... Hal, Your water over there must have different salt in it to mine. (non corrosive salt water ?) All of the exterior metal fittings on my house are covered...
Hi and Happy New Year to all. Does anybody know of a professional optician that would clean the optics of my C/V102 Fluorite objective. It also has a rattle...
... Try giving Vixen North America a call: 845 469 8660. Their parent company, Tele Vue, certainly offers this service for Tele Vue scopes, so I'd expect that...
Thanks to all who responded with tips and suggestions regarding aligning the 9x50 finderscope on the XT 8. In my case (a)the O ring was not completely seated...
... company, Tele ... expect that Vixen ... Hi Geoff thanks for the tip!! Hope all is well with you. BTW I just dropped Barry greiner a line, since i can drive...
Hey, folks. Thank you all very much for enlightening me. I just get so darned impatient at times. I have a 40,32,25,12, and 2X shorty barlow. I want to be...
... I was partying with my refractors in my driveway last night, and finally got the chance to do the side-by-side comparison under reasonably good seeing. I...
New member here, looks like a fine group! I have been using binoculars for about a month and I'am thinking of getting a scope sometime in the future. Any...
I ordered 2 eyepieces for a new binoviewer on 12/26 and they are not here either. I think everybody is a little less worried now that Christmas is past about...
In a message dated 1/1/2004 2:02:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Haunting Winds Shakuhachi ~ Japanese Bamboo Flutes The Tintype Artist ~ Contemporary Wet...
Once again it's time for me to look back over my astronomical activities for the past year. My hunch that this was a very cloudy year was confirmed when I...
... Thanks Paul; That is a good price, and it seems like they know what they're doing at "Hands on Optics". (Quality) The extras seem like an added bonus! ...
... There are three main sources of quality Dobsonians nowadays: Discovery in California, Guan Sheng in Taiwan, and Synta in China. Discovery's scopes are now...
Thanks. I was directed there by someone else too. They seem to have quite a bit of info. Greg ... you ... threads ... Being ... strong ... <big10inchdob@y...> ...
Hi Mike: If you're willing to spend more, you might want to consider the 8" f/5 Portaball from Mag 1 Instruments. These aren't "dobs" in the classic sense,...
There is a discussion on the big dob group about spider veins equilibrating at a lower temperture than ambient air. I have been thinking about this and it...
... closed system. ********** OK to here. *********** If now - as is claimed - the metal cools to some ... ******** It is at this point that you lost the...
Interesting discussion! Perhaps the darkest area in the eastern US (at least, according to P.Cinzano's light pollution map) is along undeveloped portions of...
... What you say is correct... IF you suppose you have a closed system. That is, IF the spider was in an air-tight box that reflects back perfectly the...
... finally got the ... seeing. I still ... will be ... decent ... than the ... a different ... Thanks Geoff, to be honest with you, I had a funny suspiscion...
Hi Mike, Orion has a sale on their XT8 SkyQuest Dob for $399 and the XT8 IntelliScope for $479. As a first scope the SkyQuest dob would be your best bet....
Hello, I have been reading about the transit of Venus in front of the sun coming up in June and thought that would be nice to see as well as solar activity in...
... Get yourself some Baader film and make yourself an aperture mask solar filter. You end up with the equivalent of a 6" apo for a few bucks in material....
... sun ... With all due respect to Mr. Thompson, I would go for the XT-4.5 and filter. You want something portable so you can get to a clear sky site to see...
... Chet, Bob Thompson has given you the correct advice by suggesting you make a partial aperture solar filter using Baader film for your 17.5" Discovery. The...
************************************ Chet wrote: "I have been reading about the transit of Venus in front of the sun coming up in June and thought that would...
Here at Huntington Beach, California it's never very hot nor very cold and only one or two mosquitos in the worst nights. Dark skies to the South and Southwest...
i have a few questions... here's the setup.. i bought my kids a tasco telescope for x-mas (i know..first mistake..tasco) it is a refractor, and when you look...
