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Posts Made By: John Whitby

March 1, 2003 09:28 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

remove tube currents with shop vac?

Posted By John Whitby
In a recent issue of Amateur Astronomy (last fall?) there was an article about a fellow who used two fans to circulate air in his SCT - one blowing in from the bottom and one blowing out near the top, or end, of the OTA, IF I remember correctly

March 1, 2003 11:27 PM Forum: TeleVue

TV-101 vs NP-101

Posted By John Whitby
For photography,the NP101 flat field will make difference. You have to determine if the cost differential is worth it to you. For visual...probably not, IMO

March 2, 2003 03:33 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Best Star Trek Captain?

Posted By John Whitby
Definitely Piccard. His family had been pioneers in aeronautics for centuries. I don't remember which brother he descended from - Jean or August (these are real people - pioneers in ballooning)

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/piccard.htm

March 5, 2003 03:19 PM Forum: TeleVue

Telepod Head -- Zenith restricted?

Posted By John Whitby
"Am I doing something wrong?" - I don't think so.

That's my experience. A little manuevering helps. or just waiting 30 minutes for the sky to "move"

March 7, 2003 01:19 PM Forum: Religion

The Bible's Canon- Part 5- Christian Scriptures

Posted By John Whitby
"The book of Revelation given to John, when he was in prison was put at the end of the Bible, since it really is the final part,"

WHO decided to put the book there? WHO decided on the organization of the books of the New Testament? WHO decided what to include and what to exclude, i.e. other letters from Paul?

March 7, 2003 05:15 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Supercharge My Meade

Posted By John Whitby
I had Dr. Clay do my LX90 last fall and I whole-heartedly endorse the service. He identified and corrected a couple of problems, confirmed the quality of the optics, and the tune up resulted in a much better operating scope.

March 11, 2003 11:02 AM Forum: Religion

something worth reading on coming war

Posted By John Whitby
I saw his speeach on cspan. Very articulate man, Sen. Byrd. Except he is such a demogogue, IMO

March 11, 2003 11:07 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

The scopes and I pt 2

Posted By John Whitby
Keep these photos coming guys and gals. It's great fodder for showing my wife that my obsessive compulsive disorder is under control. relatively speaking. Based on most of these photos I can easily justify 2 or 3 more scopes!

Thanks!

March 12, 2003 01:13 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

boycott all France products from here on.

Posted By John Whitby
French fries should become chips (and chips crisps, just to be consistent with our limey friends)

French wine - drink the stuff from NY or California

French bread - it's stale anyway - and Italian bread works for me

French's Mustard or Dijon for that matter - go for the Heinz

Renaults and Peugots - we already ditched those

French Toast - the US capitol already changed this to American Toast

French cheese - it stinks anyway - good old Wisconsin cheese for me.

French kisses - d'oh - not sure what to do with this one.

March 13, 2003 10:32 PM Forum: Meade

LXD55 Advise

Posted By John Whitby
You'll have to watch Astromart sincethey're not sold by themselves. Or preorder or wait for the CG-5 to come out.

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