m37
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Hello and welcome to the Lunie Bin! (I've always wanted to tell somebody that!  )
thanks for the reply!!!
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Carol L
Reged: 07/05/04
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Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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I'd also be interested in hearing the eyperiences of other SCT & Rukl users and how they find the using the maps at the eyepiece?? many thanks
Welcome aboard! 
For the most part, I don't use a diagonal with my SCT unless the Moon is high and viewing w/o one would be impossible [mine is on a fork-mount].
When not using the diagonal on an SCT, the view is upside down and reversed, so all you need to do is turn Rukl's upside-down and it will match your eyepiece view.
When using a diagonal though, the eyepiece view is merely mirror-imaged with north remaining at the top. If you find this disorienting, there's a fix. Since I've never been good at mental gymnastics, I scanned all of the drawings, reversed them left/right, and printed them to use with the diagonal. Works like a charm. 
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Anonymous
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I have enjoyed the Photographic Moon Book by Alan Chu. It was promoted as a new product in an old issue of S&T that I was browsing in December. It is either a downloadable PDF older edition or Alan will mail you the latest edition on CD for $3. That's a bargain when you compare it to atlas prices. Here is the website:
http://alanchuhk.sev84.001at.com/
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 20457
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Thank you for the information on the CD. Wow, only $3.00? Can't hardly pass that one up!
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Erika
10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
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bianchi veloce
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Reged: 01/17/05
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Loc: Anderson, SC
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After reading the threads in the Lunie Bin, I have just ordered Sky Publishing's Moon Book package that has both Rukl's Atlas and Charles Woods' book. Looking forward to using both of them.
Now, all I need is a telescope. Will probably go with an Orion XT10 after I get to a few more Star Parties to check out the different scopes.
Anthony
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Tim2723
The Moon Guy
Reged: 02/19/04
Posts: 5121
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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Hi Anthony, and welcome!
Those are four good choices - Rukl, Wood, Orion, and seeing scopes for real at a star party.
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 20457
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Welcome, Anthony!
I doubt you'll be dissappointed with the set from Sky Publishing. They are my most treasured books so far with astronomy. Enjoy!
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Erika
10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
Having Fun in the Sun!
More solar fun: 2007 July - tracking NOAA10963
Support bacteria. It's the only culture some people have.
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Carol L
Reged: 07/05/04
Posts: 5880
Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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Hi Anthony, and welcome! 
One thing you might want to order with the scope is a Moon filter.
Lady Luna can be quite brilliant at times. 
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Star*Hopper
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/02/05
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I have enjoyed the Photographic Moon Book by Alan Chu. ..... It is either a downloadable PDF older edition or Alan will mail you the latest edition on CD for $3.
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Hi,
Is what comes on Chu's CD also in PDF format?
Thx!
~S*H
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Blues
sage
Reged: 10/18/04
Posts: 288
Loc: NC
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On the CD you can open it in PDF or MS Word format.
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Elliott
Orion XT8 Classic
Orion Vista 10x50
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LesB
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/20/04
Posts: 1687
Loc: Z-Hills, FL
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Is this the same Rukl Atlas that was selling on ebay and CN a few weeks ago for over $100.00? Sky is selling the latest version for $45.00 in the link supplied at the beginning of the post. I ordered the Rukl so I guess I must cast my unbeknownin' vote in that direction. Found myself totally unprepared while trying to follow another lunie thread with a 1977 Norton Star Atlas Moon chart. Norton's must have driven a lot of lunar observers to doing their own sketches. Drove them mad, I say!
Norton produced a horrible Moon chart, and may have created a whole new generation of lunatics. 
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Matt Looby
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/09/03
Posts: 793
Loc: Wadhams, NY
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I Use my Hatfield Atlas, I have highlighted the famous Lunar 100 objects as well an assortment of notes (memories) I joted down to help me remember complex crater formations, and crater hoping, especially in the Southern Highlands. The atlas is oriented for use with a reflector (my favorite scopes).
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Dan Luna
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/07/04
Posts: 696
Loc: UK
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Do you find the photo atlas easy to use? It takes me long enough to match features in some of the drawn atlases against a photo, let alone the actual Moon.
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Matt Looby
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/09/03
Posts: 793
Loc: Wadhams, NY
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The Hatfield is hand drawn with matching photo-brain damage free usage!
Matt
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
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It took me a while to get accustomed to the format, but once I did I found it very useful. The oft complained about photos in the atlas show a given region of the Moon under various angles of illumination, and one of them almost always at least approximates the view I have that night. I really like that aspect of the atlas. However, I still find myself using Rukl's atlas about 90% of the time.
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LesB
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/20/04
Posts: 1687
Loc: Z-Hills, FL
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I ordered the Rukl but in the interim I've been taking digital photos of the moon. The old Norton Moon map, c. 1977 doesn't help but this website does. lunarrepublic
I took some photos last night and the old Norton was bit of a pain to use but the Lunar Republic program shows a lot of promise. May be a good adjunct to the Rukl. As you pass the cursor over a crater the name appears.
The sample they provide is quite good. I got this link from someone's CN post.
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30044
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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I've been using them while writing observing reports to double-check names, spellings, etc. I believe we have the Lunar Republic among the links in the thread stuck to the top of the forum.
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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
Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive.
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LesB
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/20/04
Posts: 1687
Loc: Z-Hills, FL
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Couldn't resist ordering the CD. Now, I have no excuses for errors. 
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RobertED
super member
Reged: 07/11/03
Posts: 173
Loc: Johnston,RI
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The Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas is definitely a favorite of mine...but I think my all-time favorite is.......Dinsmore Alter's Lunar Atlas!!!!
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Tim2723
The Moon Guy
Reged: 02/19/04
Posts: 5121
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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I've read his Pictoral Guide to the Moon, but I didn't even know he had an atlas in print. Thanks Robert!
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