that's a fine looking portable scope Albert. Beautiful craftsmanship and a
robust looking design too.
You are going to have a blast down in Oz...
I'd bet that would be an awesome place to shoot images. Someday I really
need to do some Southern Sky imaging.
Just have to schedule some time off and do it I guess.
Talking about it isn't getting it done unfortunately.
rdc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert" <ahighe@No-Spam>
To: "TAC" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: [TAC] 13" f/4.5 travel scope for upcoming trip to OZ
> In two weeks, Bob Jardine, David Kingsley, and I are heading to Australia
> for a dedicated observing vacation. Here is the scope I will be taking.
> http://ultralightscopes.com/MarkIVtravel.htm
>
> The scope saw "first light" at Plettstone this past weekend. I was very
> pleased with its performance. I'm making a couple of minor adjustments to
> insure it makes the journey without damage.
>
> I observed from New Zealand almost exactly a year ago. I didn't prepare
> well enough and didn't see as much as I would have liked. I'll be more
> prepared this year, taking Uranometria South, M. Morel's "LMC Visual Atlas
> 2000", M. Paul's "Southern Galaxy Trios", and some "Eye Candy" lists.
>
> Albert
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 20 12:14:47 2005