Astromart

July 24, 2012 10:05 PM Forum: Politics

Afghanistan

Will someone please remind me why we are still there?

Thx,

November 6, 2012 04:21 PM Forum: Politics

Quote of the Day

happens to be a tweet from Tim Teebow:

"I predict Obama will have an early lead in the election.

Until the Rebublicans gett of work"

March 22, 2013 06:46 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Does this look safer than a pipeline ??

Posted By Edd Weninger

http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/03/08/reuters-tv-inside-the-north-dakota-oil-boom?videoId=241557491&videoChannel=117849

March 12, 2008 02:05 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

"What the credit crunch has affected is the bottom part of the market."

In my opinion, much of this market is overblown due to the over-hyped Barrett-Jackson auctions, especially the January Scottsdale. I see cars going for twice their value there as you might be able to buy elsewhere at a different time.

There were some good bargains this year, however, so the above point might be somewhat valid.

I don't expect my A-P scopes to lose value though because they are not for sale ;-)

July 4, 2008 03:13 AM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

New SM90s - any reviews yet?

Posted By Edd Weninger

I just received mine Monday and spent some time today mounting it on my AP1200 to try it out. I'm far from expert never having looked through a Ha scope, but it was interesting that with first light I was able to see a dust-devil like prominence that dissipated over about 30 minutes. Seeing was difficult as it was about 3:00 PM.

Also interesting is that it has a "Made in U.S.A." sticker on the scope.

I was pleasantly surprised that it comes with a hard case, 3 eyepieces, the clamshell and a Barlow.

The user instructions leave much to be desired, that's why I'm here looking through archives ;-)

July 19, 2008 03:24 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Scope or filter?

Posted By Edd Weninger

I'm no expert in this, having just received a Solarmax 90 and having only one clear day since. But when I was looking into it, I learned that the etalons are designed to work at a specific focal length range. You should at least check into this. I was thinking of using the filters on my Traveler, but just went with the whole system at the current price. The 90 comes with 3 cemax eyepieces and a Barlow. I don't know about the 60.

Clear skies (none here in SoCal)

Edd Weninger

October 27, 2008 04:39 PM Forum: Landscape Photography