http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/ 80f5 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:24:03 GMT Mark B http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7263 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7263 When I catch a low-earth-orbit satellite, I can track it all the way across the sky from horizon to horizon using only the slow-motion controls on the Vixen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:38:14 GMT Jim Davidson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7262 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7262 Mark - How well does that portamount track?  I too am looking for a light tracking mount as I travel overseas all the time.  I once brought my Televue Oracle Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:28:53 GMT birchardvilleobservatory http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7261 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7261 Hello, Mike. I chose to mount a short piece of perforated, galvanized steel angle stock (2 inch by 2 inch, about 8 inches long) on my photo tripod, then Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:25:03 GMT Mark B http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7260 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7260 The AT Voyager appears to be very similar to the Vixen Portamount. While I don't have experience with the Voyager, I own a Portamount, and it pairs excellently Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:56:45 GMT iono http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7259 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7259 Hi, I have a ST80 on a photo tripod and it's sitting gathering dust. I want it on a good Alt-Az mount. How would the AT Voyager do and what do I need to mount Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:00:56 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7258 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7258 ... Unfortunately Yahoo still has not fixed the search in the Forums so I had to page back until I found the discussion. A key message is #7939 which hopefully Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:47:49 GMT Jim Davidson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7257 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7257 I found a free site yesterday (awardspace.com)  and set up a domain (www.travelingastronomer.com). I'll try uploading my website pages and let's see what Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:15:05 GMT sendsimplemail http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7256 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7256 To the ST80 f/5 group! It is my hope to get this forum alive and kicking again as so many of us enjoy the ST80 f/5! I look forward to hearing observation Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:26:39 GMT sendsimplemail http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7255 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7255 Hi Leo, Yes I agree for just $199 those images are amazing! Do you happen to know where in the forum the face-off was posted? As far as AP goes my experience Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:22:26 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7254 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7254 ... It is amazing what you can do with a $199 OTA. The Stellarvue was $399 and you may remember I posted a face-off between the two on this forum and we could Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:10:01 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7253 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7253 ... My old host provider was my ISP and the site was totally free. Unfortunately it was very primitive: no subdirectories and no CGI. It was a pain to have Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:03:23 GMT leotaylor2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7252 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7252 ... Creating the 80mmimages file was just a lot of cut and paste. All these photos appear mixed in with the SCT images so I went through all those files and Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:16:32 GMT sendsimplemail http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7251 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7251 Hi Leo, WOW very cool web page! Glad that you posted them. Pretty darn good for fast achromats IMHO. Having spent hours optimizing my ST80 lens I may shoot for Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:24:25 GMT Jim Davidson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7250 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7250 Hi Leo - I have seen your 80f5 images before - good job! I had an astro web site on Yahoo Geocities, but they closed down. How did you go about creating this Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:17:58 GMT birchardvilleobservatory http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7249 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80f5/message/7249 Leo, just building that web page was a lot of work, to say nothing of all the photography. Those are great pictures with a small telescope. Thanks for