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Posts Made By: Judson Mitchell

October 25, 2005 02:25 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Secondary Coating

Posted By Judson Mitchell
Floyd said: I have decided to get my secondary re coated with Dielectric coatings at L&L this winter.

OK, for us not to aware of all the mfgs. and suppliers, who is L&L. Would like to know for future reference.

November 4, 2005 09:13 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

knock-knock

Posted By Judson Mitchell
OK, here goes. Anyone ever look through 15 X 70 binoculars from Opticvalley or Tankist on e-bay. Yeah, I know, but my friend cannot afford $300-600 buck for a pair. Althought there is a slim chance he may spring for a used set of Oberwerks. No I am not "my friend", got my own mediocre set of 20X100s from Apogee that work (check my profile).

November 5, 2005 01:09 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

There is no such thing as...

Posted By Judson Mitchell
I have some extra weights that I'll be glad to ship if you will pay the freight.

November 8, 2005 07:14 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Re: Safety undercuts

Posted By Judson Mitchell
Floyd Says "I don't like them".

Amen! Would rather they went away. Like Mike says, can't dump them from my Dob. Sometimes I like to tweak a little power out of my barlow by sliding the eyepiece out some and the undercuts never aid the process, plus it makes extracting an eyepiece problematic at times.

November 20, 2005 09:41 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

LESS than 2X Barlows

Posted By Judson Mitchell
I picked up a Proxima 2" 1.5X barlow from handsonoptics for $89 +$6 shipping and am quite happy with it. I believe they also have a 1.5 as a 1.25".

November 30, 2005 09:31 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Eyepieces won't come to focus

Posted By Judson Mitchell
When I got a 2" barlow for my 12" HOC I had to move the mirror up so that EPs would focus. As noted previously you might have enough movement in your mirror to rectify the problem. But, I had to reinforce the springs because they did not have enough tension to hold the mirror mount in place without the stabilizing screws tightened, which made it tough to collimate. hopefully you will not have that problem.

January 7, 2006 02:47 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

OIII filter

Posted By Judson Mitchell
Go to http://www.lumicon.com and review filters. The site will show spectra for each filter type showing what is blocked and what is transmitted. Their diagrams are excellent and will be very informative.

January 9, 2006 02:53 PM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

Forum Moderator's job

Posted By Judson Mitchell
David
I have occasionally seen a moderator step forward and suggest that participants keep to the topic or to the rules. But mostly they do their job by participating in the discussion which is where they are most helpful.

January 12, 2006 04:16 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

You Know Your an Astromart Junky When .....?

Posted By Judson Mitchell
You spring from a sound sleep at 3AM to respond to an audible from your computer that someone has just posted a barlow on Astromart.

February 9, 2006 12:41 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Another new idea

Posted By Judson Mitchell
I tell my oldest son that he is a lateral thinker meaning that he is not impeded by logic. Many times he seems to go directly to the answer of a problem. Nearly flunked a math class because he didn't show his work but got all the answers right. Didn't feel the need to write all the trivial crap down. I say, if it works then it is a product. We always need for people to continue to solve problems. Just glad we have you to do that for us.

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