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May 1, 2004 9:40 am
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If the Autostar sees that a GPS is attached, it will set the date, time, latitude and longitude using GPS data. It then skips past the date/time/daylight...
Well the cradle rings arrived, my tripod is solid (just wobbles a bit on the Dec axis !, is that normal ?) and have trained the drives. The OTA is all balanced...
LOL, well Jim I tried I stood in the garden danced and sang "we need rain, we need rain". Guess what, it rained and then rained some more. The clouds appeared,...
What focuser are you looking for? I have the old 0.975 that I pulled off when I upgraded to 1.25, I also have an unused 2" that I decided not to use. The 2" is...
typical, also missed eclipse because of weather, although did catch a glimpse through gap in cloud, anyone out there got a 1.25" adapter, for free of...
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Eclipse was pretty good from here in London, so your rain dance worked for us! I didn't get the telescope out, because of the threat of rain, but took a couple...
Jim, A while back you had on the group page a link to 4504 group products page. If I recall they customized products with no set up fees, and had a full...
Dom, The link to the Logo Shop is still on the "Home" page of the eGroup ... on the right side just above "The Galaxy Song" link. The direct URL is: ...
thanks jim! Do you have a personal shop, or do you pay the $5 per month? What would you recommend (if you would recommend them at all) I was thinking of...
No, I don't pay the monthly feel for the upgraded service. Cheap'n'dirty is the only way to go ... for me. I've bought a few items from them to see what they...
I have added a page to my website, showing a sequence from the recent lunar eclipse. The pictures weren't taken with the telescope but with a 300mm SLR lens...
Hi Jim & Dom, Our club here in Salem, Oregon uses the same web site to sell our club's logo products. We have been very pleased with the service and the...
In Milton Keynes its been raining and cloudy, now for some time. The usual story, new telescope bits = days of poor weather ? How is every one else doing ?...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Meade4504Telescopes group: What astronomy magazine(s) do you read regularly? (Check all that...
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May 9, 2004 5:18 am
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What are the URL's to these? I read Astronomy and S&T regularly. Some of these others I haven't heard of but am interested in. Perhaps a page of links to...
It's been pretty nice here in Reno, NV. A few clouds here and there. I went out the other night and finally found M101, M81, and M82. I'd never seen them...
Cloudy, cloudy, cloudy here in Northern IL. Some clear skies during some of the days, but cloudy at night. The cloudy nights started as soon as comet 2001 Q4...
I found these publications listed in response to a Google search for "Astronomy magazines." Don't know anything about several of them ... just a listing I...
Hi everyone, We're in WA state and a couple of hours ago my daughters noticed a planet or other object which seemed very close and bright, at times fading and...
a bright light in the west at sunset is probably Venus. David W London, UK ... From: homeschoolhouseful [mailto:homeschoolhouseful@...] Sent: 10 May 2004...
David Woodford
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May 10, 2004 8:14 am
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just to add that if you can contact one of your local astro clubs before June you'll find that they are probably organising a special event or bbq to observe...
David Woodford
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May 10, 2004 3:11 pm
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... As Dave posted, the REALLY bright, star-like (but brighter) object is Venus. However, the NEAT comet is -also- visible in the western sky here in the PNW...
Hi again, Thanks for the posts so far. This planet/star??? didn't have a "tail". We are up by the Canadian border. We noticed it around 11:00, and by 1:00...
My first thought was that it must be Venus, which is extremely bright and would lie to your northwest. But with the miracle of the Starry Night planetarium...
FINALLY made it out into the garden to test out the new mount and motors. Managed to see Polaris for about 5 mins before it was hidden by clouds, long enough...
