glorious copernicusPosted By Doug Walton |
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Posts Made By: Doug Walton
October 21, 2006 11:09 AM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System
October 30, 2006 02:24 AM
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Equipment Talk
New Fan Placement for my 22" F4Posted By Doug Walton |
Carl, could you elaborate on the assumptions and expectations you're working with regarding mirror box airflow, direct cooling of the primary, scrub the primary mirror's boundary air layer, placement of the mirrors, vibration, etc.?
Thanks!
Doug
Thanks!
Doug
November 12, 2006 04:05 AM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System
My first Saturn of the seasonPosted By Doug Walton |
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November 12, 2006 04:09 AM
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Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........
Astro-Physics 10" mak/cassPosted By Doug Walton |
... I wait with anticipation for the opportunity to take this scope off your hands for a fair-market price. 8)
November 24, 2006 04:37 PM
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Equipment Talk
ServoCat arrivedPosted By Doug Walton |
Just remember, if you cross that line and install the ServoCat on your SM scope, you will void your warranty and be cast into the pit of hell for it! 8)
November 25, 2006 07:55 PM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky
M33 - Meade 10"LX200R-Mach1 mountPosted By Doug Walton |
Nice image! I know what you mean though - I'm also having a devil of a time finding an AP 10" Mak. 8)
January 2, 2007 06:45 PM
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Equipment Talk
Truss Pole Shrink TubingPosted By Doug Walton |
Call AstroSystems - I got some from them a few years back and they know what size is correct for the truss poles you'll be using.
January 28, 2007 06:11 AM
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Equipment Talk
Is GOTO worth it?Posted By Doug Walton |
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February 3, 2007 06:27 AM
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Reflectors
Obsession/Starmaster comparaisonPosted By Doug Walton |
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February 12, 2007 06:22 PM
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Reflectors
Argo Navis and Sky Commander comparisonPosted By Doug Walton |
FWIW, I've been using the Sky Commander and SkyTracker setup that comes with Starmasters for around 6 years now, and it works fine. However, one thing I'd really like to have that the ServoCat/AN combination has is the spiral search feature. Many time with my scopes, it does the GOTO, but the object is for whatever reason just outside the FOV. But where, and how far? I find myself doing this thing all the time where I do an awkward "manual" spiral search, looking around in the general proximity of the original FOV via the control box until it pops into view. It would be nice to have the scope doing this, so I could just watch, and when I see it, I could just hit a button, it would stop, and it would track from there. In the overall scheme of things though, this is minor for me.
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