Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

Great shots Herb! 8)
Did you guys got to see anything through it? and if so, what was it, and how was it?

Looks great Ralph! 8)
Thank you!

Very cool shot Brian! 8)
Sorry to hear about your power outage... I feel you pain, as we were 14 days without power after Wilma...
The ONLY good thing is that I was able to see the Milky Way from home, for about a week...

Nice going Paul! 8)
Definitely, you need more exposure time... but hey, it is fun isn't it?

Keep it up, and thanks for sharing!

Rick, forgive me while I clean up the drool from my keyboard... 8)
Wonderful Image...

Looking forward to more shots from your NEW camera...

Floyd, I think this thread should've been named "My thoughts about CHEAP GO-TO...", as most of us know that this stuff "normally" does NOT apply to $1000+ GOTO scopes...

The issue is MAINLY with all the SUB-$250 DO-IT-ALL-GOTO-SCOPES, just turn it ON and watch it take you "where no man has gone before"... (we all know that this marketing strategy tricks the POTENTIAL astro-community into believing that they can become astronomers with the flick of a switch)...

A SAD reality that we all must live with, as there's not much that we can do to stop this, besides spreading some of the knowledge that we have and hope that this will prevent them from falling into the BLACK HOLE that some manufacturers have created...

As a side note, I saved my neighbor from doing this same thing, as he said that he was about to buy a Walmart scope... but when I showed him my scope, and explained to him what he was about to get into, he quickly backed out of that idea... (so now, every time I'm outside, he stops by and takes a peek through my scope... so I ended up saving him money and aggravation, while he gets the better views through my equipment )


Clear skies, mis amigos! 8)

Herb, that's THE MAIN REASON I got GOTO...
It simply got too be too much trouble finding DSOs due to heavy LP in my area... GOTO has allowed me to ENJOY my skies... (my 2 previous scopes were PUSH-TOs)

Darian, just found out you hate "the duck"! too funny!
Always liked the Afflack commercials... that duck is a riot! 8)
(I particularly enjoyed the one where two guys are talking in the park, and the duck kicks a popcorn kernel into the guy's head to call his attention!)

Amazing how some things are annoying to some, and amusing to others... 8)

Do you have any statistics? how many broken scopes versus how many working scopes? any particular models? (mechanics/electronics WILL eventually break, same as your computer, TV, toaster, car... but we don't go around saying they are not reliable...)

All I've seen in the LX-200 & LX-200GPS Forums are a VERY small amount of people complaining compared to the total number of users...


Clear skies to all!

Magnificent! 8)
Lovely detail & colors Thomas, well done!