Don W
Postmaster
Reged: 05/19/03
Posts: 14614
Loc: Wisconsin, USA
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Flares are surface features and fairly rare. What you are attempting to view are prominences, not flares.
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Don Wyman
Obsession 18" f/4.5 #1166
W/Argo Navis DSC and Torus Primary
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Asturies
sage
Reged: 06/14/07
Posts: 203
Loc: La Mancha, Spain
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Ok, Ok it's so late and even my Spanish is bad  the only proper thing to do at this hours of the night is watching the stars.
The pipe wrench I never heard about it, we call them Stilson wrench, but PIPE!!, I should have known it!! (As a matter of fact I knew it, but it didn't came to my mind) I'm an engineer and we use a lot of English here, but don't tell it to nobody 
Prominences, yes thats right, but I'm hoping for catching an X flare visually (just kidding)
We'll see what this little toy can do with the DBK.
Regards, Fernando
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LX90 12" with ultrawedge
CG5-GT
Equinox 80mm APO
Mak-Cass 100mm f/14
PST Repaired of rusty objective
Canon EOS 350D
Brand new DBK21 for guiding and planetary
My web translated to English at last!!!
http://perso.wanadoo.es/jfa926/Fernando_Mejido/index.htm
Edited by Asturies (06/14/08 09:35 PM)
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 3278
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Richard:
You can now add # 97449 to the official list of sick and diseased PST's.
Steve
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1482
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Steve:
That'a a bummer! Yours was the 3rd oldest non-sick one too!!
This leaves John Hoare (94645) & Stephen Ames "darkstar528" (96038) as the oldest ones still. Your place as third oldest is now taken by our buddy Gustovo Pohls (98131) in Mexico!
BTW, I'll have a CAS hat order for you soon, there are new club members who want a cool hat!
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Mitch
newbie
Reged: 07/15/06
Posts: 1
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I just had mine fixed by Meade. Serial # 94265 purchased in June 2004. I had difficulty contacting Meade but when I finally got hold of them everything went well. I probably wouldn't have done it without the feedback from this site. Thanks.
Mitch
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Victor Kennedy
Pooh-Bear
Reged: 05/22/03
Posts: 10697
Loc: Slovenia
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Mine has rust. SN 98864.
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Change is inevitable...except from a vending machine.
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1482
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Can everybody go to here:
http://elektronkind.org/pst/
and enter your information if it isn't there already?
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 3278
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Is there a link to edit what's there??
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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Daniel
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 06/16/05
Posts: 908
Loc: Roscoe,IL
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Mine is original... and doing great still!
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Looking for a big ol Dobsonian..12-16"
ETX 70mm,F5
Bushnell 7-21x40 bino's
Barska 20x80mm Binos
Meade Video Eyepiece
Canon A-E1 SLR,Canon EOS ElanII
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1482
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Good point, Steve, the edit feature seems to not work...
The text "Edit this PST" is there but it isn't a working link.
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 3278
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Hi Rich...Our PST returned home today. Hopefully in the next couple days I can get the garden mount polar aligned and then mount the PST for viewing!
Steve
Hey...any chance of you making ii to Cherry Springs next year...the end of June..
www.cherrysprings.org
Steve
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1482
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Hey Steve!
I'd love to go, but I'll have to play it by ear. When does it likely fill up?
It would be a hoot to have a meet-up!
Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 3278
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In the three years I've been going it's not ever been filled.
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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M A S
member
Reged: 08/03/07
Posts: 13
Loc: Manchester UK
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Hi.
Add mine to the list
PST Ser No 100962 (GOLD) Very Good Health
MANCHESTER UK
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colinsk
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/17/08
Posts: 2150
Loc: CA
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Ohhh... Gold, Is it for sale?
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Mahalo,
Colin Kaminski
Coulter 10.1" Dobsonian
TV-76/Baader Film White Light
LS60T/DS50/FT/BF1200
LDX-75
AT Voyager
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 22337
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Great job on that database, Richard. It would really be good if the mods could put it in a place of it's own or highlighted somewhere in the solar forum for easy access. Stuck in just a post within this large thread would make it easy to overlook.
Thanks for putting that together and maintaining the list all this time. 
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Erika
Automatic doors make me feel like a Jedi. 
Zhumell 16", 10" LX200 Classic,Orion ED80, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm
My CN Gallery * 2007 July - tracking NOAA10963
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Paul Hyndman
sage
Reged: 07/13/04
Posts: 312
Loc: Madison, CT USA
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In mid-August I noticed the coating on my "gold" objective PST (#95028) had begun to deteriorate, and packed it off to Meade. The repaired unit came back the next month sporting a new blue/transparent objective and cemented subassemblies (old unit allowed full disassembly of the OTA, not so with the new one).
Tried to add it to http://elektronkind.org/pst/ but editing not available.
I'm happy to report that it is once again performing well.
Now if only the mount were a tad more portable, I'd be a happy camper!
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AP160, AP Traveler,
Coronado 90/90/30, PST H-a, PST CaK,
Baader Wedge, 260mm Kendrick/Baader,
Fraunhofer circa 1820, Fraunhofer circa 1825,
SBIG STL11K, DSI Pro (2), DSI Pro II, Canon 10D,
ToUcam II 840, AP900 GTO, AP Mach1
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colinsk
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/17/08
Posts: 2150
Loc: CA
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That's what I call a real mount! As far as I know yours is the first report of a bad gold objective. 
Can you describe how it started to fail? Do you have a picture?
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Mahalo,
Colin Kaminski
Coulter 10.1" Dobsonian
TV-76/Baader Film White Light
LS60T/DS50/FT/BF1200
LDX-75
AT Voyager
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darkstar528
Postmaster
Reged: 03/06/07
Posts: 6764
Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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#95028??, did they start renumbering them or did they take old ones and just change the objectives or was it already repaired once?...
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
CFI, CFII, MEI, working on EIEIO!
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
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pjstoker
sage
Reged: 04/21/06
Posts: 439
Loc: So. Calif, USA
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Quote:
That's what I call a real mount! As far as I know yours is the first report of a bad gold objective.
I think it is just the other way around. The gold objectives are the ones that developed the "rust" problem. I haven't seen any reports of the new blue ones having the same problem. I had my gold objective replaced two years ago when it started developing the problem. Ser. #95967.
Pat
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Patrick Stoker
http://home.earthlink.net/~pjstok/wp10_intro.htm
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