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Bill - 12/28/00 01:24:20 My Email:Wakers3883@aol.com From: Ala Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Polaris | Comments: Just got my first telescope this Christmas.I am a 52 years old. Will be visiting your site again. Thanks. Bill |
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Steve mccabe - 12/28/00 00:41:07 My Email:mccabe607@aol.com From: drexel hill pa. Telescope(s) Owned: science tech525 power | Comments: i just bought this telescope for my son at christmas. don't know anything about it can you help. |
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Robert Cessna - 12/27/00 22:46:48 My Email:rcess@yahoo.com From: Hollywood, Fl. Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco, 60mm, 660x | Comments: Your web page is great, I'll will be visiting frequently! |
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bruce taylor - 12/27/00 19:41:08 From: colorado Telescope(s) Owned: meade etx-70ec | Comments: |
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Kimberly - 12/27/00 19:24:02 My Email:KimC506@aol.com From: Miami, FL Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell NorthStar 3" Reflector | Comments: I just got this telescope (which cost over $300) from my husband because Astronomy has always been an interest of mine, but every site I've read tells me that it's a piece of junk - I guess next time, we'll need to do more research prior to buying. Thank for the great advice on you page for viewing!! |
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mike - 12/27/00 02:52:49 My Email:mfo2u@aol.com From: new london,ct. Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 600mm. | Comments: I really enjoyed visiting your site. I just got this telescope for x-mas, and just started my search. Yours is the frist site I checked out. thanks again. Also I think your a very good looking man. |
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Jack Edgar - 12/26/00 01:45:42 My Email:edgarx5@aol.com From: Tampa, Florida Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell 420x | Comments: My daughter received a telescope from Santa Claus today. She is in 3rd grade and presently her class is talking about the stars and planets. We set the scope up tonight and pointed it at the brightest star in the heavens. We had a hard time lining it up w th the focus piece. I am not sure we were even looking at a star. I was wondering, what you know about this Telescope. I think for the money, we will not be able to see much. This in advance, Jack. |
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Nancy Hook - 12/26/00 01:17:11 My Email:sardog103@aol.com From: Nash County, NC Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS114EC | Comments: I am in search and rescue, and have always used the stars to keep me oriented, without knowing their names. I've been wanting a telescope as long as I can remember. I got one today from Santa Claus. Now I'm trying to figure it out, it's not as easy as it looks! |
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MIKE COLEMAN - 12/26/00 00:25:08 My Email:MIKECHER@HTC.NET From: ILLINOIS Telescope(s) Owned: YES | Comments: I JUST GOT MY DAUGHTER ONE FOR X-MAS AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIGURING IT OUT. THIS SITE IS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU |
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rafael cazares - 12/25/00 04:47:50 My Email:rmcazares@aol.com From: california Telescope(s) Owned: meade | Comments: i think your site is pretty good.keep it up |
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rafael cazares - 12/25/00 04:47:49 My Email:rmcazares@aol.com From: california Telescope(s) Owned: meade | Comments: i think your site is pretty good.keep it up |
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rafael cazares - 12/25/00 04:47:42 My Email:rmcazares@aol.com From: california Telescope(s) Owned: meade | Comments: i think your site is pretty good.keep it up |
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David George - 12/22/00 00:33:53 My Email:geofam4@aol.com From: Wisconsin Telescope(s) Owned: not yet | Comments: great site. Please keep it updated. I am a very interested star observer. Just starting out at 36 ys old. Really need a place like yours. |
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David George - 12/22/00 00:33:48 My Email:geofam4@aol.com From: Wisconsin Telescope(s) Owned: not yet | Comments: great site. Please keep it updated. I am a very interested star observer. Just starting out at 36 ys old. Really need a place like yours. |
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kenneth - 12/21/00 14:10:36 My Email:cobraken62@aol.com From: texas Telescope(s) Owned: meade etx90 ec | Comments: im new to this,truth is i dont know nothing about it.I had a brain storm and thought i would go out and buy me a telescope.I think i bought a good one ..I hope anyway. I really like this website...thanks a bunch! |
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Jo Lynn B - 12/17/00 03:54:21 My Email:nursejo@tanbmt.com From: Beaumont, TX Telescope(s) Owned: just ordered? can't remember, stupid huh | Comments: a good beginner book? I am 80 miles e of Houston,TX with an awesome unobstructed view of the sky. Can't wait till the telescope comes in. |
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Mike M - 12/15/00 21:59:53 My Email:claff@nortelnetworks.com From: NC Telescope(s) Owned: None yet | Comments: Nice web site, Ben. About 28 years ago, my grade 7 science teacher (who used to grind his own lenses and home-build reflectors) took us out to photograph the night sky. I've been involved in the photography part ever since, but am just now shopping for a elescope. I'll be back to your site often, I expect. Now if can just talk my neighbour into shutting down his driveway light... Cheers, Mike. |
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Eloise - 12/14/00 22:19:45 My Email:don@blkhawk.net From: Stockton, IL Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: I am giving my grandsons, ages 7-13, a telescope for Christmas this year and have printed alot of your info for them in hopes it will help them get interested in the gift and also will use the internet for more info. Thanks |
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kilin reece - 12/12/00 14:55:24 My Email:kilinreece@hotmail.com From: Norman Ok Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Hello, I was wondering if you had an opinion on a bushnell 650 power reflector telescope. I am considering purchasing one as a gift, in the neighborhood of 70.00 dollars from Ebay, thanks anyone with feedback is welcome to respond. Kilin Reece |
