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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

October 15, 2002 08:14 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Best high end barlows televue or takahashi ?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The Powermate is the ultimate (non)-Barlow lens.

Dave Mitsky

October 22, 2002 12:48 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

A Long Night at Longfellow Road Part I

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Correction: the 35mm Panoptic produces ~15x in my Genesis sdf.

Dave Mitsky

November 3, 2002 05:29 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

NGC7479 - at last

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Inge,

NGC 7479 is quite a sight through a large aperture from a dark site. At the Black Forest Star Party at CSSP last September I observed this great looking spiral galaxy through a number of instruments including a 24" Tectron.

Browse http://members.aol.com/ccdastronomy/ngc7479.html for an excellent image of NGC 7479.

Dave Mitsky

November 13, 2002 09:33 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Mystery Scope

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Is it perhaps a Klevtsov-Cassegrain design?

Dave Mitsky

November 19, 2002 06:13 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

A Peaked Leonid Meteor Storm

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I posted this on the wrong forum obviously.

Dave Mitsky

November 22, 2002 12:23 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

LXD55 AR5 and 6 questions

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Offhand I'd venture a guess that you'd be ultimately unhappy with the chromatic aberration of the Meade achromats.

Dave Mitsky

November 30, 2002 09:21 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Was this the North America Nebula?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Doug,

It certainly sounds like you did see NGC 7000 (the North America Nebula),which lies about 3 degrees away from Denber and is larger than the figure you mentioned. A roughly V-shaped asterism leads from Deneb and cuts through the East Coast of NGC 7000 and IC 5067-70 (the Pelican Nebula). Under exceptional skies the Pelican Nebula is also visible through rich-field telescopes.

See http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~koprolin/Photo/Neb/Northamerican_Pelican_APO.html

Dave Mitsky

December 3, 2002 09:40 AM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Staying warm

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Mike,

I agree. Also good is a turtleneck-like neckwarmer.

Here's a slightly revised version of what I said on the topic on another forum:

In addition to what's already been said there are four important things to keep in mind:

1) Don't wear garments made of material that will trap perspiration, e.g. cotton.
2) Standing on a rug or a mat will cut heat loss through your feet.
3) Keep your head warm.
4) Mittens are warmer than gloves.

In the coldest Pennsylvania weather I wear four or five layers including duotherm underwear, ski bibs or coveralls, and at least two layers on my head (a ski cap and a hood or two hoods). I keep a light right hand glove in a pocket to wear when I need to manipulate equipment.

Dave Mitsky


December 15, 2002 01:07 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

What's your favorite double?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Either one or perhaps h3945.

Dave Mitsky

December 16, 2002 08:15 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Top 5 objects to observe right now?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Well, many experienced DSO observers consider the Caldwell list to be just a bit bogus. You might as well pick a bunch of objects from the NGC, IC, and other catalogs, make your own list, and christen it with your middle name.

In addition to the objects already mentioned here are a few more to consider:

M1, M2, M15, M30, M33 (requires a fairly dark sky), M41, M44, M48, M50, M67, M78, M79, M93, NGC 2169, NGC 2237 (requires a dark sky and a nebula filter), NGC 2360, NGC 2362, NGC 2392, NGC 7293 (requires a dark sky and a nebula fitler), and NGC 7331.

Dave Mitsky

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