Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

Michael O Gaynes said:

I just downloaded this and played around a little- very slick!

From the AP:

WorldWide Telescope, developed by Microsoft's research arm, knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others.

Computer users can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.

The site lets users choose from a number of different telescopes and switch between different light wavelengths.

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org

Chad Braithwate said:

That got your attention

But seriously, perhaps we should have let Hubble die? It's a moot point now, the service mission will go forward soon. Setting aside the emotional attachment of the general public and the home state politics (Maryland's congressional delegation, where the STSI is HQ'd, led the charge for a repair mission in Congress), is the additional $1 billion cost worth the human and technical risks? A couple of points:

John Meiners said:

Checking my notes and calendar I see it's been 122 days (nights) of cloud cover!!!!!!! Pacific Northwest Oregon Coast... "Come on back ya all!" Nice place to visit..JM

Alan French said:



I have yet to see a night where the smaller aperture revealed more planetary detail. There were always moments to minutes when the larger showed more detail than the smaller.

Brian Lee said:

Has anyone used these eyepieces?
What is the quality like compared to other EP's?

Brian

scott trehy said:

found a rare set of meade orthoscopics (japanese circle t)and was wondering if anyone knows how they stack up to the university optics orthos?thanks.

Charles Solomon said:

I was given an Orion 9x50 corrected image finder without any mounting hardware. I have an 8" Meade telescope I was thinking about mounting it on. However, I don't know what kind of mount to get for it. Or, if possible, I could manufature something for it. Has anyone come across a similar situation and have any ideas what I could do? Does anyone have an Meade finder mounts that might work for this thing?

Thanks

Michael Tencza said:

That's right. Inside Kellogg's Frosted Miniwheat they are giving away an Indiana Jones plastic spoon illuminated by a red led. Take off the spoon end and you have an astronomical flashlight. It has a better pattern than my Orion led flashlight and best of all is free.

Kerry Green said:

Hi all,

I'm looking for a standalone autoguiding system much like the SBIG ST-4. I cant seem to locate anything like that. I am willing to build the darn thing if i have to. I may just try that anyway. Anyone have thoughts?

Thanks,

-KDG

robert black said:

I recently moved my scope off the pier to take to a star party for the community to learn about astronomy. When I put it back on the pier it is out of collimation and I can't seem to get it back. The problem is no matter what screw I turn, I can't get the ring centred.
I have a 8" SCT LX90 w/bob's knobs. but my arms are not long enough to look into the eyepiece and turn the knobs at the same time.
I would sure appreciate any suggestions, thanks guys, bob