The stars up here are just amazing, so I've gone and sold off my
Celestron for a big 14 inch dob. A light bucket like this will be
fantastic for Thomas in a couple of years. He'll have the kind of
skies I always wanted when I was getting my first views through a
telescope, only he'll see what we could never see in the wake of city
light pollution!

I can't wait to show him Saturn for the 1st time!


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
The stars up here are just amazing, so I've gone and sold
off my
Celestron for a big 14 inch dob. A light bucket like this
will be
fantastic for Thomas in a couple of years. He'll have the
kind of
skies I always wanted when I was getting my first views
through a
telescope, only he'll see what we could never see in the
wake of city
light pollution!

I can't wait to show him Uranus for the 1st time!


There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?

Scotty

On Apr 25, 9:46 pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
The stars up here are just amazing, so I've gone and sold off my
Celestron for a big 14 inch dob. A light bucket like this will be
fantastic for Thomas in a couple of years. He'll have the kind of
skies I always wanted when I was getting my first views through a
telescope, only he'll see what we could never see in the wake of city
light pollution!

I can't wait to show him Saturn for the 1st time!

RB
35s5
NY

They were amazing here last night. Just about race start time the
skies cleared up. crystal clear, you could count craters on the moon,
Orion was standing tall and even a few gulls stayed out late squacking
in delight.Looks like the same today...perfect.

Joe

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:13:51 -0400, "Scotty"
wrote:


"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
roups.com...
The stars up here are just amazing, so I've gone and sold
off my
Celestron for a big 14 inch dob. A light bucket like this
will be
fantastic for Thomas in a couple of years. He'll have the
kind of
skies I always wanted when I was getting my first views
through a
telescope, only he'll see what we could never see in the
wake of city
light pollution!

I can't wait to show him Uranus for the 1st time!


There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?

Scotty


There are stars in the ocean? maybe you meant starfish?

CWM

He's referring to the other "Chicken of the Sea".

There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?




Uh, Scotty...wanna explain how one would mount and use a astronomical
telescope on a small boat? IT can work on a cruise ship, or drilling
platform and probably Joe's houseboat since it's tied tightly to the
dock!


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...
There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?




Uh, Scotty...wanna explain how one would mount and use a astronomical
telescope on a small boat? IT can work on a cruise ship, or drilling
platform and probably Joe's houseboat since it's tied tightly to the
dock!


RB
35s5
NY



Put it on a floating platform inside the boat.

* Capt. Rob wrote, On 4/26/2007 12:19 PM:
There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?




Uh, Scotty...wanna explain how one would mount and use a astronomical
telescope on a small boat? IT can work on a cruise ship, or drilling
platform and probably Joe's houseboat since it's tied tightly to the
dock!

Some of the best amateur viewing I've had has been with a 7x50 on a
boat. There's nothing like being miles away from the nearest light.

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
* Capt. Rob wrote, On 4/26/2007 12:19 PM:
There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?




Uh, Scotty...wanna explain how one would mount and use a astronomical
telescope on a small boat? IT can work on a cruise ship, or drilling
platform and probably Joe's houseboat since it's tied tightly to the
dock!

Some of the best amateur viewing I've had has been with a 7x50 on a boat.
There's nothing like being miles away from the nearest light.


Even without binoculars .. saw amazing number of stars at about 150 miles
off. When we were in Baja recently, same thing, and we were anchored within
100 yards of shore.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
The stars up here are just amazing, so I've gone and sold off my
Celestron for a big 14 inch dob. A light bucket like this will be
fantastic for Thomas in a couple of years. He'll have the kind of
skies I always wanted when I was getting my first views through a
telescope, only he'll see what we could never see in the wake of city
light pollution!

I can't wait to show him Saturn for the 1st time!

I stumbled upon an astronomy weekend seminar some years back, when a comet
was still visible. The participants had set up their telescopes all over an
open field with virtually no light pollution. Some had really large
Dobsonians, one a 24" monster that required the viewer to stand on a
platform atop a series of twenty or so steps. The view was amazing. I was
able to see the pressure rings off the front surface of the comet's nucleus,
all sorts of colors in a variety of nebulae, and many of the really distant
galaxies were visible as ellipsoidal. It took the gent about an hour to set
up the scope and the platform--a bit much, IMO. I'll stick with my 14"
Maksutov-Cassegrain. It's bulky, but fits in the back of a typical ute.

Who's Dob did you buy?

Max

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
* Capt. Rob wrote, On 4/26/2007 12:19 PM:
There's more stars out in the middle of the ocean.

Scared ya, eh?




Uh, Scotty...wanna explain how one would mount and use a astronomical
telescope on a small boat? IT can work on a cruise ship, or drilling
platform and probably Joe's houseboat since it's tied tightly to the
dock!

Some of the best amateur viewing I've had has been with a 7x50 on a boat.
There's nothing like being miles away from the nearest light.

Got that right. About two miles out on Lake Michigan on a clear, moonless
night affords an amazing sight. It's clearly easy to see the galaxy we're
in under such circumstances. Meteor showers are superb out there.

Max