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Posts Made By: Randolph Groundwater

February 26, 2010 02:05 AM Forum: Reflectors

Portaball Mirror Silicone Adhesive Question

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
Tom Andrews said:

I have used dental floss to saw through the silicone and it works fine. Have a good one.....Tom.

Novel idea! Will try that first!
Randy.

October 8, 2011 11:58 PM Forum: Celestron

C14 Lift

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
Hi David; here's a cute couple of YouTube links that you might find useful regarding manhandling a C14:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBawz69qo_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVg1M6bURI&feature=related

Randy.

February 3, 2012 02:08 AM Forum: ASTRONOMY

Norman W. Edmund 1916-2012 R.I.P.

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
Many thanks for posting this. I was definitely one of those kids who wore out the Edmund catalog looking at all the goodies, especially in the astronomy section. And I still have my treasured copy of "All About Telescopes" (compilation) by Sam Brown, that gave me the courage to turn myself into an ATM back in 1970. R.I.P. Norman Edmund!

August 13, 2012 03:52 AM Forum: Bad to the Bone Autos

Mustango went topless ...

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
Roland Christen said:

this morning ... and spanked a new black Camaro SS in a standing start side by side. In just a second or so he was looking at my tailpipes woohooo. A good carlength ahead at 60.

Roliolio

Sounds good to me, Roland ...

Randy.

August 15, 2012 11:58 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Old equatorial mount

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
My old copy of Henry E. Paul's classic "Telescopes for Skygazing", which contains many photos of instruments from the 60's and earlier, showed nothing resembling the details of this mount.

Here's a useful website that you could explore http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/

Good luck with your search!

Randy.

July 23, 2013 04:53 PM Forum: Astro-Physics

Saturn with Moons July 17

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
Superb resolution - just a stunning portrait. Much better than that Cassini probe's attempt at imaging Earth, a couple of days later!

March 15, 2014 11:36 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Zodiacal light

Posted By Randolph Groundwater
A very beautiful capture. In all the years I have only had the opportunity to be in the right place and under the right conditions a small handful of times to see it - and never with a camera at hand
- Randy.

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