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Posts Made By: Ron Bee

August 1, 2003 02:13 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Eyepiece Confession

Posted By Ron Bee
Hello there Mike,

I use almost exclusively Tele Vue Radian on Mars and on occasion my 5mm Tak LE. I'm anxiously awaiting my new 5mm and 4mm TMB SuperMonocentric eyepieces (Thomas Back had finished testing them as I've written this).

Ron B[ee]

August 4, 2003 06:23 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Mars 8/4/03 - First attempt

Posted By Ron Bee
Say, that was a very good first attempt, Ed!

Ron B[ee]

August 13, 2003 12:59 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Reformed Equipment Junkie

Posted By Ron Bee
Ah, the zen of seeing satisfaction, Jonathan ;-). Say, did you look in your living? I may have taken you setup: TV-102 on SP mount - my setup ;-).

Ron the 4-inch Tall Evangelist B[ee]

August 14, 2003 02:53 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Mars Sketch 8.14.03

Posted By Ron Bee
So glad you can now show us your beautiful sketch again, Sol! I see that your 6-incher can resolve (easily) the two "fangs" protruding from Mare Cimmerium as Don Bates described it. Such exquisite details. Can't wait to see how your sketch would look from your new 10-incher!

Ron B[ee]

August 15, 2003 03:17 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Mars maps

Posted By Ron Bee
Try this Mars HOW-TO (go down to the map section), Bob.
http://members.cox.net/ronby/Mars-HOWTO.htm
The one labelled Aeschliman might be what you're looking for. Personally, I use the one my Trioani & Hernandez the most and the one in the Mars Observers Handbook (by Capen and Beish). It takes some practice to use the regtangular map; they're the ones with the most features map.
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/mars.html

Ron B[ee]

August 17, 2003 04:47 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Televue 85 vs Intes MK66

Posted By Ron Bee
What do you have right now, Robert? How hectic is your lifestyle? Do you want to casually look or take a more serious approach?

Ron B[ee]

August 18, 2003 03:31 AM Forum: Solar System Observing

UHC Filter on Mars

Posted By Ron Bee
Well Vincent, I finally tried both my UHC and O-III filter on Mars this morning with my 4" TV-102 APO. Red arc on the preceding rim and green arc in the following rim. But what I noticed was while both filters did enhance the contrast (with the O-III being the darker of the two) using both my 4mm and 5mm TMB SuperMono eyepieces, the albedo were much sharper and "edged in" with my #23 orange filter! BTW, the seeing was very good, Antonaidi II and Mars was at 45d above horizon; so there's no atmospheric affect.

Ron B[ee]

August 18, 2003 11:05 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

The Moon and Mars From the Naylor Observatory

Posted By Ron Bee
Say Dave, I've been curious for a while now. What did you do to get such access to all of the these different observatory telescopes?

Thanks for the tips.

Ron B[ee]

August 18, 2003 11:09 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

8.18.03 Mars Sketch

Posted By Ron Bee
Wow Sol, this is much more details than the last sketch! Maybe you don't need that 9.75" Dob afterall ;-). Say, the sketch looked to me almost like water paint picture! You're truly the astro-artist.

Ron B[ee]

August 19, 2003 12:22 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion 100mm f/6 refractor

Posted By Ron Bee
There is another choice, Marilyn: the Burgess 102mm f/6 achromat. I don't know when it'll finally be delivered though but if you can wait ...

The choice of an achromat should depend on what you really want to use it for most of the time. For planets and the moon, the longer focal length version such as (a good sample) Celestron C102-HD (CR-4 as it's now labelled) or the better made Vixen 102M would be a better choice. And if for the planets/moon, do think about the mount you're gonna put it on.

Ron the 4-inch Tall Evangelist B[ee]

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