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Posts Made By: Cal Sandfort

January 25, 2003 03:48 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

My dog and his scope

Posted By Cal Sandfort
That's cute Tom. Maybe I should get my dog a scope. When I go to the country to observe my dog wants to run all over the place. If I make her stay with me she mopes around like she has a monkey on her back :-)

February 16, 2003 08:11 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

My grandbaby is on the way, Could it be???

Posted By Cal Sandfort
This is without question an instance where the smaller aperture telescope will be best :-)

By the way, congratulations!

Regards - Cal Sandfort

March 13, 2003 03:49 AM Forum: Astro-Physics

AP finderscope?

Posted By Cal Sandfort
I have a Tak finderscope on my FSQ-106 mounted on top of an
AP 155 and just received my AP finderscope a few weeks ago so I decided to mount it too and compare. While the Tak finderscope feels a little "higher end" I like the A-P so much I'm considering purchasing another A-P finderscope for my Tak scope. The only negative is, I must look directly into the finderscope or "one" side of the illuminated circular part of the reticle is slightly blurry, but the crosshairs remain sharp. Oh yes, the black color is not great but when it's dark outside I don't notice :-) I can't comment on the other brands.

Cal Sandfort

April 22, 2003 04:31 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

White-throated Sparrow

Posted By Cal Sandfort
This is a great shot Jeff! I'm pondering a new camera purchase and can't decide between the Canon 10D and the Nikon D100. I see you have the Nikon. Do you have any suggestions or comments?

Beautiful photo - Cal Sandfort

April 29, 2003 03:53 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Blue Jay, carrying a... ... Pecan???

Posted By Cal Sandfort
This is a nice shot!

Cal

May 1, 2003 11:18 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

the other nuthatch

Posted By Cal Sandfort
This photo is beautiful! I liked your Turkey image but this is particularly nice.

Keep 'em coming - Cal Sandfort

May 4, 2003 09:30 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Green Jay

Posted By Cal Sandfort
Nice photo Kurt! I spent a day at Santa Ana NWR, outside Brownsville, and saw quite a few of these. Do you get Chachalacas up where you live?

Great photo - Cal

May 6, 2003 02:10 AM Forum: Home Observatories

sizing gores

Posted By Cal Sandfort
Dan, I calculated the gore shape for my dome and posted it on my website where a student saw my crude, but precise, method and wrote an Excel spreadsheet to do just what you're asking. I can provide you the values to make a template if you tell me: the number of gores you want (the more gores the more round the shape of the dome), the diameter of the dome and the number of points along the gore (the more points the smoother the gore shape).

I hope this helps - Cal Sandfort

May 12, 2003 12:11 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Hobby or Profession??

Posted By Cal Sandfort
I had a photo of a Swainson's Hawk published in a book about the Snake River Birds of Prey area in Idaho, even though the photo was taken on the Pawnee National Grasslands in eastern Colorado and a photo of a Western Grebe published in a book about, well, Western Grebes. I donated the photos and was thrilled that they used them because I take wildlife photos just for fun although many are published in my employer's newsletters, annual reports and website.

I have two friends that take photos as a side business. One constantly worries about how his photos are being used or abused to the point he is not much fun to be around while the second sells his over on the internet and has a lot of fun with it. See http://www.jackstephensimages.com/Merchant/index.html if you're interested.

I think it is mostly what you want to make of it.

Cal

May 12, 2003 12:27 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Posted By Cal Sandfort
Great shot Kurt! I've never seen one of these.

Cal

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