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Stacy Jo McDermott - 12/12/00 04:32:55 My Email:stacyjo@space.com From: San Francisco, CA Telescope(s) Owned: 120mm refractor, 80mm short tube refractor, B&L Criteron 6000 | Comments: Nice site. My primary scope is the 120mm. Do you read Sue French's articles in S&T for items just for small scopes? Lots of good info as to what to see with small scopes. |
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MICHAEL CRABTREE - 12/08/00 03:10:05 My Email:BASSMAN@mikesmail.com From: TROY,IL. Telescope(s) Owned: JASON DISCOVERER 60 mm REFRACTOR AND A MEADE TELESTAR 910x114 REFLECTOR | Comments: AN ENJOYABLE SITE.GOOD JOB.I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.AN UPDATE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED,8 MONTHS IS A LITTLE LONG.BUT I STILL GIVE YOUR SITE A THUMBS UP,SO KEEP LOOKING UP. |
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Karen - 12/05/00 22:38:28 My Email:Bblakarent@AOL.com From: Arizona Telescope(s) Owned: Not yet | Comments: Just inquiring for a gentleman who is a neighbor and after reading your general info page I got curious. All sounds very interesting. Thanks |
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jim lasch - 12/05/00 17:35:05 My Email:jelasch@mmm.com From: oakdale MN Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: thanks for your site I've got the cool, (T(F)<0), clear nights in the winter. But have typical,suburban light pollution |
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Wendy Greenawalt - 12/01/00 17:19:20 My Email:wen171@aol.com From: Broadway, VA | Comments: |
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corey - 11/29/00 03:38:48 My Email:corey23@prodigy.net From: texas Telescope(s) Owned: jcpennys telescope | Comments: |
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Douglas Booker - 11/28/00 23:00:14 My Email:DCB1962@aol.com From: Omaha, NE Telescope(s) Owned: Galieo G-3LM-ME | Comments: Was given this telescope for a gift. I have always wanted one and now that I have it I don't know how to use it!Was puchased on the Home Shopping Network. The instructions do not tell me how to use it. Is this brand a good one? |
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Clay Rhoades - 11/22/00 23:57:20 My Email:clayjrw@yahoo.com From: San Bernardino,CA Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm | Comments: Very informative. I read everything on your site.Thanks for taking the time to share your insights, Clay |
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Frank J. Mrazz - 11/15/00 14:29:47 My Email:FJMRAZ@JUNO.COM From: Floridaa Telescope(s) Owned: 12-inch SCT Meade | Comments: Excelent presentation for the beginner. |
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Rick Hess - 11/12/00 04:16:41 My Email:hessrt@earthlink.net From: Niwot, Colorado Telescope(s) Owned: None yet but looking | Comments: Wonderful list of recomended books on back yard astronomy. I just ordered the Turn left, the Backyard one, and the Norton's. My wife has been requesting a telescope, so I figure to read up on the stuff. She's already pretty expert in celestial mechanics, and very familiar with the night sky. Anyway we'll probably purchase a new scope sometime next month. Thanks for posting all the good info. Rick Hess Niwot, Co. |
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marcel Vervaet - 10/27/00 18:39:58 My Email:marcel.vervaet@planetinternet.be From: belgium (laarne) | Comments: mooi |
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Joe - 10/26/00 23:31:22 My Email:jclark@ac.net From: Biscoe, NC Telescope(s) Owned: Meade | Comments: My wife bought me the telescope for Christmas, trying to figure out what to do with it, (besides look at the moon)Have always been interested in astronomy and your site has helped. Will be coming back and looking for your updates. jcl |
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Joey - 10/23/00 07:00:33 My Email:jmadlang@ix.netcom.com From: southern, California Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: thanks for the info. I'm still considering the purchase. I will soom buy a good pair of binocs in the meantime. I think you did a great job on the site. Hope you update it soon. It's October already. |
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Germán Sanders Vara - 10/23/00 05:44:05 My Email:gersand@prodigy.net.mx From: Mexico Telescope(s) Owned: Dobsonian 6" | Comments: I find your page very useful and informative. |
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Danny Holzemer - 10/18/00 08:03:23 My Email:steelydan6935@yahoo.com From: San Diego, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm refractor | Comments: Ben, Great site!!!!!!! Like you I got started with a pair of 7 x 50 binoculars. Thanks for your efforts in promoting our hobby and the science of astronomy!! Regards, Danny |
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Gail Duffy - 10/17/00 16:46:02 My Email:gailduffy@hotmail.com From: Grayson, Ga (near Atlanta) Telescope(s) Owned: second hand Belson 430 | Comments: Just picked up a telescope at a yard sale. No directions and am still having fun with it. Gonna hit the library this weekend to see what books I can get. I'll be watching this website for guidance! The house we just moved to has a patio facing about 40 cres farmland and no streetlights so its perfect to see the stars, just not too good at setting up yet. |
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Jerry Burrell - 10/14/00 06:54:58 My Email:jburrell@maui.net From: Maui,Hawaii Telescope(s) Owned: Meade ETX-90-EC, Meade 800mm Refractor | Comments: Great site! Thanks for all the valuable info |
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ALAN HUDNOTT - 10/10/00 09:39:59 My Email:ALHUD@CWCOM.NET From: NORTH LONDON U.K. Telescope(s) Owned: 6" TAL REFLECTOR | Comments: |
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Marcy - 10/04/00 05:16:41 My Email:maelkr@hotmail.com From: Wisconsin Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell Deep Space | Comments: I'll e-mail you |
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Paula Witham - 10/02/00 14:59:27 My Email:pwitham1@rochester.rr.com From: near Rochester, NY Telescope(s) Owned: a real cheapie, but it will get me started | Comments: Your site has been very helpful. Thanks. Paula |
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Bill - 10/01/00 18:23:05 My URL:http://my.treeway.com/observatory1 Telescope(s) Owned: 8 and 14.5 inch... | Comments: Nice site. |
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Harold - 09/28/00 08:01:00 My Email:Harold978@cs.com From: Houston, TX Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 900mm | Comments: This is something that I have always been interested in but never really pursued. My wife bought this telescope for me not knowing anything about them (niether do I). Your site seems to be very helpful for beginners like me. |
