... slop, but ... you ... without ... use a ... lower ... you ... Hi Richard Curiouser and curiouser. Took the MN56 out last night for 5 hours until approx...
... In General - Bushnel, Tasco, and other low dollar models you are likely to find at the local Walmart/KMart. As has already been noted - there _are_...
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Hi all....I have been asked this question a lot by co-workers and such. can I see The Space shuttle and satellites with my telescope. Well the answer I give is...
... such. ... any ... has ... answer ... just ... Hi Mark, The answer is yes if you can track it. A couple of years ago, there was an article in S & T with...
Hi Mark, Yes, it is possible to view and photograph satellites, but it's not easy. They move across the sky very quickly (just a couple of minutes from...
A couple of thoughts... When my newt is perfectly collimated, using sight-tube, cheshire, then autocollimator, the reflection of the secondary in the primary...
Regina: FWIT, I think you might want to consider a smaller DOB or SCT if you are just getting into this hobby. There's a wise saying that goes something like...
Dear Marv I just bought 4" refractor. SCT10 is my goal in 2 years time. I got some problems setting up at first but got help from the group. It is working...
http://www.1728.com/angsize.htm is a calculator for angular size. It shows that for a minimum distance of 150 miles to the Space Shuttle in orbit (130 miles...
Hi all, I want to get a different finder scope for my XT8i other than the stock one that comes with it. I have seen the Telrad at a star party and was...
Hi Marv, I use to haul a 20" from the second floor, its a job but I smiled all the way to the dark site. Joe Rome jandm_93460 <marv.johnson@...> wrote: ...
... stock one that comes with it. ... of use. However, Orion has a "red dot" finder scope (EZ Finder II). The Telrad is far more useful than a single red dot....
A very good question Mark. I have never observed the Space Shuttle, but I have observed the ISS and it IS clearly visible as a discrete object. The glare off...
I have the Orion EZ-Finder on my 4.25-inch F/4 RFT, and it serves adequately on that telescope because I mostly do low-power viewing with it. It's rather...
I have found lots of objects I never imagined I'd ever see through my 6- inch. Objects like the Bug Nebula in Scorpius and NGC-7006, an extremly remote and...
Hi, I found a very useful & interesting link about viewing Mars this fall. It answers alot of questions that I have been seeing here about what one can expect...
<<Recently however I sighted something very weird in low Earth orbit with my homemade 4.25-incn F/4 RFT, not one but THREE objects in parallel courses and they...
Hi another useful source of information regarding Mars can be found at Geoff Gaherty's website: http://www.gaherty.ca/rogers/marstoolkit.htm The information on...
Thanks Everyone for your advice, I ordered the Telrad yesterday, but now I think I am going to return it for the Starfinder laser finder Joe just brought to my...
Rick: Be advised that in some places it is illegal to point green lasers into the night sky. People have been arrested for doing so. Marv ... return it for...
Rick, I prefer the bulls-eye style of the Telrad or the Rigel QuikFinder. Reason: when you center the object in the finder, the red dot is right on top of it,...
Hi all Can someone please explain the significance of using 'stepper motors' in a motorized mount such as the one below: http://tinyurl.com/9l96l Thanks,...
Update... I ordered the Telrad, which should be arriving tomorrow or Thursday. I went to order the green laser pointer finder, but didn't realize I needed to...
A stepper moter does just that. On receiving a current impulse, it moves so far and no further, and must be sent another pulse to move another step. They are...
And also, reading the Starfinder add it appears that this is only the mount for a green laser. If you've already got one great, if not dont forget the added...
I had seen the Televue Astigmatism Corrector - the Dioptrx - when Al Nagler was demonstrating them at the last NEAF, and on the basis of how impressed I was...
... You should be especially aware of that if you are near an airport or have significant air traffic over your observing site. It is against federal law to...
