... I'll take a stab and say that its the way Yahoo inserts their advertisements in our messages. I retrieve my Yahoo lists messages via a browser also....I've...
My own fault admittedly, My low profile NGF won't give me an image. I suspect i have not taken into account my previous High profile focuser obviously the...
... Hang in there Barry. I had the same feeling when I upgraded my 1.25" focuser to a 2" unit, and hacked up the metal tube on my XT8 in the process. It...
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Thanks for the suggestion, I had not considered That. The reason for the delay is that many retailers here only submit orders to JMI when they have enougth...
Orion (USA) sells extention tubes, and according to their website, they are in stock. You have to do a search to find them..the trick is they spell them...
fortunatly the company i got the NGF through have just come up trumps they have located one it shall be with me in a couple of days. I am sure you all know...
... If he has access to a lathe, he should be able to make you ane extension tube. After all, it's only a tube which fits in a 2" diameter hole and takes 2" ...
... I wear both eyeglasses and Contacts -not at the same time! ;^) If you suffer from astigmatism, you will want to keep your glasses on at lower powers, as...
Hi All, I am considering to jump into the ATM world, by constructing myself truss tube dob. At the moment, I have the 8" lx90 and the 10" meade starfinder. The...
I currenty own the Coolpix 5000 and it has given me some great shots of the planets and some faint fuzzies. I use a scopetronix digiadapter with the camera and...
Thanks, Geoff I took the groups advice to heart and thought some more and decided to buy a Meade ETX-105EC to hold me over. I should get it by the end of the...
I don't know where the rest of you live, but down here in sunny Florida we deal with fogged-up glasses too (especially if you use a hood or something to block...
... Unless you got it in the deal, the EC scopes do not come with the Autostar GoTo controller. The EC model only comes with a hand panel. It will track an...
... I am looking at both images now. You need to tell us which side of focus each image corresponds to. In fact I would rename the images "Inside of Focus"...
... Unless there has been a recent change, the Orion mounts work a bit better. Synta produces the OTA, the mount is made here in the USA to Orion's specs. I'm...
Opps, I think my mail sent before I wrote anything. Anyways, I'm thinking of getting into astrophotography in the digital area since film amounts to quite a...
In a message dated 4/1/2003 1:00:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Try a parallelogram mount. Not only can you raise and lower it and stay fixed on the target...
... Hi Greg, Along with the responses you'll get here, check out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digital_Astro The group is dedicated to the use of consumer...
From: <HacTheSac10@...> ... I use a Sony digital camera, which is a good camera. But most digicam astrophotographers seem to use Nikon Coolpix cameras,...
In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:16:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Oops, sent it to the wrong group. Thanks anyways. lol Greg [Non-text portions of this...
In a message dated 4/1/2003 2:22:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Speaking of that, I just tried adding Magic Sliders as many had done to see what the...
Geoff - What eyepiece did you use and what star?? I'm not giving up on my 8" f/4 SVD-8. I loosened up the retaining screws a tad today and hope the images...
You would only need to put glasses on to read charts if you are farsighted. As I am nearsighted, i can read charts just fine without glasses. Of course, I...
Hi Paul; Actually, the star images are labelled cw and cc for pollux. This means clockwise and counter-clockwise respectively. I forgot which is which, but...
I ordered the Orion Expanse 15mm eyepiece last week. It arrived Monday during the day. I worked the night shift Monday night so after i got home about 1am...