Very nicely said Hans. ... and all the best to all of you in 2003. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Randy Johnson Eugene, Oregon, USA ... planet. ... last ... of ... nights. ...
Best wishes for all of you and your family, happy new year 2003 and clear skies to all !! Hope one day we can make a big TMB party with all TMB members!!! ...
... FUNNY you should say that! I've been thinking, hmmm, here it is 2003 and Mars will be at its grand opposition this summer. And here we have a number of...
... Happy new year all... The group is quiet today. Seems this happens around new moons a lot. ... Agreed! ... I'm not sure if these parts of AZ would be to...
Wish to everybody a nice year 2003, let cooperate this year to make many more fine TMB Products Markus [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
The "First Annual TMB Star Party"? Count me in! AZ sounds good to me. I'm planning on making the trek to the WSP this year. Anyone else? Maybe we could meet at...
Mike, From my location at 44N 124W, Vega crosses the Meridian about 5 degrees south of zenith at 12 noon - about the same RA as our sun. It rises about 2:30 am...
Bear in mind that the best time to view Mars during the '03 apparition will be July-August for the US. Here in Arizona that is the height of our annual monsoon...
Yesterday night, I had the opportunity to run a quick test between the APM Zoom and some orthos on Jupiter. Seeing was so-so, and I run the test for only...
I haven't seen any comment here on actual performance issues beyond mention that some exist; and although I have two Zeiss monos and have always found them...
... In talking with him yesterday, this was readily apparent from the conversation. ... You meant Jay here, not Thomas.... ... This mono discussion was very...
... No I meant Thomas. The fourth post on the thread was by Thomas. His final comment was that the Intes mono was not the best planetary eyepiece. That...
... His ... the ... Hi Stew ; The story I got about the so called Intes monocentric was this : Its a Steinheil triplet and not a Zeiss monocentric copy . This...
... I also heard somewhere that the fault with the Intes monocentrics was that the inner surfaces, the glass/glass surfaces that is, were coated and that was...
Hi Stew ; The story I got about the so called Intes monocentric was this : Its a Steinheil triplet and not a Zeiss monocentric copy . This in its self may not...
... project ... be ... My comment was not in anyway meant to detract from the effort. It was to clarify that these eyepieces will have a specific use, one ...
... I think we all realize this. It was an interesting review and even with the coatings 'problem' the EPs seemed to be the best (wrt planetary use). ... This...
... Hi Mark ; Are you the lucky fellow who has the two Zeiss monocentrics ?,I have forgot the FL's involved. If so could you give us a little run down on the...
... summing ... Hi Stew , My post was in no way meant to imply that you meant to detract from any effort. I was just trying to relate to you how I personally ...
... Actually I got the Monocentrics fairly recently and have not done that much observing at all since that time. They seem to be at least as good as my Zeiss...
Gang, Don't make the mistake that I did and download the RealOne update player. Oh
that is okay, I guess, but along with it came an ikon that set itself up on...
http://www.lavasoft.nu/index.html Okay, Gang, Larry Geary, the moderator of the Questar newsgroup posted how
to get Lavasoft's free (for personal use)...
Hi group, FWIW: For those considering a trip to the southern hemisphere for the upcoming Mars opposition please also review this option: As of June 2003 we...
Best wishes for 2003 and many clear nights to all of the group! After 8 frustrating weeks with covered skies it cleared up finally. I like to share 2 of my...
... Agreed. I followed it for several nights in late December but it has been cloudy since then. Did you get to see Saturn transit the nebula? I make a sketch...
-Hello Eric, That's a Great drawing! Very much like the view I had with my 8" TMB. Excellent! I observed last night and tonight and, of course, kept thinking...
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