Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

Paulo martin said:

Hello,
Anyone have used this 28X110 giant bino model? How compare with others of similar aperture and magnification? Alternatives?
Thank you.
Paulo

Alan French said:

It's again time to put this to rest and move on.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/24/case-closed-climategate-was-manufactured/

Clear skies, Alan

robin woolsey said:

Trying to install nexImage on my PC because I no longer have the laptop it was originally installed on. When I load the installation disc, it gives me a Menu has stopped working window and identifies the problem as Appcrash. I had problems installing the drivers for this camerea on my laptop, but at least it would open the installation disc. Help, computer challenged in Texas.

James DellaPenna said:

I'm well aware of the glue-like grease the Chinese used to install in the standard CG5 mounts. When Celestron began producing the CG5 Go-To version did this problem go away or is the newer GT version still coming with that horrible excuse for grease? I have an older version standard CG5 for my refractor but the original owner replaced the old grease with lithium grease. If I purchased a new CG5 GT what should I expect to see for lubriction? Am I going to have to do the Astronomyboy.com lubrication upgrade on a brand new mount? If so, I might as well look for a used one instead of going new.

Scott Satko said:

Thanks, Rod--I appreciate your input. But c'mon, YOU an "old softie"? I never woulda guessed!

Hugh Bartlett said:

On another thread, someone has implied that those who questioned the urgency of taking action to limit man's influence on global climate change were "anti-science". In response to that accusation, one might be interested in this Yale University study of who really is more scientifically knowledgeable: those espousing the sky is falling scenario, or those who are skeptical of this alarmist message.

http://egnorance.blogspot.com/2011/07/yale-study-global-warming-skepticism.html

Paulo martin said:

Hello,
I'm looking for advice to decide between two telescopes, one is the model Nexstar 5SE and the other Celestron 127 SLT Nexstar Maksutov ..
I have no very marked preference for the type of object to observe, I like both the planets, moon and star clusters, nebulae, double stars ... .., there is great difference in price between them, almost double by the Nexstar 5SE, but really do not know if there is much difference between the visual observations of both..., the Nexstar 5SE mount seems much more stable and robust, if someone can say something about it I would be very grateful. greetings and thanks

John Meiners said:

Trying to locate a site where I can obtain parts.. I have heard that the Company has gone under?? help, John Meiners