Posts Made By: Tony Aguire

jeff glancy said:

Spend 45 minutes with Jeff Rubin. Lots to think about, and if he's right it's a pretty good road map as to where and on what to place your bets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYuLjGQQ-jg&feature=player_embedded#

Robert Morein said:

I have an Explore Scientific 80mm apo, with which a Vixen NLVW 30mm eyepiece will not reach focus with the diagonal attached. It seems the tube should be shortened, so I seek advice on how much to shorten for convenient imaging.

The OTA has a 480mm focal length. The very well made dual speed focuser has a draw of 100mm. By holding the tube in the direction of the setting sun, I found that the focal point appears to be almost exactly at the end of the extended drawtube. This seems a mistake, as there is no useful optical device that would need a focus at the actual end of the drawtube.

Furthermore, with the 2" diagonal, all my eyepieces come to focus very near the in travel limit: a 42mm Plossl focuses at 30mm extension, while the older Vixen LVW types focus at 10mm. The NLVW, comes almost to focus at the inward limit of the focuser.

So, I could have it shortened. How much should it be shortened for optimal use as an astrophotography instrument?

Rod Kaufman said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqE7q8nnxe4
Does this not say something about his judgment?

Jack Day said:

Enough said.

:C

david elosser said:

"Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a controversial bill that seeks to crack down on illegal immigration. The sweeping measure will make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. It will also require local police officers to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are in the country illegally...President Obama called the bill "misguided" and said it could violate people's civil rights. He said he's instructed the Justice Department to see if it is legal."

So, Obama thinks illegal aliens have the same civil rights as citizens? Of course he does!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/23/arizona-governor-signs-controversial-immigration/

David E

Michael Koons said:

How about this Arizona law!!!!
I hope she signs it and things start changing down there, and Obama is dead wrong, if they are illegally here, out with them!