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Posts Made By: Chris Wong

October 20, 2003 06:53 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

SkyMap Pro

Posted By Chris Wong
Try the freeware Cartes du Ciel, available here: http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html

CdC will interface with various scopes, including Meade's ETX line.

November 1, 2003 05:54 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Saturn Last Night with TMB/APM 10" Apo

Posted By Chris Wong
Wow, awesome shot. (which is pretty much to be expected of a multi-kilobuck scope like that!)

November 9, 2003 06:16 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

SCAM in progress on Astromart!

Posted By Chris Wong
Where is the scam? All I see is spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Is that supposed to be an indication of fraudulent activity? I'm not surprised Herb ignored your "alerts."

November 9, 2003 06:19 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Meade LPI??

Posted By Chris Wong
The electronic eyepiece provides only a video output to hook up to a TV. The LPI is essentially a webcam that has software to automate the image capturing process, including automatic alignment and stacking.

November 21, 2003 05:58 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion 80mm ed GONE?

Posted By Chris Wong
This was taken from the Talking Telescopes group on Yahoo:

> FYI - Just talked to Orion on the phone. They said they
> still sell the 80 apo - somehow it 'vanished' from thier
> website. The next delivery date for a present order is
> the end of December.
>
> Clear Skies (not so easy lately)"
> John Altenbach

So much for the conspiracy theories. Funny how some people like to see the negative side of everything.

November 22, 2003 01:55 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Lousy Seeing ... Or bad collimation?

Posted By Chris Wong
Darren, I was out last night at about the same time (I live in Toronto). I took my scope out to evaluate a new eyepiece I got, but I gave up after about 15 minutes because the seeing was so bad. Stars were visibly twinkling and transparency wasn't so hot either. I'd wait for a better day to really test your optics before coming to any sort of conclusion.

November 26, 2003 01:43 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Next best thing to an Apo!

Posted By Chris Wong
For anyone interested, their site is www.overshoe.com.

November 28, 2003 08:49 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

PC power supply and GEM mount

Posted By Chris Wong
PC power supplies tend to be better regulated than the cheapo power "bricks" commonly available. Not just that, but even a cheap PC power supply can easily give you 10 amps at 12V DC...more than enough juice to power even the hungriest scope setup. And finally, if you're concerned about interference, don't be...if it doesn't interfere with the sensitive high-speed electronics inside a typical computer (where the power supply sits mere inches from the CPU), it won't interfere with anything you might use at your scope.

December 5, 2003 04:01 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Fraud case resolved ***** WHEW*****

Posted By Chris Wong
Congrats on getting your money back. Too bad more fraud cases aren't resolved so easily.

December 6, 2003 07:26 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Saturn with QC Pro 4000 and ToUcam Pro

Posted By Chris Wong
Interesting comparison. It looks like the QC4000 gives a more accurate colour rendition, though the colour of the TCP can easily be fixed in post-processing with Photoshop.

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