Supposin' I bought me one of 'dem Dobs...Posted By Dave budlong |
Telrad.
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June 29, 2006 03:22 AM
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Beginning Astronomy?
July 12, 2006 01:07 AM
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first attempt at star clustersPosted By Dave budlong |
With good skies and no moon, M13 is going to roll your socks up and down. What you saw last night is not even close to what you will see with favorable conditions. Jupiter is OK with the moon up, but it is certainly much better with out it.
July 12, 2006 08:10 AM
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Summer Triangle movement - E or NE or..Posted By Dave budlong |
The stars appear in the same spot they were in the night before 4 minutes earlier each night, that is not a lot, but it is how we get the different stars in the sky during each season. Here is a link that will do a pretty good job of explaining it.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/seasonal_stars_030207.html
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/seasonal_stars_030207.html
August 6, 2006 07:04 AM
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Beginning Astronomy?
My first Messier object...Posted By Dave budlong |
Actually the object would probably have looked better through your 25mm and a barlow. When you get the barlow and the 32mm you will be able to play around and figure out the sweet spot for magnification with your scope. One thing you will find with every scope there is an eyepiece or eyepiece and barlow configuration that just seems to work the best. This will be the case on a lot of nights although sometimes the seeing conditions will cause it to change most of the time there will be a sweet spot you like to observe at. I have a few scopes and quite a few eyepieces and some of the eyepieces are not very good in one scope but when I put them in another scope they are magical. You'll figure it out and make sure you let us know what you discover. Clear Skies.
August 9, 2006 08:27 PM
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Beginning Astronomy?
ARRR....eye patches for viewing?Posted By Dave budlong |
The whole thread makes me wonder if using one here at home would counteract my coffee runs. Put it over the nonviewing eye outside and sliding it over when I run in to get coffee, preserving more of my night vision in the proccess.
September 1, 2006 02:57 AM
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Beginning Astronomy?
Polar AlignmentPosted By Dave budlong |
Is it an Equatorial Mount or a Fork Mount?
September 7, 2006 04:26 AM
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Beginning Astronomy?
Trying to Decide between a Few Models/Need AdvicePosted By Dave budlong |
James, here is a thought, if you think you would need the Intelliscoope option, go ahead and get the 6" with the intelliscope, then grab a 4.5" XT classic to go with it, that would give you 2 scopes to use and you will be able to cheat a little off the 6". Now having said that, I think that you would find that it is really not that hard to learn your way around the sky, and grabbing 3 of the 4.5" scopes might be the way to go with the group, or just 2 of the 6" XT classics. Once you get the hang of it, it's a lot easier than you might think.
September 14, 2006 03:21 PM
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Beginning Astronomy?
Finally Bought one! What do you think?Posted By Dave budlong |
Christopher you got a nice set up there, way to go on the extras too. The real question is did it rain last night where you are at or was it just cloudy? 
September 30, 2006 03:13 PM
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Beginning Astronomy?
First Light...Yes!!!..Thinking of Spending more?Posted By Dave budlong |
Congratulations,
Dew is an issue that can be reduced and almost eliminated, reduction of the problem is easiest. Construct a dew shield for the front end of you telescope, this will reduce the problem dramatically and is easy to do. If you're still having issues you can go as far as putting in something like the Kendrick system. Try the dew shield first and see if that works for you though.
Eyepiece suggestion would be something in the 15mm to 20mm range, you should be able to really whet your appetite for Galaxies with an EP in this range.
Sounds like you're having fun with the scope though.
Dew is an issue that can be reduced and almost eliminated, reduction of the problem is easiest. Construct a dew shield for the front end of you telescope, this will reduce the problem dramatically and is easy to do. If you're still having issues you can go as far as putting in something like the Kendrick system. Try the dew shield first and see if that works for you though.
Eyepiece suggestion would be something in the 15mm to 20mm range, you should be able to really whet your appetite for Galaxies with an EP in this range.
Sounds like you're having fun with the scope though.
October 6, 2006 01:03 AM
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Beginning Astronomy?
whichPosted By Dave budlong |
The Meade 12 and all the goodies I could get with the extra dough. 
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