[sac-forum] Re: Announcement and the Moistons
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:56:39 -0700
Is this the part where I fess up to the fact that my CGE-1100 is shipping at
the end of next week???? I thought if I hid it in my room and just showed up
with it nothing would happen. I guess 19 total inches of new aperture within
the club was more than the Moistons could over look. I'll run down to the
store, buy a 2" 10000X refractor from the toy department, bring it back and
burn it as a sacrifice and see if it appeases their wrath....
Jimmy Ray
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[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:51 PM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Announcement and the Moistons
Hmm, and I was merely *thinking* of building a 11" short-focus Zambuto Newt
for my CGE mount . . .
I'll stop now.
Matt
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On Behalf Of AJ Crayon
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:34 PM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Announcement and the Moistons
For some time now I have wanted a second, smaller, telescope that is easy to
setup and take down for backyard observing. I want to spend time observing
the moon, double stars and planets. It will also be used for public star
parties - something which I miss a lot. Another activity that has been
missing, that I want to dabble in a little, is piggyback astrophotography.
Finally, it would be a nice telescope to take out for short observing
sessions or for those nights when the observing conditions degrade the
performance of my 14.5" DOB.
So, now having the intro done, here is the short story.
Back in early November I took delivery of Orion's 10" f4.7 GoTo on a Atlas
Mount. Steve Coe came over to the house, we put it through a quick test and
it performed beautifully. Easy polar alignment, calibration and it went to
everything we selected. But there was a problem. Did I ever misjudge the
height of the focuser (6') and weight (117 pounds)! Thanks goodness Orion
has a generous return policy - I sent it back within 3 days!
Today I took remaining delivery of Orion's 8" SCT on a Sky View GoTo Mount.
All together the assembled weight is a mere 53 pounds and a focuser 2'
shorter. Most of the setup was completed tonight and it slews in the
correct directions for 3 star alignment and finding M42 and M31. This is
much more of what I was looking for. I'm going to spend some time getting
used to its controls and setup for first light in backyard; but not until
next week. Not sure when its first use away from home will be.
Now for the moistons! I figure it this way. It is a full two weeks before
the next SAC Star Party and am hoping they forget this episode so we will
have nice weather for our outing. But then if we do have nice weather I'll,
more than likely, bring the DOB.
So, there you have it.
Clear skies to all,
aj
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