OWS vs. Tea Party ChecklistPosted By Tony Aguire |
Dave Snope said:
So far...
Provide links to support this please.
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November 8, 2011 03:31 AM
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Provide links to support this please.
November 8, 2011 03:35 AM
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OWS vs. Tea Party ChecklistPosted By Tony Aguire |
BTW some repubilcans hate negroes...I guess that means all republicans hate negroes?
Painting with a broad brush leads to disaster...and more hatred
Painting with a broad brush leads to disaster...and more hatred
November 10, 2011 05:55 AM
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Rick Perry Looks Sooo Stupid...Posted By Tony Aguire |
now we are in trouble...republicans voted for an idiot like that twice in a row, came out in pretty good numbers if I recall. Don't count Perry out now.
November 13, 2011 02:42 AM
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Refractors
Re: SEMI-APO???Posted By Tony Aguire |
Floyd Blue said:
Semi-APO = cost more than an Achromat, less than a true APO, with color control greater than an Achromat and less than a true APO.
This is a marketing term for scopes that do not make APO standards, but they would like to get more for them than the cheaper Achromats they sell.
Some have color crossings that tend to bring in the blue and allow the red to stray, which fools the eye into thinking there is less color as the eye is less sensitive to red than blue.
If you want an APO, you have to specify that and purchase that specification.
My $.02 8)
Yup. I have a WO 66SD Semi Apo (Petzval design) I picked up from ATWB a few years ago. In visual use it is extremely good, but not perfect. On bright objects there is some slight color fringing, not as obvious as an achro...but still there and possibly an annoyance for some. In imaging, there is a very noticeable violet fringing to brighter stars, this can be processed out to a degree in my experience, but overall the image suffers. I really like this scope, but given the amount of $ I am willing to spend or am allowed to spend (CFO
) Semi Apo works well enough for imaging. But for visual, not so much as the aperature is lacking...Just my $.02 ((plus Floyds $.02 means you are ahead $.04 
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November 14, 2011 07:11 AM
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Digital SLR AstroPhotography
cant seem to get jupiter right.Posted By Tony Aguire |
Peter Gottstein said:
i have a canon d5000 attached directly to the back of my celestron cpc 9.25 hd. scope is rated an f10. I have tried setting my asa to 1600 and also 800. I have tried using live view and focusing. No matter what i try it is very over exposed or under exposed. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks
Peetyg
Re you taking a single image or a movie?
November 20, 2011 07:08 AM
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Telescope Making
Drives for homemade GEMPosted By Tony Aguire |
I have asked the same question before and have not gotten much except in the way of cannibalising an existing mount...
I am sure there are machine shops that can make the parts for you dfor a fee. Have you thought about belt drives? Also, I was recently in Santa Monica and gat a chance to tour a facility that puts RCOS opical tube on in house made mounts. The telescopes are goning to be used as a world array of remote telescopes. I was pretty impressed with the mounts, they used rollers instead of gears to drive the mounts in RA.
I am sure there are machine shops that can make the parts for you dfor a fee. Have you thought about belt drives? Also, I was recently in Santa Monica and gat a chance to tour a facility that puts RCOS opical tube on in house made mounts. The telescopes are goning to be used as a world array of remote telescopes. I was pretty impressed with the mounts, they used rollers instead of gears to drive the mounts in RA.
November 22, 2011 03:47 AM
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Lone Wolf Terrorist ArrestedPosted By Tony Aguire |
I have an issue with them using the term "wolf"....Wolves are not bad, they are a keystone to healthy ecological ballance....
That being said, this is probably some story concocted to take our attention away from the fact that we are paying congressmen(and women) to sit around and come up with ways to save their job instead of saving our country.....
That being said, this is probably some story concocted to take our attention away from the fact that we are paying congressmen(and women) to sit around and come up with ways to save their job instead of saving our country.....
December 4, 2011 04:52 AM
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Pet Pics
wanna play...???Posted By Tony Aguire |
Maurice Clark said:
Hi all,
A friend from work showed me this photo of her rottie wanting to play. I just HAD to post it here!
Cheers,
Maurice
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/doguedebordeax.htm
Possibly one of the worste shots of one of these companions.....
December 5, 2011 09:28 PM
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Politics
As the field thinsPosted By Tony Aguire |
Rob Wiederrich said:
Well Herman has caught the last bus to the barn..leaving the field open for decision making. Personally I think Newt will be the REP nomination...and we need a smart guy to school that Harvard guy. Newt's poll numbers are at 38% and climbing so we'll see. 8)
Obama would mop the floor with Newt in regard to "family values". Newt is not electable....
December 7, 2011 05:16 PM
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Politics
As the plot thickens...Posted By Tony Aguire |
Dave Hurst said:
Can you, really, envision Newt as POTUS? The R's may as well nominate Rush!
Nope...
There is a reason that repub licans have put up this lackluster group. Deep inside the ranks they know they will not be able to beat Obama. Expect a much more realistic group with a clean slate election in '16
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-13/politics/30274288_1_obama-supporters-campaign-staffers-campaign-manager
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