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leroy ericksen - 09/25/00 12:09:23 My Email:lnedjeefortress.com From: R.I. Telescope(s) Owned: none-yet-looking | Comments: |
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george masek - 09/19/00 18:42:52 My Email:oneoldtrim@aol From: worth ill Telescope(s) Owned: 8"sct | Comments: Nice site keek up the good work. |
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Jerri Bowe - 09/18/00 15:08:01 My Email:jbowe99417@aol.com From: Chagrin Falls, OH Telescope(s) Owned: Astro-Dome, Inc. | Comments: I am trying to find someone who knows about telescopes, I have an Astro0-Dome, Inc. D=60MM, F=800MM, ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - JAPAN inherited and need to get instructions, etc. Can you recommend a place for me to find that? Thanks, JJB |
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BOB BOWEN - 09/15/00 00:27:34 My Email:RBOWEN8684@AOL.COM From: CLIO MI Telescope(s) Owned: 8"SCT 90MM SHORTUBE | Comments: I ENJOYED SURFING THRU YOUR PAGE. GOOD INFO AND ENJOYED SEVERAL LINKS FROM HERE ALSO CLEAR SKYS |
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Jon Morin - 09/10/00 07:01:54 My Email:jmorin52@ctel.net From: Augusta, Maine, USA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 114mm reflector | Comments: Great site. Good info for beginners like me. I am struggling to see anything good at all with my scope, but hopefully with advice like you offer on your site, more of us beginners will succeed. |
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bill - 09/09/00 02:27:45 My Email:billwheeless@zcougars.com From: houston Telescope(s) Owned: jason, | Comments: |
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eddie birnbaum - 09/08/00 01:25:21 My Email:EBGB35@aol.com From: Calafornia | Comments: |
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Gerry - 09/07/00 15:26:05 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/kilcar_online My Email:gerry_haughey@hotmail.com From: Donegal, Ireland. Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 inch Tal Newtonian Reflector | Comments: Good site Ben, this is probably the first site i have seen which is solely dedicated to owners of small telescopes, great work. I have been a keen amateur astronomer myself for about six years now, and never get fed up lugging my telescope out each night nder the heavens. What a great pass-time this is! Keep up the good work, i'll be back looking for updates regulary. Bye for now... |
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Sharon - 09/07/00 14:01:08 My Email:PrincessHalfmoon@cs.com From: NM | Comments: This is a really cool place!!! |
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Blake Slutz - 09/05/00 16:18:54 My Email:mrx1@earthlink.net From: Washington | Comments: Very nice site Ben, thanks for all the info. I am just about to the stage of buying our first scope. Boy what a decision. Last night I was able to go look through two custom dobsonian style scopes. One a 15" and the other a 17". For my first ever experie ce it was really nice. At this point I ( for some reason) am still drawn towards the shorttube 80 wa refractors, I guess just because they seem so portable and can be used for other viewing also.They are inexpensive and seem like an ok way to get started, I just dont know what I can really see in they? Have you ever used one? Again Ben this site is awsome, I found it from some guys comment on the newsgroup sci. astro.amatuer. Here is the link to my neighbors telescope site that you might enjoy,this is the 7" I got to see through.http://www.skyvalleyscopes.com/ http://www.skyvalleyscopes.com/images/17.5_and_24.25.JPG Buy the way, Ken said the big scope is for sale. Blake in Snohomish Wa |
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randy - 09/05/00 02:22:42 From: los angles Telescope(s) Owned: Telvue ranger | Comments: small good telescopes can be of great use |
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Jeffrey Mason - 09/05/00 00:27:36 My Email:BBMason8@juno.com From: Concord, CA Telescope(s) Owned: 50mm | Comments: I just got my telescope and I'm glad to see a site that will help me out, in my language! |
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Tim Shepard - 09/04/00 15:44:50 My Email:bluzstrat@aol.com From: Seattle, Wa. Telescope(s) Owned: 30/40m/m | Comments: Thanks for your webpage. I'm 35, and just beginning to obsess about the infinite universe we live in. My question: I am looking at a Meade 90mm telescope with Go-To technology. I almost salivate reading the Go-To's database of over 1500 objects in the sky that it will lock onto as well as track, including other galaxies, all 8 major planets, double stars,ect. But will the telescope they're offering allow me to see deep enough into space to see all the objects in the database? The thought of being able to s e some of these things with my own eyes blows me away! Why didn't I get started years ago? Thanks again, Tim Shepard |
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mal.cooper - 08/09/00 19:42:50 My Email:mal.coooper@ntlworld.com From: england/middlesbrough Telescope(s) Owned: tasco | Comments: well presented site |
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Douglas A. Anderson - 08/05/00 04:00:54 My URL:http://www.andersoncomputerservic.com My Email:viking@rivnet.net From: Va. Telescope(s) Owned: 70mm refractor | Comments: nice site |
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Carmen - 08/03/00 01:16:34 My Email:carmenb@pghfamily.net From: Pittsburgh, PA Telescope(s) Owned: 6"f8 Dobson | Comments: My son and I just finished building our 1st telescope. Now we need to learn how to use it! |
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Jason Tindell - 08/02/00 19:23:13 My Email:jason29@bellsouth.net From: Phenix City, Alabama Telescope(s) Owned: none yet....beginner | Comments: |
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- 08/02/00 09:28:37 My Email:I don't have From: ATHENS -GREECE. Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 Reflector. | Comments: Thank you for the Useful information.The sky in Athens is Light Polluted Bud I KeeP trying.My adress is:George Hatzidakis,Komninon 20,16777 Ellinikon,Athens-Greece. |
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RANDY NICHOLS - 07/29/00 10:42:05 My Email:RNICHOLS@QUALITECH-STEEL.COM From: CENTRAL INDIANA Telescope(s) Owned: 4'' CELESTRON REFRACTOR & 10'' MEADE REFLECTOR | Comments: STARGAZING HAS BEEN THE MOST RELAXING FORM OF RECREATION I HAVE FOUND AND IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE YOUR PAGE IS VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU AND HAVE A CLEAR NIGHT. RANDY NICHOLS USMC RETIRED |
