Hi Rodger, I've still got some S&Ts from when I was a teenager in the 60's and I just loved those Unitrons. They just bristled with knobs and handles and...
Last night I was out looking at Jupiter and preparing to do some testing (more on that later), and while looking at Jupiter (with both direct and not-so-direct...
Hi! I want to introduce myself as a new and hopefully welcome user to this group. I live in Vienna Austria (you know Mozart not Australia with kangaroos…) I...
Dear Wayne: Oh, come on Wayne, I think Joe is "sweet," and, it sure sound like his wife is someone very special!. Since he also owns a telescope, they have ...
I assumed that you weren't derrogatory, just descriptive, no problems. Yes, I worked on a scheme to be able to roll out the assembly (big wheels) to a pad...
James: My SV/TMB105 has a removable FT focuser. The focuser unthreads from the tube to allow the tube to be shorter. The scope is an f/6.2, so it is already ...
Wayne, I have an 8" Mak. Newt. besides the two Tak's, so I'm looking for a grab and go scope. Joe D. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hello Norbert, Welcome! Ah, Austria, a beautiful country. I have a very close friend who lives in Graz, Guenther Ziesel. Several years ago we visited him and ...
Hi , Wayne, I'm glad that you responded to this one ; I was forcing myself to sit on my hands for a while before I responded. I too have owned a "short orange...
... required Craig, then why ... newbies out there ... a good all-around ... Meade and Celestron can and do both make refractors. If their refractors sold...
Whoops! Here I sit with egg on my face! Apologies to Thomas and all TMB owners.I stayed up at work until 2:00 AM This morning. I see that I left out a KEY WORD...
... From: <jdaukantas@...> To: <tmboptical@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: [tmboptical] Lets make it 1000 ... Nor you, I,...
Well that makes me about average according to the experts and nobody's ever complained about my 152 :0] ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Craig, Not trying to offend you in any way, please understand, but as a former student of logic, I think you are arguing a number of logical fallacies without...
What's interesting to me is that while there are now several companies putting out APO refractors, there are still only two companies doing the bulk of the...
Wanye, you may have a point, but relatively I would say they have trickled out compared to the big two. You could do worse than a decent 8" SCT on a Great ...
... Aw, c'mon, you'll jump out of a tall building? Are you faster than a speeding photon? If so, you can jump out and not jump out and travel the same...