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Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

April 17, 2011 12:39 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

PLATO (12" LX200) f/36

Posted By Darian Rachal
Nice shot, Dan. smile When I used to do a lot of visual observing, I'd use the number of craters I could see in Plato as an indicator of 'seeing'. Under seeing as good as in your shot, I suspect that you could capture the rille in the Alpine Valley without too much difficulty.

April 24, 2011 02:38 PM Forum: Politics

He Ain't Hiding! Let's talk about gas?

Posted By Darian Rachal
Lee, just keep in mind that when the price of gas peaked back in '08, it dropped dramatically by more than $2.00/gallon to the lowest it had been in years, in just a matter of weeks.

If the demand for gas drops, prices should decline. I know the prices are affecting my driving habits somewhat.

Someone's making money off the high prices and someone will lose money when the price drops.

April 25, 2011 01:14 AM Forum: Politics

What's he hiding?

Posted By Darian Rachal
"This is such a tired, thinly veiled racist issue." shocked

Michael, The matter may or may not be worse pursuing, but I am perplexed as to why you consider it a "racist" issue. As I have stated several times on this Forum, the people who dislike Obama because of his skin-color is miniscule in comparison to the myriads of "mindless idiots" who voted for him specifically because they thought having a 'black man' as President was some sort of noble gesture. sad

April 27, 2011 03:13 PM Forum: Politics

Obama releases long-form BC

Posted By Darian Rachal
I noticed where Trump had a news conference on the matter. He said he was pleased with the release and that he was looking forward to seeing it so he could verify it's authenticity. I've never given much thought to Trump one way or another, but I kind of like the way he handles the press. If nothing else he's adding some quality entertainment to the political scene. grin

April 30, 2011 02:37 PM Forum: Refractors

ED80 and light mount.

Posted By Darian Rachal
Paulo, Don't really know much about the Celestron SLT, but if it will hold your scope steady and works reasonably well, I would consider it. You might check and see if you can find some reviews on it, and find out what people are mounting on it.

I had given some thought to purchasing an alt-az mount like the Vixen Porta(or others), but then I looked at the prices and saw I could get a Celeston CG4 for less money. It holds my Orion 4" Mak quite well and is light weight enough that I have no problems moving it around. It has nice slo-mo controls. You might consider going that route.

May 2, 2011 02:02 AM Forum: Politics

Did Obama really trip up bad on this one?

Posted By Darian Rachal
Greg, Did you check out the one released today(May 1) about the certificate possibly being altered?

May 3, 2011 03:38 AM Forum: Politics

Canadian election results.

Posted By Darian Rachal
David, Like most Americans I don't keep up with Canadian politics, but what were the big issues in this election?

It's my understanding that gas is sold by the liter up there. What is the price at the present time? I guess the US and Canadian dollars are about at equal exchange rates?

May 4, 2011 01:43 PM Forum: DVDs and Music and Books That You Recommend

There Be Dragons

Posted By Darian Rachal
Joe, Just happened to look at the preview on the Yahoo movie site. It does look interesting. Thanks for your recommendation.

May 6, 2011 03:13 PM Forum: No Holds Barred

Wow, this is a very sad and troubling story

Posted By Darian Rachal
Russ, What do you consider a viable alternative? Interesting article. I was not aware that programs like this existed. I guess it at least keeps them off the streets. I wonder if any of the residents quit while there?

May 8, 2011 12:49 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Mr. Armstrong

Posted By Darian Rachal
John, It's a shame you couldn't get a 'shot' of the Ivory Bill to add to your exceptional photo gallery.

Neat running into Armstrong. smile

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