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Fred Feddeck - 07/24/00 13:16:38 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/fritzfranzfeddeck My Email:Feddeck@hotmail.com From: New York Telescope(s) Owned: 6" Refractor 8" Sct | Comments: Very well put together site, liked the solar system object sections. -Fred |
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Jonathan - 07/21/00 01:41:50 My Email:Dolphinjon@aol.com From: Florida Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: This is a very interesting astronomy page! |
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joe d - 07/19/00 15:09:09 My URL:joesnake44@aol.com My Email:joesnake44@aol.com From: Long Island N.Y. Telescope(s) Owned: meade 4501 | Comments: please email any info. you have about,when and where to spot the planets. |
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R P - 07/18/00 23:37:58 My Email:smaltalk@netscape.net From: Texas Telescope(s) Owned: 90mm Refractor | Comments: Thanks for helping us out...Will visit here often |
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Cliff Holmes - 07/16/00 23:30:10 My Email:holmes@webspan.net From: Morristown NJ Telescope(s) Owned: Meade | Comments: I have been looking for some information for someone new to the hobby . My wife gave me a Meade scope for christmas and I have been having aproblem getting it set up so I can view anything . I attended a meeting of our local Astronomy Association and they helped me set up my instrument , now all I have to do is know what to look for in the night sky . Thank you for your help I found your articles informative . |
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Keith n Cece - 07/11/00 21:30:37 My Email:ballejoc@arn.net From: Amarillo Tx Telescope(s) Owned: StarExployer | Comments: Wanting to know what can be viewed from Amarillo, for the month of July.Is it possible to see the Intl.Space Station.Our home faces due west,sun sets at about 2030 to 2100hrs.Thought that we would enjoy a new hobby.Only have one telescope right now,hope to get another one soon.Have been told that it is possible to see the space shuttle, space station,as well as other planets,have three lens,telescope is not a fancy one,only cost about 80$.Telescope is a Star Exployer-model rr700eb3- max.mag. 175x3/finderscope.contains a few gadgets eyepieces-4mm,12.5mm and 25mm, also has three other small scopes,guess one is for sighting,has crosshairs,and two others,one is an erecting eyepiece-1.5x,and the other says barlow lens 3x. Anyways we are wondering what we can see,would be nice to hear from you,hope that you can reply,know that you are probably a busy person,yet we hope to hear from you,thanks for your time,we will enjoy your websight,have it bookmarked, KnC |
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Thielemans Marc - 07/08/00 15:25:09 My Email:m.thielemans@euronet.be From: Europe Belgium Telescope(s) Owned: 10 cm refractor | Comments: good site. |
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andy - 07/04/00 01:00:26 My Email:andym@suite224.net From: conneaut, ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm-3inch rft- | Comments: just found your site and it was just what I was looking for.What happened though? the last month is april.Please continue the good work.Perhaps a piece about the new comet (linear)? |
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Mohammad Hamid - 07/02/00 16:27:34 My Email:sifu_98@yahoo.com From: Malaysia | Comments: |
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Mohammad Hamid - 06/25/00 13:32:16 My Email:sifu_98@yahoo.com From: Malaysia Telescope(s) Owned: Intended to have one, pleae recommend. | Comments: Very informative. TQ |
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Evan - 06/22/00 23:45:58 My Email:avonskinsosoft99@yahoo.com | Comments: Good site, needs updating |
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Sharon Oliver - 06/19/00 14:35:47 My Email:hankorsharon@earthlink.net From: Las Vegas,NV Telescope(s) Owned: Orion Deluxe EQ | Comments: |
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Mark Mittlesteadt - 06/15/00 21:09:41 My URL:http://www.pcpros.net/~markm/Astronomy.html My Email:markm@pcpros.net From: Wisconsin Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 8" LX-50 SCT | Comments: See my site for more info. Always nice to hear/know about other people interested in the night sky. |
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kimberly lawrence - 06/15/00 16:40:20 My URL:klawrence@tcsn.net My Email:klawrence@tcsn.net From: california Telescope(s) Owned: binoculars | Comments: would like a newer update... |
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Esmail Bonakdarian - 06/11/00 20:50:45 My URL:http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~bonak My Email:esmail@uiowa.edu From: Iowa City, Iowa Telescope(s) Owned: non yet :-( | Comments: Nice site, learning about telescopes since I plan to get one myself soon, probably the Celestron 80WA EQ or some ST80 type setup. |
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Andy - 06/11/00 13:57:31 My URL:http://www.bigmac01.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm My Email:mackenzie@bigmac01.freeserve.co.uk From: England Telescope(s) Owned: Started out with a 50mm refractor & progressed through the years to an 11" SCT | Comments: A very interesting site. I was looking at another site a short while ago (I just wish I could remember the details!) which was discussing the 60mm refractor & it contained a very impressive photo, taken through the refractor, of M13. Clear skies. |
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smitty - 06/09/00 02:41:50 My URL:http://greg-stars.com.html From: texas Telescope(s) Owned: meade90mm ref. 8in sct | Comments: very good site . thanks for sharing info. clear skies, low wind. regards g. man |
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Tom Lane - 06/06/00 18:01:10 My Email:ThmLane@AOL.COM From: Sioux City, IA Telescope(s) Owned: Orion 4.5 (just purchased) | Comments: |
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Helen - 06/02/00 18:37:51 From: Elliot Lake Ontario Canada Telescope(s) Owned: Newtonion 4.5 | Comments: Found your site interesting. Am new to the hobby & looking for as much information on how to use our telescope, setting circles & keeping observer logs & anything else that might come along. |
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Glenn E. Davis - 06/02/00 03:55:21 My Email:gdavis5670@aol.com From: Danbury Ct. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS 90 EC with computer | Comments: Hey the last time you updated your web page was in April and your solar system links are dead what's up? I'm new to this game and need all the help I can get. Your web page has been very helpful but now its far out of date. |
