That was a good report Robert. I wanted to go out but laziness set in. As soon as the moon goes into hiding again I will resume the Herschel’s. I have 62...
Looks like the clouds could be a problem. Sure would like to meet yall out there sometime when weather and life cooperate. I never have been able to get the...
Focal Length is like a camera lense, 200mm, 300mm, or like my 8" SCT 2000mm. f/ratio is the ratio of the focal lenth and the aperature. For instance a 80mm...
Sometime prior to 2001 when I joined the club. Reagan ... ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the...
Higher power only makes the object larger in the eye-piece. If you make a dim object larger, it's detailing is worse. You need to have a lot of aperature to...
Ok. I was thinking from a astrophotography point of view, where no eye-piece is involved. At Prime Focus the F/6 would be better. Yeah it would be smaller...
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I am leaning towards a reflector. This one has caught my eye so far. ...
Did anyone put an eyepiece on Linear VZ 13 last Saturday? According to Spaceweather.com it is in Draco not far from Polaris. Bobby TZ should have found it. ;-}...
If you can spend that much money on a scope, just my opinion here, I would buy the Orion 12" Intelliscope and get more aperture with the same "Locator"...
I should also say, "if you have room to haul the 12". I have an 8" Meade SCT on a GEM. And it hardly gets used since I purchased my 12" Dob. Bobby ... From:...
I've been looking at the Dobs for that reason of more lens for the buck. But, I'm thinking that the reason I don't use my 4.5 as much is because it doesn't...
Nice animation Carey. Is that the natural color of the comet! Is there a color filter involved? I'm guessing yes and no to my questions. The adjacent stars...
We have used the Dobs at the Selman Living Laboratory astronomy site at Freedom, OK, and that is probably the way we will go for the next telescope. We put our...
New element discovered, the heaviest identified to date. In early Octber 2006, a major research institution announced discovery of the heaviest element yet...
I think Bush is the biggest Gv of all. :-) Terrill Bartlett, Vice President Bartlett Enterprises, Inc. Canadian, TX 79014 (806) 323-6444 x 30 LMC #160100 _____...
I just put in an order for a Zhumell 10" Dob. I know I was looking at the much more expensive scope with the tracking mount. But the more I thought about,...
Billy, Spend that extra cash on Televue eyepieces! Reagan ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the...
Hello Night Sky Network, The last email sent about the Dawn Mission Telecon didn't have a direct link to the PowerPoint. Here is all the information you need...
We will....cuss you that is for the cloudy skies. (grin) We have been needing a scape goat. Congratuations on your new purchase! We will be anxiously...
