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Posts Made By: Bill Burghardt

November 22, 2004 10:31 PM Forum: Politics

Assault Weapons Ban/Victims

Posted By Bill Burghardt
AND he could have also used a bow and arrow, spit balls, HIV infected saliva, slingshot, spears, rocks, etc.

ANY could inflict an injury, just might take some time for it to show.

BRAINS ARE WHAT IS NECESSARY, NOT LAWS TO BE IGNORED BY CRIMINALS!!!!

November 27, 2004 07:11 PM Forum: Astro-Physics

AP "Vaporware" Complaint

Posted By Bill Burghardt
I just went to the AP website and noticed that they fully documented their change and respect for the current list of customers waiting for the smaller mounts on or before the end of October, 2004. (See PRODUCTS, and note the last update listed at the bottom of the page)

I think that AP deserves credit for their continuing efforts to keep its customers up to date on their products.

FWIW.

December 1, 2004 03:13 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Astro-Physics vaporware complaint

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Posted previously on the AP forum:

Re: AP
Posted by Bill Burghardt on 11/27/2004 2:11 PM in response to AP "Vaporware" Complaint
I just went to the AP website and noticed that they fully documented their change and respect for the current list of customers waiting for the smaller mounts on or before the end of October, 2004. (See PRODUCTS, and note the last update listed at the bottom of the page)

I think that AP deserves credit for their continuing efforts to keep its customers up to date on their products.

FWIW.


September 12, 2005 09:54 PM Forum: Religion

One for the "Fence"

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Christine,

Bless you.

I can but only expand my wisdom by gladly listening to yours, for he who is unwilling to learn from the wisdom of others will learn little. (WJB, Sept 12, 2005)

Beyond Humbly,
bill

December 29, 2005 09:48 PM Forum: Religion

Happy days are here again.

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Floyd,

YER WRONG.

State your view, THEN IGNORE all the responses. Can lower blood pressure by 10 points! 8)

March 9, 2006 02:47 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

"Quantum" step telescope apertures?

Posted By Bill Burghardt
IF I understand it correctly, each magnitude of star brightness is approximately 2.54 times dimmer than the previous step. Therefore, to gain one magnitude of light gathering power, the next bigger instrument than the one you now have MUST have at least 2.54 times the area of the current objective or mirror. Say a 10 square inch mirror will let you see "x" magnitude, to go one more magnitude dimmer, you need 25.4 square inches.

I am sure there is someone brighter than me out there that can either affirm or correct my statement.

FWIW,
bill

January 28, 2007 07:38 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Am I Mistaken: Earth, Sun, and Mars?

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Darian,

Maybe a bit easier to figure with:

Imagine a million miles scaled to 100mm.
Sun about 860,000 miles in diameter = 86mm
earth about 8000 miles in diameter = .8mm
The rest of the scaling will be easier to figure out, all the way to poor little explanet (BAH!) Pluto.

Have fun.

bill

February 24, 2007 07:58 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

I feel the love here!

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Floyd,

Good report, though second hand.

A fellow club member bought an early 10 inch Meade SCT. BAD optics, AND a retaining clip was not installed somewhere in the system. Short and sweet, mirror fell through corrector plate when packing one night, sent back with some verbage, returned with new correctly installed, excellent optics. Cost, shipping back for repair. OF COURSE this was a LONG time ago.

February 28, 2007 04:06 AM Forum: Telescope Making

What Do Amateurs Do For a Living?

Posted By Bill Burghardt
Semiretired, most of my working life in mechanical fields. Most of the time in the commercial/military aerospace and maritime industry. Built a hermetically sealed dc brush type motor for some special project launched in 1968 (the story they told us was good, what we believe to be the truth is even better!). Same company decided this 23 year old was the best mechanic they had to build a piece of flight hardware used for ten seconds on every LEM that got closer than 50,000 feet from the moon's surface. Had it failed, the flight would automatically abort as the altitude sensing radar would not have shifted position as the LEM went into vertical decent mode.

Astronomy is much less stressful!

Best wishes,
bill

February 28, 2007 06:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

moonrise through a 14" A-P

Posted By Bill Burghardt
"Seeing was terrible this evening, but at least it was clear."

Wish we had that type seeing here in Jersey!

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