http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/ Binocular Astronomy - Exploring the night sky using binoculars. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:56:17 GMT Mary http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12723 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12723 Barry, I'm glad to hear that you and your family are safe. It did look like it was going to be very scary and I'm glad you and everyone else got out safely! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:47 GMT George Mastry http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12722 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12722 Watched it Barry, I was caught in one when I was a kid back in the 50s. Scared too. I see you like trains. Back in Michigan I lived next door to a guy who Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:17:51 GMT Yan Seiner http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12721 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12721 FYI... http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/05/1231228 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:40:07 GMT Joseph S. Romaninsky http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12720 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12720 Hi Barry, Thanks for the impressive video of Gustave in Baton Rouge. Glad to hear your homes had only minor damage and no one was injured. Hope those other Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:28 GMT jacques savard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12719 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12719 it remember me the tmepest of my young time at 60 mile per hour it is whit ice snow and everything else almost the same thing at minus 20 degree today we Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:19:43 GMT Cathy De Viney http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12718 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12718 VERY scary! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:08:02 GMT Wes & Lou http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12717 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12717 Barry- Glad you made it through the storm as well as you did. The nation, I think- was sick at the thought of New Orleans being in the crosshairs of a cat 3 or Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:37 GMT Barry Simon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12716 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12716 The continuing adventures of the BinocularAstronomy Moderator.... We left New Orleans when Gustav was a "3" and it was thought that it would return to "4" Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:45:54 GMT Amar http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12715 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12715 While shipping them from Dubai, or otherwise I suppose, my new pair of 20x80 Sky Master's miscollimated. When viewing on-axis, I can see one lens is moved off Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:26:00 GMT Pete Hallock http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12713 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12713 Barry, Thank you very much, and best wishes from everyone for a successful survival from Gustav..!!! Pete ... Markus ... Miyauchi ... The ... Markus ... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:15:05 GMT Barry Simon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12712 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12712 Pete - Go back to my review done in 2003 (message 3735) for a comparison review of the Miyauchi 20x100's compared to the Miyauchi clones marketed by Burgess. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:34:00 GMT Cathy De Viney http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12711 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12711 http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2614916/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:16:09 GMT Cathy De Viney http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12710 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12710 A few weeks ago someone brought up the topic of wide angle binoculars...I think it was Pete...which peaked my interest. Here is an interesting link: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:45:35 GMT Pete Hallock http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12709 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12709 Markus is offering these Binoculars for $979..Shippimg Included, with the two eyepeice powers. BaK 4 Prisms, 55mm minimum IPD. Does NOT use 1.25" Barrel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:13 GMT Mary http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12708 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/binocularastronomy/message/12708 ... I absolutely agree!!! Mary M