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sid - 06/01/00 20:28:26 My Email:sidsteveann@aol.com From: england | Comments: |
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Francis Chin - 05/31/00 06:11:07 My Email:franrock@yahoo.com From: Penang, Malaysia Telescope(s) Owned: 15-45 X 50 monoscope | Comments: You have an interesting and infomative site for greenhorns and potential astronomers |
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John S. Parniak - 05/25/00 23:06:46 My Email:john.parniak@sympatico.ca From: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: A good Web page. It is a welcome site to see an intro to Astronomy at the beginners level that encourages and entices beginners! |
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steve stultz - 05/24/00 02:40:04 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/steve3862 My Email:steve3862@yahoo.com From: gso north carolina Telescope(s) Owned: 90 mm short tube orion | Comments: enjoyed the personal touch of your site.your enthousiasm shows.I also have years exp at an engineering firm. eath science div. have switched careers since. in retrospect should have worked for nasa. Recently have begun astrophotography. |
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chad - 05/20/00 03:03:26 My Email:tractor@magnolia-net.com From: arkansas Telescope(s) Owned: meadeetx 90 | Comments: i am having trouble setting this telescope to track object. I have done everything like the book says but the computer moves scope different areas and not where it is supposed to. |
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don kramer - 05/20/00 02:16:36 My Email:sagstop@dellnet.com From: wichita kansas Telescope(s) Owned: dynascope 6in./equatorial mount | Comments: --- |
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dave - 05/19/00 14:42:59 My Email:mdavyh@yahoo.com From: arizona Telescope(s) Owned: dob 6" and refract 2" | Comments: This is a great page. Helps a lot. Thanks. |
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Jerry Ruda - 05/19/00 03:04:43 My Email:Rudag@aol.com From: Whitesboro, New York Telescope(s) Owned: binoculers | Comments: Thank you for having a place to start at. I have been interested in astronomy, all my life, and now decided to get into it. |
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dana horton - 05/18/00 15:05:49 My URL:http://www.danahorton.com My Email:betelguesedana@netscape.net From: panama city fla Telescope(s) Owned: 76mm newt with 60mm refractor piggybacked on a german eq mount,114mm newt on alt-az mount ,ccd realtime video recording system(home built) 12x50 binos, 20x50 binos,7x35 binos (first two mounted on parallegram mounts (home built) 76mm widefield refractor (homebuilt) | Comments: love the site. it is nice to know that other people have small scopes too. don't write off your 60mm as useless it can be modified to perform much better than it was intended.ihave modified mine to be a guide/finder/solar telescope. it is so simple!! clea skies |
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Seth - 05/16/00 22:04:12 My Email:pimpmax47@hotmail.com From: Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell insta focas 7x35 banoculars | Comments: Just got curiouse about astronomy and thought id check it out. I really appreciate you creating this site for myself and people like me. |
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Steven - 05/16/00 20:18:58 My Email:steve_h@nishkian.com From: Vanc. Wa Telescope(s) Owned: cstar 675X60 | Comments: Like your page, can you answer a ? What is the power increase per lense say 4mm, 12mm and 20mm. what does what? Im an ameture photographer and still dont understand apereture let alone how to spell it. Thanks for your time Steven |
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Bob Lightcap - 05/16/00 14:32:37 My Email:AlfaVolk@aol.com From: Palm Bay, Fl. Telescope(s) Owned: Just got 70mm | Comments: Just received a telescope as a gift and I am researching. |
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Bob - 05/15/00 19:44:00 My Email:robert@mail.ameritel.net From: southern Maryland Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 8" f/6 Dobs. | Comments: Well done, especially advice on buying a new scope. Aperture is everything. Clear skies |
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greg - 05/13/00 11:59:39 My Email:gblitz@mounet.com From: tenn Telescope(s) Owned: 60 & 4.5 | Comments: interesting site and i like reading it for a refresher on some basics. i only stargaze when i get time. your averted viewing info is great. try it on saturn, and i believe you will notice what i think is titan, one of its moons. i only saw it last fall wh n i got a 4.5 scope. |
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Bruce A. Dagle - 05/07/00 18:23:29 My URL:http://oocities.com/outbacklegacy My Email:dnabad@home.com From: michigan Telescope(s) Owned: 8" | Comments: I am in search of "how to's". What I want is to do some real science. So here is my question to you and anyone who might have an answer, How can one do some honest scientific reasearch with a small telescope? |
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David J. McLendon - 05/07/00 18:14:11 My URL:http://www.earthlink.net My Email:davemc3@earthlink.net From: New Milford, CT USA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Jupiter | Comments: |
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DJ - 05/04/00 13:03:33 My Email:djhnga@aol.com From: Savannah, Ga Telescope(s) Owned: Binoculars for now | Comments: |
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Jim Heck - 05/03/00 21:26:26 My Email:wiggily@mindspring.com From: Richmond, VA | Comments: Haven't yet made the plunge yet. Trying to gather info first |
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Bill gregg - 05/03/00 03:13:25 | Comments: |
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ruby peralta - 05/02/00 04:31:42 My Email:kurutching@netscape.net From: asia Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: thanks for sharing your knowledge. i've been wanting to start stargazing but it's not quite a popular hobby in this part of the world and i also lack some resources, but i really hope it's not too late for me to start. |
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lyle clinton - 04/30/00 07:39:34 My Email:karlylecottag@one.net.au From: Sydney Australia Telescope(s) Owned: 6 inch newtonian | Comments: great site lots of helpful info |
