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Old 06-26-2007, 07:47 PM
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If your a geeky nerd like myself and like pics of space schtuff, here's a cool link for ya:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 07:52 PM
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Wife and I take out the tele every once and a while. We have an ETX90 and 125.
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 08:00 PM
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Cool, I'm stuck with just my eyes and a pair of glasses. My brother showed me this website and I visit it quite often, the pics are just amazing.
 
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Old 06-27-2007, 08:46 AM
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check out www.heavens-above.com

They have great predictive info on Iridium flares. Coolest thing you'll see if you can catch one at -8 magnitude in a mostly dark sky.... even cooler during the day.
 
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Wife and I take out the tele every once and a while. We have an ETX90 and 125.
I got a 125. Havent used it in a while tough.. DAAAM. I need some time off from work to look at the stars..
 
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Old 06-28-2007, 07:54 PM
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I got a 125. Havent used it in a while tough.. DAAAM. I need some time off from work to look at the stars..
Nice scope dude.
 
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Old 06-28-2007, 11:47 PM
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Yeah, It's real good for planet observation. Took a while to learn how to prgram it. but now I have to relearn it cause I forgot how to polar align it. Once you correctly polar align it then it will follow whatever is in the eyepeice all night.. I want to get a camera mount for it too.. Just not enough time to do all this cool stuff. LOL.
 
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