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Drazen- First, my apologies. I could/should have been more gentle in my comments. Second, your English is excellent, so you need not apologize. My final...
Hi, Chriss. Thanks, no need for apologies. I completely agree with you that we should give honest and viable recommendations about various, presumably equally ...
One of the things I have enjoyed most about this group is that the discussions are positive and gentlemanly (or "womanly," depending on your gender). I would ...
Steve, Fear not. So long as the other moderators and I are at the helm, flaming, etc. will not be permitted. When I started the group in August 1999, that is...
... Steve, and all of you, I heartily agree!! I just moments ago finished a two-week project of skimming about 1500 posts on another popular scope group, and...
... left-hand ... A Dob tracks ... Unless you are looking at something that is in the North, between Polaris and the zenith. That would track right to left,...
... isolation. If I ... come to the ... set up in ... This is a very important tip. One of the first things I look for, when I am reading a telescope review,...
I tried to set up my web page for the Telescope Buyers FAQ, I used a offline program that was suppost to place the html code into it for me. It didn't work...
Good evening Steve: I wholeheartedly endorse your sentiments here - the tenor of the group should be one of learning, discussion and fun. It is that for me...
Hi Gregg, The formula you gave worked great. I calculated a AFOV of 47°, which seems about right. Most 1.25" 40mm plossls are 43° or 44°, so I guess at 47°...
the angular distance traveled is much smaller than if one were tracking something to the south. think about it...(almost) no movement at all required to...
Yes, that is exactly what I was thinking when I posted a question to the group in response to the original thread (but didn't receive any replies and didn't...
... tracking ... all ... True. On the other hand, the closer you are to the equator, the more of the sky that falls into this range. And the farther the...
Arrrgggh. One of the guys in our club just took delivery of a new 20" Obsession. I just emailed him to say that we really need to get to be closer friends. ...
Hmm.......I had the opposite problem. From the time I built my 17.5" dob which was then replaced by the 18" f/5.5 and 20" f/5, I had the biggest scope in the...
Wow... great link... and it even has Nashville, TN!!! I like the concept. Will just have to watch it for a while to see if it really does track with reality. ...
While preparing for my galaxies observation for my TV-102 Light Cup, I stumbled upon pg. 103 of the Deep-Sky Wonders by my one of my favorite old master,...
... We've been using this up here in Canada for about a year, and it seems to be the best thing out there. The only time it let me down big time was for the ...
... So I guss there's something to be said for medium sized scopes. I've been able to happily plough my way through dozens of objects on my observing list...
If I ever get tired of CCD imaging with my C-11 OTA, I'll probably go build a 15-16" dob. Very portable and gives very good detail on deep sky. Of all the...
Thanks goes to Tom Duggan for doing a fast fixing of the HTML for the FAQ and it now works. So now you can check out http://home.inreach.com/starlord for the...
Here's another quick story concerning aperture fever. The best observer in our club is on the second set of Herschel objects. In fact we call him 'Herschel'...
... Yes, we sale much more MCs, the other reason is : everyone in the company prefer MC for potability, symmetry and comfortable viewing, as well MCs are more...
... the FAQ ... http://home.inreach.com/starlord ... hard ... And remember boys and girls, I may be dumb, but I'm slow, too! Glad I could be of help :D C&DS, ...
