Top: Takahashi Mewlon 300, 12" f/11.9 Dall Kirkham Cassegrain
Top: Paramount ME mount
Top: SBIG ST10XE, CFW8A, ST237A
Top: Takahashi FS102 refractor
Top: Astrodon filters
Top: Automated CCD work all night while I sleep
Dead: That custom 22" Newtonian that I had built that was such a piece of
junk that I sued-and won-but idiot declared bankruptcy to get out of paying me.
Dead: Orion 100mm refractor that I tried to use as a guide scope.
At 03:50 PM 10/28/2005, you wrote:
>Jane's question about AP being toppled from their perch (which I have no
>opinion on) got me wondering...
>
>It might be fun to do a survey...
>
>Top Dogs - those items and their manufacturers that are simply great
>quality and value.
>
>Dead Dogs - crap you've bought that is, well, crap.
>
>Topics might inlclude:
>
>Mirrors
>Spiders
>Mirror cells
>Reflecting telescopes (in categories, i.e. < $1000, $1000-$5000, > $5000)
>Refracting telescopes (in categories, i.e. < $1000, $1000-$5000, > $5000)
>Compound telescopes (in categories, i.e. < $1000, $1000-$5000, > $5000)
>1.25" oculars
>2.00" oculars
>Narrow band filters
>Books
>Charts
>Flashlights
>Cases
>Observing Chairs
>Barlows
>Mounts
>
>Others?
>
>Anyone want to start on this? Good newbie info, and sure to lead to some
>"lively" discussion (generally missing on TAC these days)...
>
>Mark
>
>
Mike J. Shade: mshade@No-Spam
Director, Sonoita Hills Observatory, Sonoita Arizona
www.sonoitaobservatories.org
See work done at the observatory: http://c3po.cochise.edu/astro
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Received on Fri Oct 28 16:46:24 2005