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Subject: [Leica] Santa came!! Meade ETX-70
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Dec 27 09:27:27 2005
References: <217.107e6c00.30e0d33a@aol.com> <20F5008F-967E-41F3-9D72-04F05F67989A@mac.com> <43AFD143.1090903@gmx.de> <9b678e0512260410m4b12cca5n678fb5222b97c1c8@mail.gmail.com> <43AFEE32.8080007@gmx.de> <9b678e0512261434t2a80782ehf04172e37660b589@mail.gmail.com> <8490E54A-C1FA-4B64-A099-93234854CE1E@bellsouth.net> <20051227171612.GF7737@panix.com>

Such are the joys of first telescopes--an excuse for educating yourself.

Suggestion--forget the stars to start and go for Jupiter or Saturn.

Keep looking up!

Ric Carter


On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> looks like a nice site.
>
> i bought an ETX70 in the summer for my son's 8 year old birthday
> since someone knowledable about such things deemed the ETX
> amenable to astromorons such as myself.  if you can
> locate one or two stars, the computer can find all the others.
> in a fit of towering overambition, i also acquired the requisite
> t-adapters and such for astrophotography.
>
> of course, i embarrassed myself in front of my kids by
> failing to locate a single star, fumbling in the dark over
> a starfinder wheel.  by the time i developed a hypothesis of
> where a star might be, i'd have
> to rotate the wheel up another hour.  it also did not help
> that despite living in the same house for 25 years, i had
> no strong sense of which direction was north.
>
> if the moon were out, i would probably have failed to find it.  i
> was so depressed, i set up the thing to point out the window
> for my son to spy on the neighbors.  this spring i will summon
> up the courage to try celestial adventuring again.
>
> -rei
>
>
> On Dec27 09:50, Mark wrote:
>> Everything you need to know about the ETX line of telescopes is here
>>
>> http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html
>>
>> A lot of good info about how to use the ETX for photography.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Dec 26, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Don Dory wrote:
>>
>>> Douglas,
>>> Because the camera is hanging way out the back, you will also need
>>> to use a
>>> mirror lock up or self-timer to keep the shake down.  You have the
>>> equivalent of an 1100mm lens or so; you will want the highest  
>>> possible
>>> shutter speed and the steadiest support you can drum up.  Manfrotto/
>>> Bogen
>>> used to and may still sell a long lens support that I have found  
>>> to be
>>> pretty useful when the focal length gets over 600mm.
>>>
>>> Enjoy the view.
>>>
>>> Don
>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/26/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Don,
>>>> the aluminium tripod that came with it is like trying to use it  
>>>> on a
>>>> stormy sea, I think I'll take alook at Meades field tripod, it
>>>> looks a
>>>> lot more stable.
>>>> cheers
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>> Don Dory wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Douglas,
>>>>> Yes, you will find it to be a wonderful lens.  Do however have a
>>>>> very
>>>> sturdy
>>>>> tripod. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Don
>>>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/26/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Santa dropped off here too - has anyone ever used a Meade ETX-70
>>>>>> telescope for photography (terrestrial or astronomic)?
>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>>
>
> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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