http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/ Orion Telescopes Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:02:55 GMT missyy9 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9985 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9985 ... WG: Thanks. I have also sent 2.1Meg jpegs to Files with no problems, but you get a virtual address there so I usully try Photos where I can generate a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:44 GMT g2baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9984 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9984 ... Thanks. When you are at the uploading stage, it tells you that 100K is the limit for an upload. My picture was 436K, but I went back and cropped - Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:45 GMT WayneG. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9983 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9983 ... WG: Gene, not sure what size pictures you are talking about, you can create an album in photos (necessary on all groups) and post most anything there; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:40:44 GMT Geoff Gaherty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9982 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9982 ... The weather here has been very peculiar these last two days. Yesterday was very mild, much as you describe. When it got dark, it stayed very mild, and I Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:23:11 GMT missyy9 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9981 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9981 Stemming from a recent discussion about the reliability of modern meteorology (and its implications about long-term weather forecasting) I just noted that for Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:01:03 GMT WayneG. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9980 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9980 ... WG: Here is one idea of why I love German mounts so much Geoff, it is like having a real observatory in your hands: in this photo a 200 pound Gemini goto Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:38:27 GMT Donnie Garrett http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9979 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9979 Geoff and Wayne: Thanks for the endorsements on the potential book purchase. I'm going to order it in a day or two. Looking forward to receiving it. Donnie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:32:12 GMT missyy9 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9978 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9978 ... WG: THat's the book you want Donnie. About the best widely available book on star testing out there. A fascinating read on how light and optics combine Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:48:51 GMT Warp http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9977 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9977 You may want to call Jim at scopestuff.com.  He sells the whole finder with a stalk for $20.00.  He may have some stalks lying around. ... From: Freddy Diaz Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:17 GMT Freddy Diaz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9976 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9976 You may use windows for reducing the size, put the picture on a folder, right click on it, select send to, mail recipient, and you will get a make pictures Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:51 GMT g2baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9975 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9975 ... Done. It's in a folder called "Gene's D.I.Y. Projects". Gene baraff Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:24 GMT g2baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9974 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9974 ... Sorry. This might take a bit longer. I just discovered that pictures on this forum MUST go into an album and that there is a size limit on pictures to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:35:46 GMT g2baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9973 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9973 ... I once mounted a red-dot sight to a binocular mount I had built. The clamp by which the sight fastened to the mount cost less than two bucks in materials. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:16:35 GMT g2baraff http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9972 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9972 ... Thanks for all the information in the part of your post I deleted. It was very much to the point. Re: the part of your post that I retained above: One Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:21:15 GMT Geoff Gaherty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9971 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/orion-telescopes/message/9971 ... It's a great book. I own the first edition, and refer to it all the time. A bit technical in places, but full of excellent illustrations of what star