Jason B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/21/04
Posts: 2069
Loc: Mid-Michigan
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Time to let the old one drift off into CN history.
Here's a link to Part 3 , now on to part 4!
Jason
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Jason
Discovery 12.5" F5 PDHQ
GSO 6" F5 Newt.
Vixen 80mm F8 APO (FL80S)
Vixen GP and Astro-Tech Voyager Mounts
MX 716 and Canon Rebel XT
Volunteer Administrator for Fox Park Observatory
16" and 12" LX200's
10" Meade and Parks Dobs
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zjc26138
Post Laureate
Reged: 02/24/05
Posts: 4439
Loc: Mingo Junction, Ohio
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SCOPES:
Custom Meade AR5
Zhumell Z10
Orion ED80
MOUNTS:
Meade LXD500
CAMERAS:
DSI Color
Canon Rebel XT
Clear, dark skies everywhere,
-Zachary
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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Wow, we have as many sequels as Rambo 
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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Inkswitch
super member
Reged: 11/09/03
Posts: 147
Loc: columbus OH USA
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300 and some days till BEOTS 3
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-Lawen
12.5" Meade Starfinder dob.
6" Orion dob.
8X56 Orion mini-giant
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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Ahhh, but only 82ish till LCSP 
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21648
Loc: North Texas
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Steph
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory 
HansenAstro | CN Member Websites
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Inkswitch
super member
Reged: 11/09/03
Posts: 147
Loc: columbus OH USA
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Where does LCSP take place? I have never been to a star party. But the pictures from BEOTS made it look like a blast.
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-Lawen
12.5" Meade Starfinder dob.
6" Orion dob.
8X56 Orion mini-giant
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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Hi Lawen, we're in Lodi 44254 about 5mi west of I-71 and I-76 intersection.
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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upsguy
Uff da
Reged: 10/01/05
Posts: 3100
Loc: schaumburg, il.
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Scott, how many people do you guys expect at LCSP?
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Jim
Meade lx90 8" uhtc
Meade 80mm refractor
Orion 70mm refractor
Barska 15x70
Obies 11x56
Canon 400D
Canon SX100IS
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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Hard to tell Jim. Could be up around 40 like BEOTS.
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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Rusty
Postmaster
Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16336
Loc: Brooker, FL
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Sadly, LCSP will conflict with a get-together of Barth motorhome owners, as well as the start of Peach State Star Gaze, so I go instead to those.
However, Scott will bring Dob Frog to PSSG after LCSP, so all is not lost....
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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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We're shooting for being at PSSG the last weekend in Sept. for a few days then back up north for LCSP.
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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Dob Frog
Star Hopper
Reged: 01/27/06
Posts: 3493
Loc: Ohio
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300 and some days till BEOTS 3
Somebody had to say it! Thanks Lawen!
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Where does LCSP take place? I have never been to a star party. But the pictures from BEOTS made it look like a blast.
Hello Lawen, Thanks for joining in on the Ohio thread and please consider joining us for one of the star parties.
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Diane
17.5" Dobsonian f/3.8 "Stella" The hunt is on!
Coronado Maxscope 60
WO ZS 66 "Willy"
Galileo 15x70 / Vivitar Series 1 7x42
Save the Earth...it's the only planet with chocolate!
Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall.
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Inkswitch
super member
Reged: 11/09/03
Posts: 147
Loc: columbus OH USA
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I have been lurking for some time. My family was in North Carolina during BEOTS-2. I am thinking of coming to Last Chance. It depends on my wife`s commitments.
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-Lawen
12.5" Meade Starfinder dob.
6" Orion dob.
8X56 Orion mini-giant
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Rusty
Postmaster
Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16336
Loc: Brooker, FL
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We're shooting for being at PSSG the last weekend in Sept. for a few days then back up north for LCSP.
Kewl! I hope you can swing bringing Jason and Nikki - they're a lot of fun. I assume LCSP is 10/3-4-5?
I may be the owner by then of Lot 23, DAV. That it's the one next to the pond, was NOT influenced by input from Maggie and Casey (who are not spoiled).
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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4832
Loc: Wherever the boss sends me.
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Awesome Rusty, we're neighbors! Course we're just renters 
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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square_peg
Postmaster
Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 23797
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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....was NOT influenced by input from Maggie and Casey (who are not spoiled).
Of course not. 
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP 100 f/6 achro
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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Dob Frog
Star Hopper
Reged: 01/27/06
Posts: 3493
Loc: Ohio
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Quote:
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We're shooting for being at PSSG the last weekend in Sept. for a few days then back up north for LCSP.
Kewl! I hope you can swing bringing Jason and Nikki - they're a lot of fun. I assume LCSP is 10/3-4-5?
I may be the owner by then of Lot 23, DAV. That it's the one next to the pond, was NOT influenced by input from Maggie and Casey (who are not spoiled).
Nikki and Jason wouldn't let us come without them.
Cool on Lot 23 at DAV! You're moving closer to us.
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Diane
17.5" Dobsonian f/3.8 "Stella" The hunt is on!
Coronado Maxscope 60
WO ZS 66 "Willy"
Galileo 15x70 / Vivitar Series 1 7x42
Save the Earth...it's the only planet with chocolate!
Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall.
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Rusty
Postmaster
Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16336
Loc: Brooker, FL
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Quote:
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....was NOT influenced by input from Maggie and Casey (who are not spoiled).
Of course not.
Well, that's what I said... BTW, I also have Florida waterfront property for sale...