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Rayne - 04/29/00 18:26:41 My Email:jmfleigle@stthomas.edu From: MN Telescope(s) Owned: Galaxsee (?) | Comments: My daughter just rec'd her telescope from her Dad, and we had a great time putting it together, and look forward to star-gazing at the cabin this summer. We are so new to this though we don't know where to start! any suggestions on books for 2nd graders? |
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Peter Moore - 04/27/00 14:37:47 My Email:weiyu@earthlink.net From: Los Angeles, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Orion 6" Dob | Comments: Great Site! Learned quite a bit and very easy to read and understand. Will be returning often. |
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patrick owen - 04/26/00 21:40:48 From: london, england | Comments: |
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Jerry and Roz McConnell - 04/25/00 18:12:12 My Email:jerryroz@shentel.net From: Front Royal, VA Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Just wanted to say you have a very nice web site! Stopped in for a quick visit to find info on binoculars and was impressed immediately with the site. Don't have time right now to explore it, however, I have bookmarked it for the future. I know nothing of atronomy, but plan to visit the possibilities really soon. And I will be back to your site. |
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james r. smith - 04/22/00 13:31:32 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy.ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 90mm refractor soon a 150mm./750mmf/l. | Comments: a very nice sight, and you are so correct with most sky atlases and mags(except s@t are now making a great effort in their magazine) assume you have at least a 6" and really don"t go into what you will actually see at the eyepiece. keep up the good contru ution of a lifetime hobby! jim smith |
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Louise Kwok - 04/21/00 02:54:45 My Email:louisekwok@hotmail.com From: Hong Kong Telescope(s) Owned: 0, going to have one soon on my birthday | Comments: Very very good website!!! |
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Jim Cox - 04/20/00 17:23:55 My Email:miba51@nwlink.com From: Seattle, WA Telescope(s) Owned: None yet. | Comments: I'm glad I found your site. After 30 years of saying I'm interested in astronomy, I'm finally getting serious about it. Thanks for doing a site of us newbies. Jim Cox |
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Jim McKay - 04/20/00 16:36:43 My Email:AL7067@AOL.COM From: El Paso, Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 4" refractor | Comments: |
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Randy L Henry - 04/19/00 17:11:15 My Email:retnavldousa@netscape.com From: Virginia Beach,Virginia Telescope(s) Owned: NONE YET | Comments: GREAT SIGHT. STILL LEARNING. |
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Dave - 04/19/00 04:58:08 My Email:davelassen@hotmail.com From: Michigan Telescope(s) Owned: galaxsee 525 | Comments: I have been interested in astronomy, for some time now and this site has really been a big help for me. Keep up the good work! Dave |
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wayne parker - 04/18/00 20:13:24 My Email:tracy@parkerw.freeserve.co.uk From: uk Telescope(s) Owned: 1 3"reflecter | Comments: |
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Mike - 04/18/00 02:22:08 My Email:astro42@msn.com From: Phoenix, AZ Telescope(s) Owned: Dynascope Model RV-6 | Comments: I'm just learning both HTML and astronomy. I thought it would be great to start an amateur astronomy page. After seeing yours, I think I'll hold off! You have a great site! Easy to navigate, fun to explore and best of all I learned something! I'll be back and will spread the word! You have been bookmarked! Thanks!!! |
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Juan Carlos Andresen - 04/17/00 06:36:11 My Email:juandresen@hotmail.com From: Mexico | Comments: Nice Site! |
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jasper - 04/16/00 06:08:49 My Email:jazbar@webtv.net From: SW PA. Telescope(s) Owned: meade MODEL#DS 114 | Comments: GREAT SITE!I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BUT WILL TOUCH BACK REAL SOON! |
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Pete - 04/14/00 02:13:17 My Email:sfcpjk@yahoo.com From: Conowingo MD Telescope(s) Owned: 4" Refractor | Comments: Good stuff! I've been dabbling for a year or two this is the first webpage for the new people with the small scopes i've found. keep up the good work and thanks. Pete |
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Fiona Stanton - 04/10/00 11:55:04 My Email:fiona.stanton@angus.ac.uk From: Scotland, UK | Comments: Gerat site. Good info on telescopes for first time buyers like myself. |
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Bryan - 04/02/00 21:26:20 My URL:http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/astronomy101 My Email:badenlioncub@hotmail.com From: OHIO Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Jupiter 2' long 2" wide | Comments: Great site. I will put your link up in my club and make sure people visit it. be sure to check it out. |
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Albert - 04/02/00 05:36:32 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/albertlin_astro/astronet.html My Email:linkw@tm.net.my From: Malaysia Telescope(s) Owned: 3" Newtonian EQ | Comments: Your website is very nice and informative. Please visit my astronomy and give your comment. http://www.oocities.org/albertlin_astro/astornet.html |
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Chris Holly - 03/30/00 21:34:53 From: Greenwood, Mississippi Telescope(s) Owned: I own a 3 in refractor | Comments: I really loved your sight. I found it very useful and interesting. Keep up the good work! |
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David - 03/30/00 19:12:33 My Email:dfin121906@aol.com From: Hurst, Texas 76054-2937 Telescope(s) Owned: Homemade 3.25" refractor and a new Discovery 8" Dob | Comments: Hi Ben: What a nice and educational site you have. Being a (somewhat) novice I have book marked so I can visit often. Keep up the fine work you are doing for ther hobby. David |
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dan meiling - 03/30/00 00:46:27 | Comments: thanks for the usefull info on your web site |
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don hedenberg - 03/29/00 22:17:11 My Email:wandadon@aol.com From: raytown ,mo Telescope(s) Owned: jason 335 comet chaser | Comments: have an old telescope got at a garage sale. looking for old friend from 40 years ago. henry c.jeffries. |
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JOHN RAIBLE - 03/28/00 14:38:42 | Comments: |
