancy. I have played around
> > with it some and actually was able to see rings
> around
> > saturn, thats was exciting. I actually need
> someone
> > that is knowledgeable about the tracking system
> that
> > came with it and how to get it properly aligned
> and
> > such. With the big Mars event coming up i dont
> want to
> > have to keep adjusting it by hand...Thanks for any
> > help.
> > --- Jim Ster <sterjf@...> wrote:
> > > Can you tell us about your scope? That would
> help
> > > us to understand what
> > > you're up against.
> > >
> > > -Jim
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: openwater2 [mailto:openwater2@...]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:35 AM
> > > > To: tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [tac-shasta] Newbie
> > > >
> > > > Hello everyone. Im new member and would like
> to
> > > ask for some help on
> > > > setting up my new telescope. If anyone can
> help
> > > please let me
> > > > know...thanks.
> > > >
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