Posts Made By: Mike Dedon

AR 0776 let loose a C-class flare on Thursday as did AR 0775 with an M-class. That was probably what you and I saw. I caught it in the afternoon and could see the prominence with the separated flare above it. Aren't these PSTs great.

Adding an SM40 to my PST was like opening a bigger world. I happened to have the cash at that time. Today, it may be a stretch. It's a tough choice and my non-solar friends still think I'm nuts.

Tried to make the pic smaller. Apparently it didn't work.

The little black/white appears to have some issue with your photo shoot.

Great looking pups.

My C8 Advanced came with a dual drive CG5. The AC/DC adapter that came with it is 1.5A. However, there is a note in the FAQs on the CG5 Yahoo group forum that states at least 2A is needed to oversome an erratic slew problem. I haven't tried one yet, but browsing the Yahoo FAQs reveal some other quirks and habits of that mount. A "must read" if you have one of these mounts.

Don't know if you call this Good Samaritan or not but it's touching. This is from the first couple of days after Katrina. The PMAC if the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Basketball arena).

The PMAC will never host an important event like it did tonight.
>
>Little did I know what I would be doing following Hurricane Katrina's
>aftermath but as I type right now, there won't be a more gratifying or
>more surreal experience I went through tonight. We went up to the office
>today and held a press conference regarding the postponement of the game
>and it was the right decision. As the PMAC and Field House are being
>used as shelters we decided as an office to do everything we could to
>help the situation.
>
>At first, we were just supposed to make copies of this disaster relief
>form for all of the people. The copiers will never print a document more
>important than that. It's weird. Nearly 12 hours ago we were running off
>copies of game notes for a football game that is now meaningless. We
>printed the copies and carried them over to the Field House at 6:30 p.m.
>I wouldn't leave the area for another 8 hours.
>
>On the way back to the PMAC in a cart, it looked like the scene in the
>movie Outbreak. FEMA officials, U.S. Marshalls, National Guard, and of
>course the survivors. Black Hawks were carrying in victims who were
>stranded on roofs. Buses rolled in from N.O. with other survivors. As
>Michael and I rode back to the PMAC, a lady fell out of her wheelchair
>and we scrambled to help her up.
>
>We met Coach Miles and Coach Moffiit in the PMAC to see all the
>survivors and it was the view of a hospital. Stretchers rolled in
>constantly and for the first time in my life I saw someone die right in
>front of me. A man rolled in from New Orleans and was badly injured on
>his head. 5 minutes later he was dead. And that was the scene all night.
>What did we do, we started hauling in supplies. And thousands of boxes
>of supplies. The CDC from Atlanta arrived directing us what to do.
>
>One of the U.S. Marshalls was on hand so the supplies could not become
>loot. I asked him what his primary job was. He serves on the committee
>of counter terrorism, but once he saw of the disaster, he donated his
>forces to come help. He said the death toll could be nearing 10,000. It
>was sickening to hear that.
>
>After unloading supplies, I started putting together baby cribs and then
>IV poles. Several of our fball players and Big Baby and Tasmin Mitchell
>helped us. At the same time, families and people strolled in. Mothers
>were giving berth in the locker rooms. The auxiliary gym "Dungeon" was
>being used as a morgue. I couldn't take myself down there to see it.
>
>I worked from 8 pm until 2:45 am. Before I left three more buses rolled
>in and they were almost out of room. People were standing outside, the
>lowest of the low from NO. The smells, the sights were hard to take.
>
>A man lying down on a cot asked me to come see him. He said,"I just need
>someone to talk to, to tell my story because I have nobody and nothing
>left. He turned out to be a retired military veteran. His story was what
>everybody was saying. He thought he survived the worst, woke up this
>morning and the levees broke. Within minutes water rushed into his
>house. He climbed to the attic, smashed his way through the roof and sat
>there for hours. He was completely sunburned and exhausted. Nearly 12
>hours later a chopper rescued him and here he was.
>
>We finished the night hauling boxes of body bags and more were on the
>way. As we left, a man was strolled in on a stretcher and scarily enough
>he suffered gunshots. The paramedic said he was shot several times
>because a looter or a convict needed his boat and he wouldn't give it to
>him. Another man with him said it was "an uncivilized society no better
>than Iraq down there right now." A few minutes later he was unconcious
>and later pronounced dead. I then left as they were strolling a 3 year
>old kid in on a stretcher. I couldn't take it anymore.
>
>That was the scene at the PMAC and it gives me a new perspective on
>things. For those of you who I haven't been able to get in touch with
>because of phone service, I pray you are safe. Send me an email to let
>me know. God bless.
>
>Bill Martin
>LSU Sports Information

How's the visual images with older than 19 year old eyes?
What about focus issues with the Ha PST and imaging equipment? Same on the Ca-K?

Can you stop by the house on the way home with it? I'm in Kentucky.

Paul, Any more info on the mounts you saw/used. I'm having a tough time finding stuff on the Meade web site. Is this just a simple ETX mount adapted for Coronado scopes?

My wife and I went to a wild mustang auction last year and saw two chestnut sisters that looked an awful lot like these two. Of course their eyes were a little more wide open. Living in the thoroughbred capital around Lexington, KY you either love horses and basketball or you back out the door to Tennessee or Ohio real quick.

Love the picture and the horses. Keep 'em coming.

Rik Hill at U of Arizona recommended "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun" by Jay Pasachoff. Pretty comprehensive but not at all what the title suggests. I still keep referring to it. Got my copy from Amazon.