Posts Made By: Thom Walczak

I got this the other day, I think it's a Sharp-shinned juvenile.

We have a parrot that is living and breading here in Phoenix.

http://mirror-pole.com/collpage/pf_loveb/pfl_1.htm

I was doing a film test and one showed up at the feeder. Fuji ISO 400 is not the way to go when I'm using the TV-85, Pentax ME Super, Gilbralter mount.

TWO MORE WEEKS!!!!!!!

Can't wait to see everyone again. Heard that there is still campsites available on the North Rim.

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp.html

June 17 to 24 (June 25th is the Sunday so make reservations to then)

See ya there!

This is the 2nd time I've recieved this so just passing it along.

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Made our reservation today (Trailer Village) We are going to arrive on Friday June 20 and stay till Sunday June 29th.

Pasta Party will be Wednesday afternoon (as usual)

Ellen and I will see you there!

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp.html

Well we'll be on the South Rim so look across for a lightshow with the laser pointers again. Remember that the "Big Guns" and the food feasts are on the South Rim. Dennis says he will be there with his 28" again. I'm going to wait till late Oct. or Nov. to make my reservations at Trailer Village. If you decide to rethink the North Rim Jim, Ellen and I would love to meet your wife, maybe Ellen can help convince her that she needs to have her own scope lol.

Your going to need the adapter plate for sure. That's one of the reasons I just went ahead and ordered the Meade wedge. If you know a machinist or are good with metal you can get the plans on the LX-90 Yahoo Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lx90/

Here's a direct link to the adapter plate
http://hometown.aol.com/kewtasheck/adapter.html

Since you can print the plans you can see if the bolt holes will align

What's to far a drive?

May 30 - 31 Northern Arizona Star Party It's being held off Cherry Road. Prescott Astronomy Club http://www.pacorg.net/

May 30 - 31 Mormon Mountain Star Stare Coconino Astromony Club is hosting a star party at Antelope Park. Info: Star Stare http://hometown.aol.com/billferris/mormon.html CAS http://www.lowell.edu/cas/

June 5-8th Lowell Star Party LSP info http://kraken.lowell.edu/lsp/index.html

June 21 - 28 Grand Canyon Star Party Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/

For the rest try S & T http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/calendar/

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp.html for details.

I'm counting down the hours, can't wait to see everone again.