Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

Jim McSheehy said:

A freak late Spring snowstorm in Australia, record low temperatures in the U.S., and this at COP15:

Snow on the deflated expectations of smarmy politicians and their paid legal and scientific "help". Couldn't have happened to nicer people. 8)

mike selz said:

I recently traded in my 16" lightbridge for a Nexstar 11 GPS carbon fiber...alot more suitable for my suburban area and astrophotography i wanna get into in the future. When i recieved the scope and tried it out, it was a little flurry on stars (they looked ellipital, like an infinity sign...you know..with a tail like a comet)...i tried collimating it by turning the 3 screws at the front of the OTA...BAD idea...became even blurrier =(

Im having trouble getting it back into focus...ive never really collimated before and would prefer an easier way to do it then the complicated prodedure i found on google.

I DID see they DO have a collimating laser eyepiece for SCT's availble now..here is the link...(kendrick has one too i believe)
http://www.agenaastro.com/HoTech-2-1-25-SCA-Laser-Collimator-p/palc-ht-sca-2.htm

What is everyones opinion? id prefer having a quick handy tool where i can quickly align the optics often since i want to get into astrophotography within the next 6-12 months as well..
thanks!

John Agnew said:

It seems that most major religions have a major religious holiday around Solstice Time.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm
While many claim their holy day is about something other than Solstice, it is pretty obvious. In Christianity, for example, it is allegedly a celebration of Christ's birth, but we know that the early Christians co-opted the Roman celebration of Saturnalia as cover for their forbidden activities. Scholars place the actual birth of Jesus in the spring.
I think Saturnalia ought to be revived by astronomers!
Happy Solstice Holiday of your choice.
John

Floyd Blue said:

I think we need to rename this forum the ANIT-RELIGIOUS forum or POLITICO-RELIGIOUS forum, as it seems that it has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the above.

James Broussard said:

Hi I'm De Lorme, Which is the better eyepiece Naglers or explorer scientific ? If you say nagler ,why {being they cost a considerable amount more} ? just don't want to be dissipointed. thanks for any help you can give. De Lorme

Alex McConahay said:

I finally caught the ISS moving in front of the moon!

WO 66 Apo on LXD 55 mount, Imaging SOurce DMK 41, 15 fps. 12/29/09 Moreno Valley, CA.

Alex

Darren Drake said:

woah!!! is this for real??
http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=tbdt/~pcategory=tbdt/~product_id=09160