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Posts Made By: Scott Schneeweis

May 9, 2004 03:06 AM Forum: Home Observatories

Home Dome Update

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Mike..I am very envious..you are going to have a first-class setup when completed....I presume "TI" is the company you sourced the Dome assembly from..what is the proper name for the company..I would like to have a closer look at their products..

Thanks -
Scott

May 26, 2004 10:59 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Meade 16" LX200 GPS

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Hey Darrell..take a look at my LX200 16"/Losmandy Titan Combo...its a reasonably portable setup..

http://www.spaceaholic.com/astronomy.htm

R/Scott

July 10, 2004 10:20 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Green lazer pointers

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Personally I prefer a Chemical Dye Laser, however its hard to get a commitment from the Air Force Airborne Laser (ABL) Platform to come to my star parties....

July 28, 2004 02:43 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

EP Turret (Van Slyke)

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Heres another image...this lateral shows the integrated filter slot adapater ...

R/Scott

August 9, 2004 08:16 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

C14 mount ready to go

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Baffled here...any chance we can see this rig setup? Are those Parallax rings?

R/Scott

August 13, 2004 02:09 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Anybody have Andy Homeyer's new phone number?

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Thanks Rick..it appears threads older then 90 days are no longer available (could be operator error)..only 4 Homeyer forum entries were returned on the query and none of them contained his contact info....

R/Scott

August 14, 2004 05:05 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Auto/Remote Control Dew Zapper

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Kendricks has a brand new Automatec, RS232 enabled Dew Heater out..its superb (Premier Controller)....I just received it and think its the best technology available right now for remoting not just Dew Heater control but all of your control functions into a single box....

October 7, 2004 02:30 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Observatory class Cassegrain Optics kit

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Andre -
Give Optical Mechanics (OMI) a shot..they are the owners of what was formerly Torus Optical...

http://www.opticalmechanics.com/products.htm

The other option is Optical Guidance Systems

http://www.opticalguidancesystems.com/ogstele.htm

Good luck and would love to see the finished product!

R/Scott Schneeweis

url http://www.SPACEAHOLIC.com

October 7, 2004 02:38 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Binoviewing downsides

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
I started off using a Denkmeyer II on my C-14 and quickly gave it up..just wasnt worth the premium as it did not significantly enhance the experience on most objects and the process of having to change two eyepieces everytime you want to shift to different objects got tedious very quickly...

The other point to consider is that on larger aperatur SCT's like the C-14 with narrower field of views you are going to want to use the 2" EP i.e. for Globulars (in my case I hit the Nag 31 and 41 Panoptic) and then quickly toggle back to the higher power 1 1/4 inch..Cant do that with the Bino inserted....Denk advertises the Richfield Starsweeper to counteract this issue however it has to be applied in the optics train between the Bino and OTA ...another thing to fumble with in the dark when you want to bypass/remove for narrow field views)...

November 11, 2004 08:19 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Cannon EOS 10D/20D or Nikon D100

Posted By Scott Schneeweis
Hi Juergen...I just purchased a 20D expressly for astrophotography....should be in on Friday and will give it first light this weekend (going to shoot some Ha Solar images and then progress to night time DSO's/Planetary later in the evening)..will give you some feedback shortly afterwards!!

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