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Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest

Started by mloffland , Oct 28 2005 03:22 PM

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#51 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #51$ Tom T

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 06:48 PM

There were many many reviews that came in last minute. These will all be posted over the next few days. The cutoff for article submission was the 31 - we hope to have the rest of the reviews posted within the next few days to a week.

T

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#52 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #52$ DJSnM

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Posted 02 January 2006 - 01:48 PM

Looks like some of the last minute reviews were pretty good. Having read the reviews I can say a few things

* The Quality of the Telescope being reviewed is in no way correlated with the quality of the writing.
* People who write pages analysing the optics of their scope around focus will happily post out of focus snapshots of the gear with their review.
* Whoever wins may find a can opener comes in handy ;-)

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#53 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #53$ jwaldo

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Posted 02 January 2006 - 05:26 PM

Hurry up with the judging! I want my prize! :lol:

(Yeah, I know I don't have half a chance, but I can dream... :brick:

)

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#54 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #54$ Guest_DONOTDELETE_*

Posted 02 January 2006 - 07:38 PM

(Yeah, I know I don't have half a chance, but I can dream... )

The competition is tough but you did a real good job Waldo, don't cut yourself short. :waytogo:

You have a great chance! :bow:

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#55 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #55$ matt

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 02:01 PM

Tom, is there a date for announcing the happy winners?

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#56 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #56$ matt

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 02:03 PM

... It's just that I have to plan the kegger...

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#57 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #57$ Tom T

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 02:10 PM

MAtt,

Soon.

I don't know who's judging em, but it ain't me.

T

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#58 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #58$ DJSnM

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 07:04 PM

Well I'd like to think that some objective measures will be used - such as length of review, spelling and use of photos - and I'm not just saying that because I wrote the longest review... or am I?

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#59 $Cloudy Nights Refractor Review Contest: post #59$ matt

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:42 AM

Personally I am impressed by the level of the reviews published over the past week. A while ago, a lot of reviews were, well, nice to read but not very informative. Here we have some very thorough analyses, which provide the qualitative and quantitative information you look for in a review.