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Posts Made By: John Miele

December 19, 2008 12:51 AM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Is ther a way to change Reserve price in Auction?

Posted By John Miele
I have an auction going right now and wanted to change the reserve price (lower it).
Is there a way to do this? Thanks.

John

April 10, 2014 12:55 AM Forum: Ask rating questions here

How can I change a rating

Posted By John Miele
Hi,

I gave a rating a couple days ago that I need to change based on new information I just received from the person I rated. How can I do this?

Thanks

John

October 8, 2003 05:26 PM Forum: Telescope Making

New Travel Scope -- Almost Done

Posted By John Miele
Ian,

Your mirror maker is Jerry Wilkinson and I have one of his 6" f7.2 mirrors. It is an outstanding performer and I'm very happy with it. How do you like the one you have?

John

December 15, 2003 05:24 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

IR blocking for Jupiter and Saturn?

Posted By John Miele
Here's a probably quite dumb question. What is so bad about capturing the IR component in the image anyway? Why does the IR light apparently cause such a problem in the image?

John

December 9, 2004 01:53 AM Forum: Celestron

Opinion on GPS11

Posted By John Miele
Hi Gerry,

I bought the aluminum tube version of the Nexstar GPS C11 XLT from Anacortes about 8 weeks and I really am happy with it. The goto and tracking work great. The optical quality appears to be excellent. I need to do some more critical testing to be sure though. But so far, the star mages are just beautiful and the detail on the Moon is awesome. I also saw the crepe ring on Saturn without any problem and a nice sharp cassini division all the way around. So far so good. The only drawback is the weight. It does take a fair effort to carry it around. Almost forgot, the motors are very quiet too! Much better than other scopes i have "heard" in the night.

John

January 29, 2005 10:01 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Saturn observation and Color Sketch

Posted By John Miele
Great observing report. I bow to your cold weather fortitude! I draw the line at 25-30 deg.F.!

I observed Saturn in my C11 a few times this month and noticed the polar hood is not nearly as dark and obvious as it was last year. I was wondering if other observers had noticed this too. Thanks for your report.

John

February 1, 2005 12:47 AM Forum: Reflectors

Thinking of moving to 8" or 10" DOB from refractor

Posted By John Miele
Hi Gary,

You said you are mechanically inclined so my advice is to buy the book by Richard Berry called "Build your own telescope" and then build a 10" f6 scope. This way you can put more of your money into a really good mirror and diagonal. You will also have a lot of fun. A scope like that can be the SINGLE scope that lasts you a lifetime in this hobby. If the mirror is a good one it will stun you with planetary details. It will also do a wonderful job on DSOs especially if you get it to a dark sky. The f6 ratio is pretty forgiving on collimation tolerances and one eyepiece designs.

August 29, 2005 02:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Copernicus 07/29/05

Posted By John Miele
Superb image! Please excuse my dumbness, but when you say "IR Pass Filter", you do mean a filter that blocks IR from getting through? Is that correct? I'm still trying to build up my imaging knowledge database!

Thanks

John

September 29, 2005 12:42 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars 9-28-05 from Northern VA

Posted By John Miele
That is a very cool looking image. Hope you get lots more to share.

September 29, 2005 02:18 PM Forum: Binoviewers

WO Bino Viewers

Posted By John Miele
Hi Jim,

where did you get yours from? Mine are still on backorder from Anacortes.

John

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