desertstars
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csa/Montana (Carol), Equipment forum mod and Beginners' Forum regular, has 'best of' post in the Equipment forum here on CN. In it she includes what is probably the most complete collection links to Telrad charts available online I have ever seen. Given how often the venerable Telrad is discussed here, I thought it would be a good idea to point this thread out.
Carol's Picks
There is a ton of very useful information gathered there, as well. No newbie amatuer astronomer should miss it! 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
amateur: [ama-cher, -ter, am-uh-tur]–noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
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d1anderson
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Thanks
I'll make good use of these.
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Dewayne
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Z12 dob
MEADE DS2130AT NEWT 494goto
MEADE NG60 REFRACTOR
A Bunch of supplied Eye Pieces
The more you look the more you'll see! 
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panhard
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This should thread be a sticky there is sooo much info in Carol,s picks. I have looked at it several times just too much info to absorb at once. I come back to it often I have printed a catalog of the messier objects by constellation. Such great info. Ps the reason I believe it should be a sticky is new comers to the site would see it right away. I for one never figured out the best of at the top of each forum for a while. 
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10"Sky watcher dob
8 & 17mm Hyperion eye pieces
12x50 binos
A love for this hobby
"What goes around comes around."
"She who must be obeyed."
Herb c
cloudy nights my # 1 site
43.53°n 79.17°w
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THEPLOUGH
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The lady is worth her weight in gold and then some. I love reading her posts, she is always very supportive and sharing..
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Geoff...
Nexstar 8SE -- 9X50 RACI Finder scope... 6.3 F/R.-- 13 & 17mm Hyperion EPs.. 25mm Celestron E- Lux EP.. 2X Celestron X-Cel Barlow-- + A few bits and pieces..
Don't think expensive equipment will make up for lack of talent or practice..
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panhard
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Carol has helped me several times. She is a rare gem.
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10"Sky watcher dob
8 & 17mm Hyperion eye pieces
12x50 binos
A love for this hobby
"What goes around comes around."
"She who must be obeyed."
Herb c
cloudy nights my # 1 site
43.53°n 79.17°w
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csa/montana
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Thanks all, for the very kind words; however it's members such as you that really makes CN so enjoyable!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Ouranos
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Amen to everything above. When I first joined CN and knew even less than I do now, Carol proved to be patient, helpful, and kind in providing the encouragement and information I needed.
Paul
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East/Central Illinois
Orion XT10
Celestron Omni 102
SV Nighthawk SVNHA 7
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Joe Lalumia
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Way to GO----- Carol !! 
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LX90 8" LNT, SV Nighthawk & TelePOD, SV 80/9D & M4 mount, ETX 90, Orion XT10i, 20x80 binoculars, SV-BV3s.
"I'm so old they've canceled my blood type." Bob Hope
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desertstars
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Just trying to help, and I end up making Carol blush... 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
amateur: [ama-cher, -ter, am-uh-tur]–noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
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csa/montana
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Scott: It's an appreciative blush, however! 
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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desertstars
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Scott?
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
amateur: [ama-cher, -ter, am-uh-tur]–noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
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Protheus
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Quote:
Scott?
Well, you do look sort of Scottish...
Chris
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to run on smooth-frozen ice,
one needs no footsteps to follow..."
"Well, people sometimes ask me 'how did you get involved in astronomy?' I said 'I got born, what's your problem?'" -- John Dobson
"In discussing the large-scale structure of the cosmos, astronomers sometimes say that space is curved, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Whatever are they talking about?" -- Carl Sagan
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csa/montana
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Scott?
 Sorry about that T.W., now I'm REALLY blushing! 
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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panhard
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Scott?
You will have to forgive Carol that new scope has her all excited.
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10"Sky watcher dob
8 & 17mm Hyperion eye pieces
12x50 binos
A love for this hobby
"What goes around comes around."
"She who must be obeyed."
Herb c
cloudy nights my # 1 site
43.53°n 79.17°w
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desertstars
Say What?
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Quote:
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Scott?
You will have to forgive Carol that new scope has her all excited.
Yeah, that must be it!
And I am of Scots ancestry. Halfway. The other half is mostly Irish. Mostly. So I'm half Scot, though not even distantly related to Scott although I probably don't equal a half Scott, if you take my meaning.
That doesn't quite add up, somehow...
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
amateur: [ama-cher, -ter, am-uh-tur]–noun 1. a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
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csa/montana
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Paul_R
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The Carol's Picks looks great, but if you have the time, could the headings be bolded and the links indented?
It's hard to read as a long scrolling list... and I keep clicking on the non-underlined phrases!
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csa/montana
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Paul, you are the first to mention you have a difficult time reading the lists. It took a great deal of time to put the lists together; It could be revamped, but I don't know when I'd be able to get to it.
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Paul_R
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I appreciate how much time it takes to assemble such lists! I know from first-hand experience.
For the nonce, simply putting in a blank line between sections would help. And that shouldn't take very long at all!