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Jim Cox - 03/28/00 01:29:26 My Email:miba51@nwlink.com From: Seattle WA Telescope(s) Owned: None, cheap binocs. | Comments: Just getting started, hope to use your site a lot. Jim Cox miba51@nwlink.com or jimc@amc.com |
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Anne McCaffrey - 03/26/00 08:56:32 My URL:http://members.aol/dragnhld/index.html - being updated My Email:anneinez@tinet.ie From: Wicklow, Ireland Telescope(s) Owned: binoculars/use of Tal-1 4" | Comments: I am writing a novel in which I require scenes of 'learners' tracking minor planets/asteroid belts, NEOs PHAs in a new star system. I can't quite get the hang of reporting what is seen or how many other sightings have to be made to identify said objects. This may sound silly - but, with all the photographs and INTERNAL diagrams, I still can't find in 9 references books how to describe the EXTERIOR of a Cassegrain or a Schmidt - the first is a "skeletal type" on a equatorial mounting and the 2nd is a blunt barrel/cylinder. I've identified the finderscope but what are the other two tubes on its surface. I refer to the UK Schmidt. I've got to describe them properly to readers. |
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Bob - 03/24/00 07:30:21 My URL:http://members.xoom.com/shortbuzz/index.htm My Email:twister2e@aol.com From: Kansas, USA Telescope(s) Owned: Orion DSE 6" | Comments: Great site! Helped me learn a ton about astronomy! |
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Jack Aikens - 03/24/00 02:10:20 My Email:wheatten@aol.com From: Minden, NV | Comments: Enjoyed the information provided in your site. I am a retired person that one way or another have been involved in photography for 50+ years. Moved to Nevada recently and enjoying the dark night skys and all they offer. Figure that I should learn somet ing about the subjects before attempting to photograph them. Your web site has provided just the sort of layman level of information I desire. Thanks, and will likely check your offerings frequently. Jack |
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Charles Anderson - 03/21/00 01:15:30 My Email:candersonmd@centurytel.net From: San Marcos, Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Don't recall now. | Comments: Thanks, I will return frequently for more information. |
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Mike Obal Jr - 03/20/00 02:52:25 My Email:clo@uswest.net From: Omaha,NE Telescope(s) Owned: 2-3 | Comments: Nice site under a lot of constuction |
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Rodger Blake - 03/19/00 22:33:51 My Email:rabradman@home.com From: Huntington, WV Telescope(s) Owned: 10" f5.6 Discovery Telescope's Dob, 90mm Meade ETX | Comments: Nice site. Enjoyed it. I like deep space objects. My current toy is a Discovery telescope's 10" f5.6 Dob mounted on one of Equitorial Systems compact equitorial platforms (so it tracks). It is tricked out with a 2" focuser, telrad, and University optics 8x 50mm finder. This set up makes a great star party scope. Currently saving pennies for big apature. Found you while surfing for info for a friend with a new (Celestron 4.5" reflector) telescope. Clear skys. p.s. I forget the exact title but "turn left at orion" is a good book f r a smaller telescope. // rb |
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ED COOPER - 03/19/00 03:16:29 My Email:ECOOPER873@AOL.COM From: FISHER IL Telescope(s) Owned: CELESTRON | Comments: |
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barry miller - 03/18/00 01:44:46 From: tulsa, ok Telescope(s) Owned: 8" dob | Comments: |
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bobbycaz - 03/16/00 03:22:05 My Email:bobbycaz@aol.com From: LI New york Telescope(s) Owned: 70mm refractor/lx200 | Comments: your site is very helpful and informative. thanks keep it going. |
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tribble - 03/13/00 05:08:29 My URL:http://oocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/9224 My Email:tribble_trouble@hotmail.com From: Vancouver, Wa USA Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: I still love your page. Keep up the good work. Very informative. Good organization and the history of a constellation. =O) |
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Cliff Dunfee - 03/12/00 20:10:45 My Email:CliffD@kansascity.com From: Kansas City, MO Telescope(s) Owned: 8" SCT, 4.5" Dob, 2 60MM | Comments: I am a memeber of ASKC. You have a pretty good web page. Try ours at http://www.sound.net/~askc/ |
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Cliff Dunfee - 03/12/00 20:08:08 My Email:Cliff | Comments: |
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Malisah Albert - 03/11/00 16:23:28 My Email:Malisah @bolt.com From: Canada Telescope(s) Owned: n/a | Comments: |
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John E. Gray - 03/11/00 02:42:51 My Email:grayae4db@aol.com, From: Woodbridge, VA Telescope(s) Owned: INTES 67 Cass-Mak w/Motor drive & eq. mount | Comments: I Think you have a fine Page! I would like to sell my 'scope 'cause I'm getting to old to lug it around....If you know anyone that might be interested please pass on my E-mail address. Thanks, John |
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Harry Linden - 03/10/00 14:46:12 My Email:Lindensys@AOL.com From: Santa Barbara Telescope(s) Owned: Nexstar 5 | Comments: |
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Chuck Shipley - 03/07/00 05:22:28 My Email:cvshipley@mindspring.com From: Chicago Telescope(s) Owned: Astrolon 402 | Comments: I am 28, I was very interested in astronomy from age 8-15. After 15 I discovered other heavenly bodies and lost interest in stargazing. For Christmas this year I bought my son a small telescope. He quickly lost interest in it because it didn't blow up, or shoot lazers. So I was left with a telescope and a bored kid. I began to go out alone and have managed to respark my own interest. Now I think I will go get a 8 or 10 inch telescope. I am thankful for the information on your site. |
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Peter Hofmann - 03/06/00 03:37:33 My Email:Phohm1081@aol.com From: Henderson NV Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4.5" reflector | Comments: Fantastic site for beginners, keep up the good work! Question Can lenses be cleaned without destroying the coatings if so what do you recommend. Peter |
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Anbalagan - 03/04/00 08:42:54 My Email:precission@pacific.net.sg From: Singapore Telescope(s) Owned: Not yet! | Comments: Hello, I found your site interesting. I haven't made up my mind to buy a telescope although I have great interest for space and astronomy. There are some telescopes sold at the Toysarus store (a toy superstore). They are affordable. Would you recommend buyin one of these telescopes? They look large and come in with tripods. |
