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![]() Sage ![]() ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
I just want to apologize in advance to everyone for the upcoming bad weather that we all will be experiencing for the next 2-4 weeks. How can I predict the weather so far in advance, you ask? Well, its simple… it’s called Murphy’s Law! Some call it the curse, but I call it “THE NEW SCOPE ON ITS WAY SNYDROME!” Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Admin ![]() ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 06/18/03 Posts: 449 |
So Larry - Dave - Morrow, AR |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
Oops, that is a vague description…sorry! Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: online ![]() Registered: 03/27/05 Posts: 390 |
I told you a couple of weeks ago that the "Fever" would catch you.......Common for all astronomers........ nSpace01 |
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![]() Admin ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 06/18/03 Posts: 449 |
I believe it’s the Synta EQ-6., with a load limit of 40lbs! I did not get the GOTO option ($$ ran out), but that will come with time and eventually I’m going try my hand at auto guided long exposure imaging. Auto Guiding? I assume it has an Autoguide port. ('Course I COULD look it up..) That mount with something like Argo Navis would last you a good long time. You may find, however, that the mount capacity is somewhat less than 40 lbs when you get a camera out there on the end of the tube. Given that the Newt is an f/4.7, it may not be too bad. Sounds great! Looking forward to seeing it. ![]() Dave - Morrow, AR |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
You were right Leonard...I had to take a big scope dose to cure my fever Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Admin ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 06/18/03 Posts: 449 |
I'm going to have to take finacial baby steps for a while, unless I hit a big jackpot like Leonard... I know what you mean. I'm faced with the dilemma of simply selling my Ultima 8 outright, or ripping the OTA off the forks and getting a GEM. I'm think about the CG-5 or GM-8. Of course, I can't stand the thought of having only ONE scope, so this is just a start. ![]() Dave - Morrow, AR |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
Dave, Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: online ![]() Registered: 03/27/05 Posts: 390 |
I got my CG-5 ASGT for $595.00, with free shipping, from Highpoint Scientific a few months ago................. nSpace01 |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
That is correct Leonard, the GOTO upgrade is a $400 hand pad. I'll be on the watch for a good used one as well, along with a PowerTank and a guide scope and a auto guide camera and a imaging camera and filters and and and....will it ever end! Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: online ![]() Registered: 03/27/05 Posts: 390 |
Did you achieve "First Light" yet? nSpace01 |
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![]() Sage ![]() ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
Hey Leonard, Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Elder ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 07/14/07 Posts: 83 |
"Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." - Genesis 2:1, NIV |
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![]() Sage ![]() Status: online ![]() Registered: 03/27/05 Posts: 390 |
Welcome Back, Stranger..........................How was the road trip? nSpace01 |
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![]() Elder ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 07/14/07 Posts: 83 |
Hello, guys. "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." - Genesis 2:1, NIV |
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![]() Sage ![]() ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 03/06/08 Posts: 140 |
Hey Eric! Clear Skies-Larry |
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![]() Elder ![]() Status: offline ![]() Registered: 07/14/07 Posts: 83 |
Thanks, Larry. Was a great trip, but good to be back. "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." - Genesis 2:1, NIV |
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