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Posts Made By: Mike Clemens

May 15, 2006 06:37 PM Forum: Chinese Optics Imports

Is WO 90MM A Start Of Next Round Of Larger Scopes?

Posted By Mike Clemens

> this is the start of new round of 90MM scopes
> that may appear from several other manufacturers

Aye-Carumba! How will we tell the brands apart? their "Co-Designed" names will be different? New "limited edition" anodizing colors?

I used to feel pretty current with various manufacturers offerings, the lens designs, the sources of their optics, but things are getting out of hand. I saw some pictures of Baader?Scopos? OTA this morning which looked identical to the WYO tubes... or was it the Apogee Inc tubes... Or was it both?

And how many different models of 80mm optics are being fitted into these scopes? 1? 2? 4? 7? I have no idea. Am I not paying enough attention, or is there generally confusion about this?

The 6" CR150 achromatic Synta world was easy to understand: They come in orange, black, blue, or yellow OTA. Is this new world of 66mm and 80mm tubes just as clearcut?

July 25, 2006 10:26 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Name an Atom After Your Loved One

Posted By Mike Clemens

For $20 more, can I get a Scanning Tunneling Microscope image of my exact atom?!

July 26, 2006 06:39 AM Forum: Eyepieces

How to remove smoke odor from EP?

Posted By Mike Clemens

I think a good long bath in heavily ionized air is the commercial solution to smoke smell removal.

August 4, 2006 03:43 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Veil Nebula

Posted By Mike Clemens

very nice

August 14, 2006 05:35 PM Forum: Mounts

G11 case suggestions. Is this case good?

Posted By Mike Clemens

Looks great, but cant tell anything about the manufacturer or case specs. Personally, I always threw my G11 on the car seat, so i can tell your case is better than what I used.

If that case is built like a Pelican case, I am sure its excellent.

August 20, 2006 10:30 PM Forum: After Dark

New website for astronomers under 40

Posted By Mike Clemens

I'm 37, but I need tips for keeping these dang kids out of my yard!

August 31, 2006 04:38 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

AP160

Posted By Mike Clemens

Awesome Setup! Congratulations on a fine refractor.

September 10, 2006 12:52 AM Forum: APM

SuperMono update

Posted By Mike Clemens

Markus posted several times they were halting all production so "buy now", arent they gone for good?

October 8, 2006 11:09 PM Forum: Politics

Bush's Approval Rating: 33%

Posted By Mike Clemens

Jeb cant save em this November

October 10, 2006 07:45 AM Forum: APM

Apo Color

Posted By Mike Clemens

IIRC the full moon was almost a perfect fit inside the FOV of a Nagler 22 with an AP 2x barlow (in a 130/6 APO refractor.) As I recall the entire circular rim of the full moon showed a yellow rim of color all the way around.