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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Skylook123
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 3959
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Quote:
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....was NOT influenced by input from Maggie and Casey (who are not spoiled).
Of course not.
Well, that's what I said... BTW, I also have Florida waterfront property for sale...
I bought some of that, once. Low tide access wasn't a problem, if you wore reef walkers, but high tide access was only by SCUBA. Great for wildlife exposure folks; make Uncle Rusty an offer, quick!
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Jim
A Bad Night With A Telescope
Beats A Good Night Doing Anything Else
Tectron 18" Truss Dob/Sky Commander DSCs, "Derrick"
Meade 10" LX-5 SCT/Atlas-G "Ol' Blue Eye"
Orion 90mm refractor,
Meade 10" Starfinder Newt/JMI NGCMax DSCs,
Celestron 10x50 Ultima Pro
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Rusty
Postmaster
Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16336
Loc: Brooker, FL
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Yo, I live in the middle of the Florida Appenines (Altitude 94'). Onna river (allegedly, where I live only a creek). But, nevertheless, 1000' of "riverfront" (OK, according to the survey, only 998', but who's counting?). Seriously, a very nice place but no horizon for stargazing...or, frankly, I'd never leave. I guess I could cut down about 1,500 trees to get a view, but I'm lazy...
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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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half meter
Postmaster
Reged: 05/05/04
Posts: 12509
Loc: Great Lakes
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I still haven't posted pictures from my trip to Iceland last October and today I'm headed to Greece for two weeks. 
Iceland was a surprise present from my wife for my 50th birthday and Greece is where we'll celebrate her 50th. Our whole family is going (7 of us.) The first week is on the mainland and the second week will be spent traveling through the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
Here are four pages of nice photos that give a taste of what's in store for us. 
Talk with ya in August!
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Gary
Collins I3 (Thin Film) Image Intensifying Eyepiece
Coronado Maxscope DS 90 <0.5A w/BF30
152 mm f/8 TMB/A&M Carbon Fiber APO; f/5 with 4" Borg ED Field Flattener/Reducer
20" Obsession/OMI Mirror/Servocat/Argo Navis
 First Light for the 30" Obsession at BEOTS!
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21648
Loc: North Texas
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Have fun, Gary! 
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Steph
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory
HansenAstro | CN Member Websites
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Dob Frog
Star Hopper
Reged: 01/27/06
Posts: 3493
Loc: Ohio
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Yes, Gary, it's hard to live vicariously through your travels without pictures.  We're a patient lot though, so you'll have to post the Iceland pictures along with the Greece pictures when you return.
Oh boy, just think of the yummy food you'll have. Have a most AWESOME trip!
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Diane
17.5" Dobsonian f/3.8 "Stella" The hunt is on!
Coronado Maxscope 60
WO ZS 66 "Willy"
Galileo 15x70 / Vivitar Series 1 7x42
Save the Earth...it's the only planet with chocolate!
Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall, Autumn not fall.
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dgs©
Postmaster
Reged: 03/29/04
Posts: 13849
Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Who gets custody of the 30"Ø while everyone is off sunning themselves in the Aegean ? 
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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half meter
Postmaster
Reged: 05/05/04
Posts: 12509
Loc: Great Lakes
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Dave, are you volunteering? 
Thanks, Steph!
Diane, here is a word picture for you (not quite 1,000 words!)
We're here in Athens trying to make up for the 7 hour time zone change plus 12 hours of trying to sleep on the plane. (I'm fine, but with 6 others in our group, I'm reminded that not everyone adjusts to travel as well.)
We took the subway into Athens from the airport, bags in tow, and then, following the Internet directions to the hotel, walked the final 15 minutes. We came to the end of the road and found no hotel.  Regrouping, we sat down at a street cafe to a dinner of gyros and pizza and discussed our predicament. Apparently we were having a vigorous discussion because a nice spunky old Greek lady passing by understood that we couldn't find the hotel Zafolia (not an international chain hotel.) In broken English she repeatedly said she loved Americans (did the University of Michigan tee shirt make it that obvious? Together with the 7 suitcases, yes!) and that Americans are the best people in the world. Not quite knowing what to make of this full of energy, 4 foot 10 inch tall Greek lady, we engaged her in discussion. She told us to take the #18 trolley (connected to the overhead wires, not the #18 bus, mind you ) and, counting us one by one, insisted that we take 7 of her trolley tickets (refusing our repeated attempts to pay, saying she was not a seller of trolley tickets.) Still bewildered by her generosity and enthralled by her charm, we continued to listen to her stories. After a while she volunteered that she had been to America once -- to Rochester, MN, at the Mayo clinic, and that she had a medical problem but now she was feeling fine. Finally we understood this saint of a lady! She was passing forward her good fortune at being healed in America. What an amazing first impression of a foreign land my 4 kids had just received!
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Gary
Collins I3 (Thin Film) Image Intensifying Eyepiece
Coronado Maxscope DS 90 <0.5A w/BF30
152 mm f/8 TMB/A&M Carbon Fiber APO; f/5 with 4" Borg ED Field Flattener/Reducer
20" Obsession/OMI Mirror/Servocat/Argo Navis
First Light for the 30" Obsession at BEOTS!
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square_peg
Postmaster
Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 23797
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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...here is a word picture....
And a very vivid word picture at that! Good stuff, Gary.
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP 100 f/6 achro
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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csa/montana
Astro Ambassador
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 28255
Loc: montana
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Gary, I can just picture that great little Lady in my mind! What a wonderful encounter with the generosity of strangers!
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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 B/TMB 3.2
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
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