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Keeping my fingers crossed for you
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However my Skywatcher ED120 has a very short bar on the bottom so I have been loosening the rings that hold the tube and slide the tube back and forth.
Which do people feel is the better way or is it a Coke Pepsi sort of thing?
notice that on the 120 there is a 11" dovetail on top and a 6 or 7" on the bottom that came with it, maybe I should just switch them
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Opening the rings and sliding the tube is OK as long as rings have plenty of threads connected and can still hold the weight, of high quality and properly felted to avoid scratching and problems under a load.
Alternatives would be a strapped on ankle weight around the tube if the velcro is long enough or a Tele Vue 2/1.25 Equalizer that can attempt to equal the change out.
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Why are there hexagons on the moon? Like Saturn.
Why did I think I saw them in Mg Quark visually a few months ago?
I was told by Professor Shultz the hexagons were talked about back during the making of the book but they are illusions.
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I used to play College Golf for Suffolk University
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I see wine bottles everywhere, it is quite distracting at times.
:check: :check: :check: :check: :check: :check:
for example, you see ticks right? I see wine hitting the bottom of the transparent glass.
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
(Trying my best not to curse or swear )
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I think I see hexagons all over the place on the moon...
Professor Schultz is a class act and was amazing to be able to find and send him an email in mere minutes. Then to get a response from him in less than 48 hrs.
How long would that take in 1990?
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Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
(Trying my best not to curse or swear )
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Thanks Everyone! I got in the hospital and they found pneumonia in the low/left quadrant of my lungs. So I've just home from a series of high-power anti-bionic IV feeds. Will have more now that I'm home.Ben Cartwright SASS wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:14 pm John, we are praying for you! I hobble with a cane and cannot stand more than 5-10 minutes due to severe arthritis in my knees so I know how it hurts. Yours sounds much worse.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you
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Glad you're getting it under control.Lowjiber wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 10:31 pmThanks Everyone! I got in the hospital and they found pneumonia in the low/left quadrant of my lungs. So I've just home from a series of high-power anti-bionic IV feeds. Will have more now that I'm home.Ben Cartwright SASS wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:14 pm John, we are praying for you! I hobble with a cane and cannot stand more than 5-10 minutes due to severe arthritis in my knees so I know how it hurts. Yours sounds much worse.
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Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #59
Free advice is seldom cheap
"Sometimes having is not so pleasing as wanting, it's not logical but it is true"
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Nikon D82 Fieldscope with 30x/45x/56x angled eyepiece.
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I was thinking of a Moonlight CFL but they don't sell the manual version any more only with the motor and controller, so it runs about $900. I think for that price I can get a feather touch, or at least the manual feather touch by Starlight.
I tend to use my Lunt ED102 most of the time, partly due to the focuser on the 120 but also due to always having very unstable air.
What do you guys have and what do you recommend?
UPDATE: I went out to my scope and backed the 4 screws off and then put them in so they just hold the focus wheel housing on and then tightened the tension knob until it moved the load and it was smoother, but up to the Lunt but better.
I would work with the
Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #59
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Lunt LS50 DS, LS80 DS, Lunt 102ED, Stellarvue SV80 APO, Orion ST80, 127 MAK, Skywatcher Evostar 120ED, 102 MAK, Celestron 8" Edge HD, 102AZ
Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI071MC-cool, ASI174mm, ASI174mm-cool, ASI178MC-cool, ASI290 mini, ASI120MM-S, ASI120MC Revolution Player One mm (178 chip)
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