Saturn and M1 were both visible in the same FOV in my 8" F/9 TMB last night using a 31mm Nagler. M1 is a faint wispy glow while Saturn is fairly bright. Take a...
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)...
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...
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...
A short report from a short observing session as the original aim of tonight was to adjust (GE) mount orhogonality. As I was doing this I noticed Saturn was...
Just a reminder that we have a poll in the Polls section. We are counting the number of people who are seriously interested in purchasing a set of Monocentric...
Hi, First you have to choose the diameter of the fully illuminated field at the focal plane. If you are going to be doing photography, that size will have to...
Big Thanks To (in no order): Sol, Harvey, Jim B, Thomas Back, Markus, Bill, David M, Tim For the links and information about baffling, tube sizes, etc. If...
The TMB152 triplet shows a distance of 1164mm from the lens flange bottom to the focal plane. That means the 1200mm focal length originates 36mm up inside the...
I, OTOH, have differing experiences. I left Chicago in 1957 but if any
members of the Chicago Astronomical Society remember me, the general
experience was that...
I just thought I would tell everyone that I am the very proud owner of a TMB 152 which I colleted just prior to Christmas. Chris Garvey at Bray Imaging...
On the way to the Farm the sky was nearly perfectly clear. I got in, opened up the observatory and waited. by the time it was dark the sky had completely...
Well, I finally tried to "break into" Yahoo again to officially vote. I run Zone Alarm Pro on Windows XP. It took a total shutdown of my firewall and a...
I would be very interested in hearing from Thomas about how he would expect the proposed monocentrics to perform compared to 1.25 Zeiss Abbes, .965 Zeiss...
Why? Thomas M. Back, Contrast, Detail, Less glass in the optical path. Well, you have an interesting argument. So are these monocentrics going to
be made in...
Happy holidays to all! Well, I had a great Christmas Eve, my TMB 100mm f/8 APO arrived.:-) Let me tell you, it's impresive. My hats off to Tom, he should be as...
I'm happy to go with the majority, and have already asked Marcus when he wants my check as I'd happily send it now...but I would like to see a LONGER fl. With...
Hi Everybody, Our German manufactor calculated now on base of original Zeiss design 4 diffrent focallenght monocentrics to make me a offer. They asking per...
My little project to allow my TMB-152 to use a 175 lens is moving right along. Ross from http://www.hamiltontoolandengineering.com did the design and oversaw...
OK, I revised the poll to allow you to choose 1 set, 2 sets, less than a whole set, and a couple of "No" choices. Unfortunately the existing votes are tossed,...
Thomas-I hope your recovery is succesful and doesn't take too much out of you. I've had some surgeries in the past two years,and I know it can be tough at...
In a message dated 12/23/02 3:21:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, potentate@... writes: << Finally remembering to check Eta-Orionis which Parker in his "The...
I feel a bit out of place here, but I am interested in the line of monocentric eyepieces Tom Back has proposed. I am not a TMB owner nor even close. I do own...
In a message dated 12/24/02 5:18:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ngc7789@... writes: << Somehow I feel deep down that this may be a chance of a life time....
I too have noticed the low turnout on the current poll as to who wants a set of TMB Monocentrics. This may partially be to the Holiday rush and peoples other...
I may have missed it, but, has there been any discussion of eye relief for those of us who wear eyeglasses? Also, will the monocentric EP barlow well or is a...
Hello! Does anybody here know me? I'm not exactly a newbie in this field. I didn't know youse guys existed until a notice was put in a message in another...
Works very well, my only regrets is I've been so busy and the weather not so good. No back focus problems or merging problems. Have had great views when I've ...
