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Re: Sailing to Dark Skies?

mploring — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:54:36 GMT

By now Frank, you will be in the Phillipines. I am absolutely sure that -skies permitting- you will be seeing much more than in the LA area! All the very best

Re: Sailing to Dark Skies?

Franciszek Cesarski — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:18:20 GMT

Hi Michael, I'm leaving for the Philippines tomorrow night (although not sailing, unfortunately) where the skies will be very dark, and, hopefully, clear

Re: Catch any Photons?

mploring — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:50:55 GMT

Maybe some day I will have an apochromat as a grab-and-go scope -sigh... It is shaping up to be a mostly clear July and hopefully, August this year. It happens

Re: Sailing to Dark Skies?

mploring — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:41:08 GMT

Thanks for the good wishes Frank. We also lived aboard during the 1990's, but on a power boat. Like you, I was not much into astronomy at the time and only

Re: Rohtas Fort May 30

mploring — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:36:55 GMT

Thanks for the most detailed and interesting account of your trip to a star party. I was most intrigued by the differences as well as similarities of your

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

Warp — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:47:46 GMT

Thanks for the info... it seems this ota is being made available under several brands. Looks identical to the Explorer Scientific scope. For a 127mm APO

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

David — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:09 GMT

Warp Just forwarded part of the Skies Unlimited June newsletter. Should answer your some of your questions David ...

Fw: Astronomy News From Skies Unlimited

David Brooks — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:14:40 GMT

... Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 6:01 PM Skies Unlimited News July 1, 2009 - Vol 3, Issue 2 In This Issue New 14mm 100 Degree Eyepiece by Explore Scientific

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

David — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:06:54 GMT

Per a thread on CN is seems that Explore Scientific is now shipping their version of the 127 f/7.5 triplet. David Brooks

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

warpcorp@... — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:53:25 GMT

Who is making their glass? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "David" Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:38:25 To:

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

Warp — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:26:56 GMT

For true 127 triplett - that seems like a really good price. This model is not even shown on the Meade web site. Wish I had 2K sitting round in a sock.

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

David — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:38:36 GMT

Warp, APM America has one Meade 127mm APO in stock according to their web page price is $2000. David Brooks

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

David — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:33:05 GMT

Don, It was missing from both the Explore Scientific Web Site and the dealers Web pages for a while. I'm very interested in this scope just waiting to here

Rohtas Fort May 30

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:44:48 GMT

Lahore Omer offered me a ride in his car to Rohtas. This was a great help. To enable me to easily stay awake all night at Rohtas, I planned to keep awake on

Re: Meade 5000 127mm APO Available in Europe

Don D'Egidio — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:21:50 GMT

David, I think it's still there. http://explorescientific.com/telescopes/127mm_ed_apo.html Don ... From: "David" To: