... The chances are very good indeed, since the first thing I did with the proceeds of the sale of the Losmandy mount was to buy a Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital...
I recall seeing some links to pictures or plans for light shields made out of tarps and PVC pipe, the idea being to set up the shields to block local light...
Florian has pictures of his up at http://www.stargazing.com/bino/index.html go down to “Big Blind” near the bottom of the page. I made one like this, it...
so i got up about 5:30am today, and took my new FS-102 out back to take a peak at Mars in the morning sky. granted it was low, about 20 deg. off the horizon,...
... According to Starry Night, Mars currently is 6" in diameter. When it's closest to the Earth, on August 27, it will be 25" in diameter, more than three...
... 20 ... higher? ... Congratulation on your new FS-102, Vincent! Well Mars is at 6.1" in size right now, small ;-). It'll swell to size of Saturn disc...
... Not exactly novel. That's exactly what I did when I started sketching back in the late '50s. I had a National Geographic star map pinned to my wall with...
... with ... sketching ... say? ... sketching back in ... wall with a ... practice drawing. ... Thanks Geoff for the tips; I thought of the "novel" too late...
thanks for the advice Geoff. about 8° higher should just about put it above or near the edge of the light pollution for me in the southeast. so that's great....
Gee thanks Ron! I was a little frustrated when the 102 arrived yesterday, as it was mostly cloudy all through the early evening. (skies cleared up this morning...
FS-102. After a long painstaking research and decision process, it was a toss up for me bewteen the TV-102 and the FS-102, in the end i decided to go with the...
... Also, you can use magnification to darken the sky background which, as long as the stars remain point sources, allows you to see fainter stars in a...
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Looks good. The only suggestion I would have would be to post the drawing a little larger so it is easier to see the detail. Clear Skies, Eric ... [This E-mail...
... Thanks for mentioning the Mars nomenclature page. I plan to update and expend it soon. Also there is an introduction to sketching the planets at: ...
My wife an I are taking a cruise from San Juan down to as far south as Aruba (~10 degrees N) from March 30 to April 6. The new moon is on April 1. We have a...
... Last March my family went to Bermuda for a week, and I brought my 15x70 binoculars. I also brought the "southern tier" charts from Sky Atlas 2000.0 from...
From: <wmkocken@...> ... The only problem you might face is clouds. Having recently returned from Costa Rica (also at 10 degrees N), I was pretty well...
... more ... Umm, Eric in that case, I may get an egg in the face ;-). More seriously, I don't get it; how can drawing an egg help the eye to see more? Thanks...
... If you look at an egg closely, it does have a tremendous amount of surface detail. Little bumps and what-not. Depending on the room lighting, I would...
... Geoff, That does not seem to work. When I go to the 'Gary' folder and click on the thumbnail or the text below it the 'Screen Size' 7KB version (400 X 300...
... Actually.....If you go back and find the link Geoff posted to the ALPO magazine. They have a detailed discussion of this. They also have an excellent...
