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dfell
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After 3 weeks of cloud, snow, cloud, rain and fog, a decent opportunity! Visual observation with AIII seeing is tiring to the eye at 4 AM especially with the wind bouncing the tube. But still a useful observation. As discussed in another thread, the TV bandmate Mars filters work very well, the 'B' in side by side testing with a Celestron #21 was definitly superior while the 'A' gives a natural colored view with the blue blocked enhancing albedo features.
http://www.spacealberta.com/mars/mars2010/oct09/oct09.htm#latest
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www.spacealberta.com
12" collapsible Dob
25" Round Table Platform
Ethos 13mm
original TV smoothside plossls
80mm f/15 Towa Refractor
PST
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Rustie
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Loc: Southampton, UK
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Those TV filters sound very useful indeed. Although they are little pricey for me sadly.
I'll have to make do with my coloured filter set.
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Russ Hawker
Meade LX50 8" f10 SCT
Skywatcher 200P 8" f6 Dobsonian
Meade 10x50
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CarlosEH
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Denis,
An excellent observation of Mars. You have recorded a good amount of detail over the planet. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Carlos
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RLTYS
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dfell
Some very impressive sketches. Thanks for the views.
Rich (RLTYS)
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10" F4.8 Refl.
4" F5 Refr. (Genesis)
3" F4 Celestron FirstScope
50mm F12 Refr. (Tasco #6TE-5)
12x63 and 10x50 Binoculars.
"I want to do more then just look."
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t.r.
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Loc: Upstate NY
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Still waiting for good weather here in the NE. Denis, nice to see the website backup, nice report.
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Present Stable:
Kmart 40mm(first scope @ age 8)
Jason 60mm
C80SS
Tak Sky90II
PST
C6XLT
AP130 "Gran Turismo"
C-11XLT
EQ-2,CG-4,ASGT-5,DenkII's,TV(zoom,plossls,Ethos),Pentax XW's,UO volcano set, ZAOII 4mm,BaaderZoom and other un-notables
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Carl Sagan
Edited by t.r. (10/29/09 08:15 AM)
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dfell
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Loc: Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
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Thanks all, the best colored filters I have are the optica b/c set from the late 70's in both .965 and 1 1/4" for both my scopes. #25, #21, #80a, #15 and #11.
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www.spacealberta.com
12" collapsible Dob
25" Round Table Platform
Ethos 13mm
original TV smoothside plossls
80mm f/15 Towa Refractor
PST
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