I have 4 also. Meade 152ED/APO 6" F9 refractor Meade (Kowa) 80mm F15 refractor from the late 60's. LOMO 133.5mm F10.2 Maksutov-Cassegrain Celestron 127mm F6 Schmidt-Cassegrain All can be mounted at the same time on my Celestron CI-700 equatorial mount.
It's a close battle whether I've spent more on camera gear or more on astronomy equipment. By the way as a kid I lived in Maine for a few years. South of Machias in a town called Bucks Harbor. Kent Gittings -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Sharpe Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 12:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Photos of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis At 9:21 PM -0600 10/27/01, aimcompute wrote: >What kind of telescope do you have Steve? Astronomy is a hobby of mine on a >par with photography, except I don't have the hardware. I live in a primo >dark-sky location, virtually no neighbors, about 4500' elevation, have a >flat spot on the edge of a drop-off about 50 yards from the house and would >love to set up an observatory, dome and all, sometime. I have four telescopes. :^) The one I use the most is a 10" Meade Starfinder newtonian that I bought two years ago. For planets and astrophotography I have a Celestron 5 (one of the old orange ones). My home made 8" newtonian serves only as a back up now, and I keep the 50mm Tasco refractor that my parents bought me thirty years ago out of sentimentality. To be honest you don't need much equipment to enjoy astronomy. A good pair of binoculars would be sufficient. My (East German vintage) Zeiss 7X50s probably see more use than my telescopes! I live about five miles outside of a small town on the Maine coast. It's on a hillside in a small subdivision (ten houses now). When the neighbours turn their door lights off it is very dark. I have pondered an observatory for many years. They are expensive, though. This summer I built the next best thing: a 6' high wooden board fence enclosing a 10' square section of my property. I hinged the top 3' of each side so I could fold them down and see the sky down to the horizon when needed. Now, I can observe in privacy, sheltered from the wind and the local lights. It's probably the best astronomical investment I have ever made. Astronomy is my primary hobby...photography would be #2. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
