Posts Made By: Mike Gibson

This kind of thing really makes me appreciate Astromart. Let's have some fun with these real emails, best one wins. I guess Tak FS152s grow on trees:


Hello:
I have a business proposal for you. My company was bankrupt, but we still have 3 Takahashi FS-152 Fluorite Refractor Telescope unsold. And aditionally we can also offer you some other PC & audio-video components at a lower price.. I want to complete the deal without
paying auction fees. Thank you for your attention and if my offer interests you please mail me at......

Hello:
Sorry for contacting you in this way, but I have see that you are interested into a 'Takahashi FS-152 Fluorite Refractor Telescope'(I have see that you have bid on one like that) and I have one like that too.
I have`t think to sell it untill now but I must sell it because my father have big problems(my aunte have died and my father is the only one who can make the funeral things and he need money to do it).
I want to sell it, but I don`t know with how much .
So, if you are interested to buy it, please e-mail me back and we can make a fast transaction and a secure one.

An impeccable source has disclosed upgraded Starbright coatings from Celestron to be announced soon. Can anyone confirm this? What happened to "Starbright is just as good as Meade's UHTC!"

Dear Abby: I've got pairs of Pentax orthos, TV Plossls, and RKEs, but I find myself using Orion Expanse eyepieces on Mars with a binovoewer. Should I feel guilty about the comfort with ghosts, or is this perfectly normal? What are other people using with Mars?

Mars mania is in full swing...article from the UK:

http://www.marstoday.com/viewpr.html?pid=12234

Take a look at this ad copy from Meade of a Mars occultation. This is a composite image, right? The curvature and planet scale seem wrong.

http://www.meade.com

Anybody running with two Nagler 4.8mm in their binoviewer? How do they work as a pair? I want to try this with the Baader bino instead of Barlowing up for more magnification.

Since you have not communicated yet (two way) with the seller and have no idea what his circumstances are, I would move on. He is only guilty of not returning your message; he has not stolen your money or shipped you a box of rocks instead of an AP 900.

Since you asked, my opinion is that you have no standing yet for giving him a rating at all.

OK, maybe I'm too stupid to own the AP Barcon 2" Barlow, but I can't figure out how to use a single 48mm filter cell with the Barcon lens cell and Baader binoviewer. Whether using the prism diagonal (refractor) or plain nosepiece (Newt), there is no way to thread a 48mm cell into the light path.

What am I missing here? Duct tape?

OK, maybe I'm too stupid to own the AP Barcon 2" Barlow, but I can't figure out how to use a single 48mm filter cell with the Barcon lens cell and Baader binoviewer. Whether using the prism diagonal (refractor) or plain nosepiece (Newt), there is no way to thread a 48mm cell into the light path.

What am I missing here? Duct tape?

Must be a typo...I'll take two at $14 each!

http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=5732&m=