Posts Made By: Richard Keppler

Roland Christen said:

Clear skies last night, have telescope will shoot
18x10 minute exposures with 167mm F8 refractor. Moon was full, lots of local light pollution from nearby big box stores, but managed to capture a dozen or so faint galaxies around the area.

Rolando

Terry Friedrichsen said:

I voted for the $15 subscription fee, but I take the other poster's point that folks who won't support probably won't subscribe, either.

My problem with the $1 per ad fee is that I've posted a few ads but have never successfully sold anything through an ad. It would be no fun watching the dollars dribble away in a string of ads for items that just don't sell.

And weigh all of that against the fact that I *have*, in the past, purchased two years of annual support. It would rather rankle me to have to pay a non-supporter's fee at this point, although $15 wouldn't hurt me any and I'd gladly pay it.

A percentage-of-sale fee is another interesting idea, but you'd be utterly dependent on the honesty of the seller, with no real method of enforcement. And I can just imagine the ill will that could be stirred up by just a few bad apples.

Astromart was and is a GREAT idea, but no good deed ever goes unpunished.