In fact, if you send me the post with raw text URLs, I'll reformat it, including bolded headings and indentations (if CN has a way of doing tabbed or blank space indents).
(I tried copying it directly, but the links didn't come over!)
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I've now attached a Word version of your post, with hyperlinks. (It has the bracketed b symbols for bolding the headings and a series of dots to achieve the indentation.) Maybe that will make this easier for you to post somewhere. I'm still trying to figure out how to copy and paste a set of named hyperlinks directly into a CN post! The names come through but not the links!
Edited by Paul_R (07/03/08 09:56 AM)
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Paul_R
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This is my "failed" attempt. No hyperlinks. Maybe there's another, better way to achieve indentations!
Planet Size Comparisons
........The Size of Our World
........Telescope Calculator
........Saturn Seeing Tutorial
Light Block Panels
........Fabric as a Light Shield
........Home Made Observing Screens
........Dark Sky Panels
........Light Block Panels Completed
Equipment and Gadgets
........Differences Between Crayford and Rack and Pinion Focusers
........Telrads
........Telrad Description
........I Cut my Telrad in Half!
........Use of Video Astro Cameras by CN Members
........Looking for Foam
........The Essential Barlow
........Reflex Finder Shootout
Filters
........Beginners' Guide to Filters
........Useful Filters for Viewing Deep Sky Objects
........Astronomy Astronomical Filters
........Astronomical Filter Curves
........Testing Deepsky/OIII Filters with a Simple Spectroscope
........Filter Performance Comparisons
........MV Filter Shootout
........Filter Applications
........Color Charts for Filters
........H Beta Filter
Observing Techniques
........Seeing Conditions and Transparency
........Seeing and Transparency
Telrad Charts:
........#1
........#2
........#3
........#4
........#5
........#6
........#7
........#8
Telescope Basics
........Descriptions of Different Telescope Styles
........Star Test Images
........Discussion of the Definition of Diffraction Limited Optics
Collimation Tips
........Adventures in Collimation
........Collimating Newtonian Optics
........A Treatise on Newtonian Collimation
........Special Situations and DIY
........Newtonian Collimation
........Collimation of Laser Collimaters
........Collimation with a Holographic Laser
........Collimating a Laser Collimater
........New Information about Barlowed Laser Collimation
........Rear View Barlowed Laser Method
Techniques for Cleaning Mirrors, Eyepieces, and Filter
........Televue's Cleaning Eyepiece and Telescope Optics
........ASO Fine Optics Cleaning System
........Cleaning Your Lumicon Filters
Miscellaneous
........Contractions and Acronyms
........Making A GSO Focuser as Smooth As It Can Get
........Tom's Links of Value
........Degree Circles for Dobs
........PDF Files for Degree Circles
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csa/montana
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Paul, I appreciate what you are trying to do; however, it seems very easy to navigate; The colored underlined links stand out under the headings very well. Most of the "best of" lists are done this way.
With future listings, we certainly can take your suggestions into consideration.
Again, thanks!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Paul_R
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Carol, your browser must work differently (or is there some CN setting that controls that?). All the text and links are the same color on mine, and there is no spacing, so it all runs together! I gave up trying to wade through it, even though I knew there were some goodies. (And I later discovered there were as I played with the text and links!)
Rather than simply kvetch, I was hoping to contribute to the site by doing this for you all! it only took me a couple of search and replaces to get the formatting looking good, including bolded headings. But the links are still pesky.
I'll wager that many, if not most, CN users would find the reformatted type of page easier to navigate, so I'm glad you all will think seriously about a "new and improved" look going forward.
Best wishes and you're welcome!
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o1d_dude
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I think you can accomplish what you are trying to do using the "List" command in message editor.
Just a thought.
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Kit
"There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys." - Red Green
* A bunch of old ATM stuff that cost me next to nothing
* A bunch of new commercial stuff that cost me an arm and a leg
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DonDon
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Thanks for the telrad objects post. Does anybody know where to find a telrad list of the NGC objects?
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Keep your head up!
10inch Zhumell Dob
10X50 Bino's
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csa/montana
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On the Telrad list, #8 lists the NGC's, with printable charts
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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stefsaber
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Well I've been gone a while, but this is the ultimate list and a great asset to the CN community! Thanks so much for this wonderful addition Carol!
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-Stefan
"It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end." -Douglas Adams
Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob
-Sirius Mount---Canon Rebel XT-
Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf
Fort Myers, FL
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csa/montana
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Stefan, Thank you, & a warm welcome back!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Jefferson1964
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Posts: 569
Loc: Mansfield, Texas
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Those are great...I came across many of those charts about 3 years ago when I was searching the net. I had just purchased a 12" dob and a telrad finder. I printed out almost everyone of the charts and made my own Telrad finder charts in a bound format....I carry these with me anytime im out observing...thanks for sharing
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10x70 Binos
Astroscan 2000
8" LX200GPS UHTC
ETX-125EC
ETX-125PE
The ETX Travel Buddies.....
DSIProII DSIPro
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csa/montana
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Glad you are enjoying them!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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