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Hi Darcy, I've never used a Meade 80 ETX but it sure seems pretty light, if you want to do shots of the moon I would dispense using a phone camera altogether, they are too frustrating to use! If you

So I'm a total newbie and I got a Back Pack Observatory Meade etx 80. I'm not all that thrilled with it (perhaps I just don't know how to use it). I'd like to learn more about using it but also

I was out in the yard as well with my 120mm refractor a couple of nights ago checking out the moon!? The shadows cast by craters - nice to see!! Him

pretty fuzzy. only 9 degrees up. But my first look this year. even a fuzzy saturn is a treat. attilla danko, danko@..., cleardarksky.com/csk

I too was observing the moon. nice night for it now that its cool enough to dissuade the mosquitos. attilla danko, danko@..., cleardarksky.com/csk

I was heading out to open the observatory and get everything running and saw that the Moon was in an ideal spot to observe so I spent an hour imaging it with the Boltwood 0.4m. By then it was just

Just by chance I set out to do a lunar observation and caught the lunar X for the first time :).dusted off my 90 mm mac . Anyone else getting tired of observing alone ,miss sidewalk astronomy

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Actually, Mike Wirths has a bigger one (30"), but he never brought it to Carp. Looking forward to seeing you at sidewalk astronomy .... any year now... attilla danko,

Hi Attilla, I didn’t realize your 25” scope was really a Schmidt -Cassegrain scope in disguise. One thing hasn’t changed since 1998, you still have the largest scope. Stay safe, ? ?

Thanks, Attilla! I look forward to the eventual resumption of Carp Star Parties and sidewalk astronomy. —G ________________________________ Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 6:16:50 PM To:

There are fans of the Carp Star parties here. So you may enjoy the attached newspaper article. (courtesy of Chris Teron). I find the technical error amusings. But i think the journalist captures the

https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/blog/bringing-the-pinhey-sand-dunes-back-to-life The north entrance to this site gives good horizons to the south. FWIW. Protect your Freedom https://eff.org/EFF30 wrote:

Do you know if there are any good observing sites in Nepean.

Excellent point Randy , that's right you can " override " the goto . Thx wrote:

With a dob with a go-to feature added, nothing stops you from finding objects by yourself - you don’t *have* to use the go-to. But that evening when you have your cousin’s kids’ attention for

Hi Randy , thx for your remarks . I've actually been leaning toward a Dobson . I have been visiting Focus Scientific these last months . They have a 12" Dob with the " Goto " tracker . It's used,

Oh and good multi-coated binoculars with at least 50mm objective lens are great too. I get a lot of joy from my home-made binocular mirror mount that takes the shaking and neck strain out of the