(Now if only I could master focus!)
NASA won't be callin' me anytime soon but...
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POLAND_SPUD
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cool...
a yellow ballon
you're awesome d_hall
a yellow ballon
you're awesome d_hall
Children are the future
unless we stop them now
unless we stop them now
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mattyzip77
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looks like a lightbulb to me........
Go Bruins!!!!
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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D_Hall
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Well, it *IS* full of helium.POLAND_SPUD wrote:cool...
a yellow ballon
To those with questions regarding the equipment:
One of these...
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...Equals a blurry picture of the sun. I need to take video out of the camera and put it up on a HDTV or something so that I can see the focus better (hard to tell if it's in focus on the little screen and such).
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MrCrowley
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Goddamn, 8"... you lucky SOB 
How do you find using the Cassegrain-type telescope? I've been looking at some 4" or 5" Maksutov-Cassegrain 'scopes and 6" or 8" Dobsonian's but I have to put off purchasing one until I go overseas as they're bloody expensive here, not many companies will ship them overseas and shipping would be ridiculously expensive anyhow.
How do you find using the Cassegrain-type telescope? I've been looking at some 4" or 5" Maksutov-Cassegrain 'scopes and 6" or 8" Dobsonian's but I have to put off purchasing one until I go overseas as they're bloody expensive here, not many companies will ship them overseas and shipping would be ridiculously expensive anyhow.
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D_Hall
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I really like the Cassegrain scope for it's portability. It's much quicker/easier to set up than something like a traditional reflector. However, given that it's a sealed system of sorts, you have to treat it a bit more gently. Not a lot more, but you need to be aware of how it responds to temperature and the like.
Sadly, telling the ladies I've got 8" hasn't impressed them the way I thought it would.
Sadly, telling the ladies I've got 8" hasn't impressed them the way I thought it would.