Dear Wayne, I got sleeted on Friday as February was winding down. <grumph> I'm a bit pissed at Chris. I paid for the Home Theater with its Von Schwiekert...
- ... snip ... snip, snip ... snip ... I too think that a 5 piece set with a 5mm is needed. If finances or other reasons preclude it now, can it be added...
Oh, yeah, Wayne, I was going to mention that the countryside is littered with two-wave P.V. Dobs. That's what "1/2 wave optics" means. A friend in California...
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Hello, I'm up at my Farm enjoying the cold and drizzling rain. My Custom ATS Pier arrived and I was able to take the scope down and remount it on the ATS Pier....
... BTW Ron, thanks for the kind words on s.a.a. ... Mike, Ron and everyone else interested in the eyepieces, If the TMB Mono eyepiece project is successful,...
In a message dated 3/1/03 7:22:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, TMBoptical@... writes: << On the subject of the TMB Monocentrics, I have received so many ...
Don, In my opinion, all images are exactly the same. As you get bigger aperture, the image just gets brighter and with added detail and image scale. This may...
All, ... the poll taken back in December/January, correct? ... email addresses. ......I'll jump in and make a suggestion: If you want to actually be on the...
WayneG, its incredible how CCD's can make even a 4" preform admirably on deep sky objects. I always look to Jupiter for determining aperature/resolution needs....
... actually be ... mail at ... a previous ... That's a great idea, Paul. I don't know about others, but for me to put on the list, I need to know the price or...
WG: Donald, one might consider even the 80 or 100mm. It would have similar portability to the Q, probably even better performance, and much wider FOV...
... I like the name "Porterhouse". Isn't that Captain Archer's dog? On the subject of scope wave fronts, I too am amazed at what some amateurs consider an...
... Hi Donald/Wayne, My Dad was a Gordon's Potato Chip truck driver. No steaks but plenty of cheese snaps (my favporite). One of the best things that ever...
Anyone catch the segment on the Winter Star Party on "CBS Sunday Morning" with Charles Osgood a short while ago? It was pretty well done. I didn't catch a...
... Those are older QMD mounts now replaced with GOTO mounts. Not sure if I'm going to keep then or sell them. The TMB 8" F/9 on a 1200 GOTO with ATS pier...
... Morning" with Charles Osgood a short while ago? When he was talking about what amateurs could see, wasn't there a Chandra shot of the core of M1 tossed in?...
But that's easily fixed, Jim. Just take the TMB 8"f9 off of the GOTO and put it back on one of the older mounts. That would make the overcast go away! Donald...
... Next best thing, I seem to recall that there is a "super pulse" in visible light that the pulsar emits every 30 minutes or so that should be visible in ...
Jim, We didn't have Gordon's--- we had Charles Chips. But you know, I miss the days of the Milk Man, etc. I remember people having their boxes on their...