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Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Oops, ¡°later in the month.¡±
By Jay Drew · #7962 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
George, I can also pick up the mirror set at Conn College later in the week if that¡¯s easier. Cleaning is one of my specialties, I¡¯ll ensure the optics are pristine and stored properly, like fine
By Jay Drew · #7961 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Hello Leslie, The weekend time slots work for me as of now.? The week day time slots would be a day of decision to help out. Thanks Brian
By Brian Roush · #7960 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Leslie: Part 2, I emailed Jay and he agreed to store the mirror since he is likely, due to his connection with Stelafane, to be able to find a new owner. In the mean time, I can keep it here in my
By GEORGE BLAHUN · #7959 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Leslie: 2-10 is fine with me. George
By GEORGE BLAHUN · #7958 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
I know!!! I'm sorry we will not see you there either Jay, if we do the mirror removals next week. But, CT weather may have something to say about this. So who knows when we may actually get to take
By Leslie Brown · #7957 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Sounds like a great plan! Sorry I¡¯ll miss the work party next week. Have fun, Jay
By Jay Drew · #7956 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Hi All, Thank you to all of you who responded so quickly. Several of you can't help until later in the month and several can't help except on weekends. Weekends are a problem for the new astronomer at
By Leslie Brown · #7955 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Hi Leslie, Glad that we are moving forward on removing the cell and primary from the 20 inch, so the Planewave can move in to its new home. Unfortunately, Tuesdays are our days in CT during February
By Mark Strollo · #7954 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
I¡¯d very much like to help, and have room for glass storage as well. We¡¯re out of town next week and 2/22, otherwise I¡¯m in. Jay
By Jay Drew · #7953 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
I don't know how you did it but I am available on all of those days except 2/22. I'd prefer not to do 2/19 as I need to be back for ASGH and don't want to be wiped out from travel. After 11 am works
By John A. Sillasen · #7952 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
If it is on a weekend I can assist (specially for a free dinner :) )
By Lee P. · #7951 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Leslie: I should also add, that if no one else wants them, I can store the mirrors in my garage until a new owner can be located or TAAS gets an observatory. George
By GEORGE BLAHUN · #7950 ·
Re: Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Leslie: 2-10 and 2-24 are good. 2-5 and 2-26 are good also. 2-7 and 2-28 are good. 3-1 is good, as is 2-9. Some other dates MAY be good but there are things I have planned around those dates that
By GEORGE BLAHUN · #7949 ·
Help needed to remove primary and secondary from the CC observatory 20inch RC
Hi All, I think we are ready to remove the primary mirror cell, the primary and secondary mirror from the Olin Observatory 20-inch telescope. If you are interested in assisting, please let me know
By Leslie Brown · #7948 ·
Re: Vixen Sphinx, Amy?
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By Amy S (Astrodog) · #7947 ·
Re: Vixen Sphinx, Amy?
Wow, thanks! I¡¯ll try that and will probably have more questions. Appreciate it, Jay
By Jay Drew · #7946 ·
Re: Vixen Sphinx, Amy?
Hi!??Happy new year!??I haven¡¯t used the SXW in many years, having bought aVixen SXP when the SXW was at Vixen for a long time to get the RA axis loosened. I did test it last year and it worked
By Amy S (Astrodog) · #7945 ·
Vixen Sphinx, Amy?
Hi all! Amy, are you still rocking your Vixen Sphinx SXW? Or have you moved on to something more modern? If so, can you tell me more about how you upgraded the weird Starbook controller? I¡¯m *this*
By Jay Drew · #7944 ·
Re: Daytime Venus
Phew!? Scared me there. Sent from Yahoo Mail On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM, GEORGE BLAHUN<ks1u@...> wrote: John: ? ? I guess my description was not accurate enough.? When I said straight up,
By John A. Sillasen · #7943 ·