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... When I saw that email come out, it was _HARD_ to keep my credit card in my wallet. I got to play around with one last month at a star party and was very ...
... Geoff, in the Industry News announcement in the November issue of Astronomy Technology Today, there is a writeup about a new option for the POD, a Visor....
... Astronomy Technology Today isn't available up here in Canada, as far as I know, so I haven't seen this. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory ...
... WG: Hi, to jump into this thread, of course a bigger scope will always offer you more light and resolution, and also more bulk and size and image scale,...
I haven't found ATT here in Canada yet, but on their website they do take subscriptions for Canadian and International customers. I would like to see one first...
... As you know, I own the original 80ED and 100ED, and recently tested the 120ED EON, so I'll be interested to hear your report on these two. I've always...
... As you know, I own the original 80ED and 100ED, and recently tested the 120ED EON, so I'll be interested to hear your report on these two. I've always...
... WG: Hi Geoff, Sorry for this longish post. I'll try to make it worthwhile for readers. I was on this group a couple years ago when the original 80ED was...
Early last night I was listening to a local FM radio station as I drove to a nearby strip center for groceries. I am a guest in town so the car was not mine...
Greetings; Doing that sort of thing sounds like a organization founded by John Dobson called Sidewalk Astronomers which I am proud to be a member of. Mike...
... That's one sure way to correct misinformation, including what you heard. I still remember observing a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter a few years ago....
From: "jd_astro" <jd_astro@...> ... I belong to two astronomy clubs, both of which hold regular public star parties. Both clubs also have adopted the...
San Diego Astronomy Association does demonstrations or "star parties" for schools and libraries, entertainment venues, and special events in four outreach...
Factual errors are not the worst sorts of misconceptions out there. Some years ago I was at a gas station filling up as the Moon was going into eclipse. As I...
Thought this might be of some interest to a few members. I got sucked into it a couple of years ago. Steve Naming a star What better gift could you give...
At a planetarium, I used to get questions about what telescope a person should buy so that the star he/she had "bought" at a star registry could be viewed. ......
I was at my quasi-dark viewing site last night. I say quasi-dark as the northern sky is pretty much useless from the sky glow from NYC. Anyway, it also happens...
Shoot I got you beat, last night I did a Starparty at a Middle School in Marina Dell Ray CA. and got a Pizza with a cup of Joe Mike White Long Beach, CA....
I like this thread! My local club (Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas) is perhaps not quite as active in outreach as the San Diego club, but we have four ...
Jeff, I had a similar experience at a local park. I had a cop car come out of nowhere putting their spot light on me. It turned out they had been observing me...
While not quite as interesting, some years ago when I lived in S. California, I used to drag my C-11 to the summit of Mount Baldy where it was somewhat better...
Steve, Three or four years back, my daughter gave me a star for Christmas. She knew I was getting back into amateur astronomy and thought I would like...
My friend Dewey Burkes of Pasadena, TX, built fantastic telescopes. In the 1960s he made a 16 inch Newtonian on a huge GEM. He moved it on a 4 wheeled...
Hi all, I would appreciate some pointers in selecting binoculars for astronomy. Now, just to save everyone from writing a novel, I'd like to start out saying...
I can't even estimate how many "registrations" of stars have been done by various companies over so many years. And a scope like an 8 inch reflector can see...
Even the ancients perceived this. Ptolemy assigned his astrological properties to planets in part based on the perceived quality of light and motion of the...
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