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Kerig3
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 10/20/09

Loc: NW Chicago Suburbs

Re: So easy-to-operate even you............. new

[Re: albert1]
#5083194 - 02/21/12 06:31 AM

Quote:

can study minute ant behavior

My classic scope can find more ants than yours can!

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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: So easy-to-operate even you............. new

[Re: Kerig3]
#5083990 - 02/21/12 02:59 PM

Quote:

Quote:

can study minute ant behavior

My classic scope can find more ants than yours can!

An ant viewing shootout--it's what we've all been waiting for. At any moment, I expect refractor fans to chime in that owing to their central obstructions, the two competitors can't possibly reveal the subtle details on the ant thorax.

Geoff

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Andy Taylor
Twisted, but in a Good Way

Reged: 09/24/08

Loc: The Pub. UK

Worlds best telescope...? new

[Re: barasits]
#5088826 - 02/24/12 12:30 PM

let the bidding begin...

Well, said to be the worlds best...

Or something...

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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: Worlds best telescope...? new

[Re: Andy Taylor]
#5089038 - 02/24/12 02:46 PM

"MEADE TELESCOPE IN BOX MEANT TO BE THE WORLDS BEST!"

I have no doubt that the box is quite good, but whether it's the world's best box remains to be seen. The telescope inside this rather extraordinary box also remains to be seen.

Geoff

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Kerig3
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 10/20/09

Loc: NW Chicago Suburbs

Re: So easy-to-operate even you............. new

[Re: barasits]
#5090444 - 02/25/12 02:18 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

can study minute ant behavior

My classic scope can find more ants than yours can!

An ant viewing shootout--it's what we've all been waiting for. At any moment, I expect refractor fans to chime in that owing to their central obstructions, the two competitors can't possibly reveal the subtle details on the ant thorax.

Geoff

It also depends on whether you're observing the ant visually or with a CCD camera (antrophotography).

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albert1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: Southern New Jersey

If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers... new

[Re: Kerig3]
#5092452 - 02/26/12 03:56 PM Attachment (33 downloads)

If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers!

This picture was sent to me.

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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: So easy-to-operate even you............. new

[Re: Kerig3]
#5092520 - 02/26/12 04:25 PM

You're absolutely right! The pictured mounts might be suitable for visual but antophotography would surely require an AP900 mount.

By the way, I don't recall seeing a Dobsonian that's suitable for ant viewing.

Geoff

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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers... new

[Re: albert1]
#5092529 - 02/26/12 04:29 PM

I think your binoviewer is safe, but are you sure this wasn't a prank?

Geoff

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Al8236
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 08/18/10

Loc: 48.9173N 122.1390W

Re: If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers... new

[Re: albert1]
#5092545 - 02/26/12 04:39 PM Attachment (21 downloads)

Maybe they thought it was a descendant of the Bowditch comet seeker!?

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albert1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: Southern New Jersey

Re: If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers... new

[Re: barasits]
#5092673 - 02/26/12 05:57 PM

Quote:

but are you sure this wasn't a prank?

For sellers sake I sure hope it was.

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StarBucket
sage

Reged: 02/03/10

Loc: Scandinavia - 55° 36'

Re: If this is not a first, I'll eat my binoviewers... [Re: albert1]
#5093404 - 02/27/12 07:10 AM

Obviously put there as a makeshift lever to crank up vertical slewing

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Andy Taylor
Twisted, but in a Good Way

Reged: 09/24/08

Loc: The Pub. UK

Todays mystery object.... [Re: StarBucket]
#5099843 - 03/01/12 05:19 PM

What the...?

Available from JunkWorld (tm)

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sgorton99
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/30/08

Loc: Wisconsin, Madison

$2,850 reduction in price! [Re: Andy Taylor]
#5103179 - 03/03/12 05:35 PM

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/for/2882259804.html

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herrointment
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/12/11

Loc: North of Hwy. 64

Re: $2,850 reduction in price! [Re: sgorton99]
#5103185 - 03/03/12 05:40 PM

I threw most of the one I had in the scrap heap. Best put on my shoes and go retrieve it. Steak tonight!

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John Jarosz
Astro Gearhead

Reged: 04/25/04

Loc: Chicago area, IL

Re: $2,850 reduction in price! [Re: herrointment]
#5103198 - 03/03/12 05:48 PM

So what will it be for $3,000 this last scope or a Questar?

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mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: $2,850 reduction in price! [Re: John Jarosz]
#5103372 - 03/03/12 07:28 PM

Don't laugh guys any scope that can be mounted on a wall for looking at ants is worth a bundle!

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will1
member

Reged: 02/05/12

Re: $2,850 reduction in price! [Re: mikey cee]
#5104356 - 03/04/12 10:40 AM

My favorite is not so much an add as a question. I like the nucklehead that asked the question about (unitron equitorial refractor information) on CN Classic Telescopes. Quote "It is big and has a lot of assessories with a wood mount and a steel mount" Makes me laugh every time I read it.

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albert1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: Southern New Jersey

Hey, get your head out of that Intellivision [Re: will1]
#5109026 - 03/06/12 06:38 PM

Your head even fits in the barrel

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tecmage
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/10

Loc: Groton, CT

Re: Hey, get your head out of that Intellivision [Re: albert1]
#5109054 - 03/06/12 06:55 PM

Quote:

Your head even fits in the barrel

Intellivision? Wasn't that a game system years ago?

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Nave
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 02/23/10

5 inch orange telescope $30 [Re: tecmage]
#5110702 - 03/07/12 09:04 PM

Funny, the ads you encounter as a CL addict....
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/grd/2889711265.html

And here, I thought I was hot on the trail of an old C5.

(The line in the subject is found at the bottom of the ad....)

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