Hi Kiddies Well, I FINALLY mustered up the spinal fortitude to haul out my RV6, almost two years since the last time it saw the dark of night. Met up with a...
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Astrotra@...
Jul 2, 2000 12:48 am
I regret not making it out last night. Glad the folks at WAS were there for support. Ray...
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Frank J. Cernik
old_dog_zero_one_56@...
Jul 2, 2000 10:25 pm
Here I go "Down in Flames"... I just thought somebody in the group might benefit from knowing that what they were looking for was for sale on E-bay. Of course...
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Charles Gilg
cgilg@...
Jul 2, 2000 11:55 pm
I am one who appreciates when leads to original Criterion parts are mentioned within this group regardless of the price. And in fact, I did purchase two...
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Astrotra@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:40 am
I still use my Criterion eyepieces and consider them to be satisfactory (7 mm, 12.7 mm, 18 mm, 1 1/8 wide angle and CP4 barlow). I do own a 10 mm plossl that...
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Scott M Ferguson
smrmc@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:33 pm
Greetings to all in the Dynascope group! I am Scott Ferguson of Bristol, Ct. and have been a Dynascope fan for more than 25 years. I believe that the best...
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Tom Collier
tcollier@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:41 pm
It was not my intention to step on anyone's toes in regard to the availability of Criterion AR eyepieces. They are of acceptable quality but I feel that the...
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Steven O'Neal
oneals@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:56 pm
Hi Everyone, I am an RV-6 owner and relatively new to the group. My scope was purchased by my father around 1963 (could be earlier). It has the "crinkled"...
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Ken Poshedly
ken.poshedly@...
Jul 4, 2000 12:12 am
This is a slightly edited version of a posting I sent to the Shallow-Skly listserv. With the discussion currently in progress about Achromatic Ramsden...
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Les Blalock
les@...
Jul 4, 2000 1:34 am
Hi Ken, Enjoyed the report. It's been awhile since I've done any lunar observing but your post has rekindled the fire. I really enjoy it with my RV-8. And ...
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steamengrs@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:09 am
Please keep the clouds. I am beginning to wonder if there are actually stars behind them. Does anyone have a source for a cloud filter? Northern Illinois...
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Frank J. Cernik
old_dog_zero_one_56@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:05 am
Ok, I just happened to find this listing tonight. The item # is 366893018. Looks like it has no clock drive. He's got a reserve price of over $77.00 on it. ...
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kdaly10475@...
Jul 4, 2000 1:04 pm
In a message dated 7/3/00 10:40:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, smrmc@... writes: << Greetings to all in the Dynascope group! I am Scott Ferguson of Bristol,...
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kdaly10475@...
Jul 4, 2000 1:06 pm
In a message dated 7/3/00 11:42:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tcollier@... writes: << They are of acceptable quality but I feel that the price is...
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kdaly10475@...
Jul 4, 2000 1:08 pm
In a message dated 7/3/00 12:13:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, oneals@... writes: << Does it indicate one of the earlier series of scopes produced? >> I'm...
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Tom Collier
tcollier@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:02 pm
I am pleased to announce that an RV-6 is in transit to me as of 7-3-00. This one will represent the third Dynascope that I have owned since 1973 and I have...
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Tony White
twhite@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:13 am
And I got it for $185 - and if the guy is not pulling my leg, it's in fairly good shape. Now to go to Denver to collect it. Hmm. :) Will definitely be using...
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Tony White
twhite@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:15 am
Tom, I'd be interested in hearing about your progress. I won the one on eBay that ended tonight - and will probably be doing much the same thing in the very...
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Tony White
twhite@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:41 pm
List, I found another RV-6 today! It is in good shape and has a clock drive - however, at some time in its past it fell over or was knocked over and sustained...
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scottr@...
Jul 5, 2000 6:20 pm
I had the exact same type of damage on my RV-6, caused by me shutting the trunk lid on our car and hitting the finderscope which wasn't low enough to avoid the...
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Bryan Biggers
biggers@...
Jul 5, 2000 6:26 pm
Here are some shots of how I repaired my RV-8 tube, sorry if people have seen this before, Bryan http://www.globaldialog.com/~biggers/html/rv-8.html...
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Tony White
twhite@...
Jul 5, 2000 6:31 pm
Scott, I would definitely be interested in seeing before and afters of that repair! I'm hesitant to use metal plates on the OTA, but I didn't even think about...
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Frank J. Cernik
old_dog_zero_one_56@...
Jul 5, 2000 11:02 pm
Tony, Congrats on your auction purchase(with 30 seconds to spare). To repair tubes check out archive messages #361 & 465. They are some ideas that might help. ...
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dherbst@...
Jul 6, 2000 2:03 pm
Hi. My name is Doug Herbst. Although I live on Staten Island, I do my observing at a dark sky site in Pennsylvania, where I live on weekends. I've had an...
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Paul Hastings
hast@...
Jul 6, 2000 5:02 pm
Subject: Criterion Hello to all new to the group and this is my first post. My name is Paul Hastings and live in Brooksville, FL. Have been with this January...
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Tom Collier
tcollier@...
Jul 7, 2000 3:03 am
Hello group, The RV-6 that I purchased arrived today via UPS. The scope is fundamentally in sound condition and will be a prime candidate for restoration. The...
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Dave Kocivar
d.kocivar@...
Jul 8, 2000 7:44 pm
Has anyone been able to spot this comet yet ?? I looked for the first time last night with negative results. I used 11 x 80 binoculars, conditions were very...
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Jeffrey Nutkowitz
OptiquesJeff@...
Jul 8, 2000 8:06 pm
Hi Here's a post I made to another mail list. I was using my ETX90EC for observing: "I went out tonight (Friday 7/7 to 7/8, 2 am to 4 am, full report later), ...
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Tom Collier
tcollier@...
Jul 9, 2000 2:31 pm
Comet LINEAR was observed at Caesar's Creek State Park in sw Ohio on the night of 7-01-00 at 02:50 EDT, while viewing with a 14.5" reflector. Approx....
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Keith Wichman
dynascope@...
Jul 10, 2000 4:58 pm
Hi folks, Sorry I've been out of the loop but work/life have been consuming. My company is sending my family to France for 7-12 months and it's time that I...