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ANTONIO - 03/03/00 18:20:10 My Email:CHAO@CHUECA.ZZN.COM From: MEXICO Telescope(s) Owned: BUSCAR MI PAREJA | Comments: HOLA |
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Leonardo Soto - 02/28/00 20:21:38 My Email:leosoto@telcel.net.ve From: Maracaibo, Venezuela Telescope(s) Owned: Binoculars | Comments: Great page! Keep up the good work. I suggest you provide links to other pages or join a ring. |
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bobbycaz - 02/28/00 05:59:24 My Email:bobbycaz@aol.com From: Long Island Telescope(s) Owned: 80mm refractor/8'' meade | Comments: nice web page it ame in very handy. thanks |
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david lowe - 02/27/00 14:04:14 My Email:dmlowe@bellsouth.net From: Florida | Comments: |
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RICHARD KUSAK - 02/27/00 14:00:08 My Email:RISKYRK@AOL.COM From: ORLANDO Telescope(s) Owned: MEADE 114EQ-DH with a d=114mm f=910mm f/8 | Comments: i noticed this hasnt been updated in a while its feb. 2000 now & i c june/july on solor sytem objects. the scope have in your pictures looks like mine but you say its not a meade why is that? if it is the same what is its capabilitys & where do i get other lenses (eyepeices) i have a H12.5mm, H25mm, & a SR4mm which is best for what &how much better can i get at what kind of price (i am in orlando fla.) thnx richard |
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John Burrowes - 02/26/00 22:36:20 My Email:Private From: Edmonton, AB, Canada Telescope(s) Owned: None as yet. | Comments: Hello, I've done a lot of surfing for astronomy sites today and happily came across yours. At age 40 I think I'll finally get a scope or at least join a local club. Your General Info is helpful. In "Your Eye Versus The Astrophoto" I learned, as I suspected, that I shouldn't expect to see coloured nebulae and galaxies and such unless photographing them. I had no clue about the subject of the "What Does f/8 Mean?" article. Good thing I read it. I've two links you might add to your own: http://www.heavens-above.com - allows inputting your location and then lists observable objects of all types that will pass overhead. http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ - has a pretty neat browser based Solar System Simulator. It actually creates pretty real (to my eye) looking images. That's all. Thanks for the help! jelb |
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Dave - 02/26/00 20:57:23 My Email:dave0805@aol.com From: Chicago Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 4 1/2" 114mm Newtonian | Comments: |
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Kevin Bloodworth - 02/25/00 22:42:23 My Email:kbloodowrth@mindspring.com From: Gray, Georgia Telescope(s) Owned: B&L criterion4000, Mead ETX90EC w/autostar and a few small reflectors my kids use | Comments: This is a good site. Very well done. |
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- 02/25/00 00:31:51 My Email:cookieman164 From: philly Telescope(s) Owned: tasco galaxsee 525x | Comments: thanks |
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phil - 02/24/00 03:27:05 My Email:pjg3@bellatlantic.net From: nj Telescope(s) Owned: meade 395:90mm refracting | Comments: First time user would like to know is this a good scope? |
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Larry Ball - 02/21/00 23:36:39 My Email:biglarr@home.com From: portland ore. Telescope(s) Owned: 5" refracter | Comments: great website please update. |
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David Kenneth Melhorn - 02/21/00 01:32:03 My Email:TheHorn53@aol.com From: Altoona PA. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade ETX 90mm | Comments: I'm 46 years old and have recently taken an interest in Astronomy. I know nothing about Astronomy or star gazing but am a fast learner.I was told the telescope I purchased is very easy to use. Also I bought the computer controller for it. I hopee your sit may be of some help in the future and will let you know how I'm doing from time to time. |
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Dennis C. Mollon - 02/20/00 22:44:45 My Email:dcmollon@aol.com From: Oceanside, CA Telescope(s) Owned: "StarExplorer" (gift from Wal-Mart) | Comments: My mom got my 9-yr old (Dennis Patrick |
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Lloyd Sturgeon - 02/20/00 01:41:05 My Email:ganoid2@bellatlantic.net From: Oreland, PA Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron C80-HD EQ | Comments: See E-mail |
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Eugene Samolewicz - 02/19/00 03:26:50 My Email:mastergene@aol.com From: Florida Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 60 | Comments: It was great to find someone to help newcomers to this great hobby. Thanks Gene |
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Adrian Ponsen - 02/17/00 03:32:08 My Email:www.bdazem1@AOL.com From: Philadelphia Telescope(s) Owned: Jason 420x | Comments: Great Page! |
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TIM ANDERSON - 02/17/00 02:07:59 My Email:HONOR@CLARINDA.HEARTLAND.NET From: IOWA Telescope(s) Owned: ORION | Comments: you have a great page keep up the good work! i am new to astronomy i have a orion 4.5 reflector your page has given me a good start thank you! TIM |
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wendy swan - 02/16/00 23:39:22 My Email:discobny@aol.com From: elizabethtown, ky Telescope(s) Owned: meade telestar 60mm | Comments: what a great site for the amatuer backyard astronomer.. thanks!!! |
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Peter - 02/09/00 06:16:15 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/catskills_astronomy_club My Email:catskills_astronomy_club@yahoo.com From: Hudson Valley/Catskills (NY) Telescope(s) Owned: 3" Newtonian , just found a cheap 4.5" Newt | Comments: Great site... will link yours on ours. Will you link ours on yours? |
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Jennifer Celentano - 02/09/00 04:41:39 My URL:http://www.rpi.edu/~celenj/astronomy.html My Email:celenj@rpi.edu From: Troy, NY Telescope(s) Owned: a Jason 500 and a pair of binoculars | Comments: I think you page is fantastic. Thanks for going to all this effort to help beginers out! |
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Rich Kuykendall - 02/08/00 07:44:51 My Email:rakrmt@gateway.net From: Maui, Hawaii Telescope(s) Owned: Getting it as a present | Comments: I'm looking forward to learning the material at your site. I hope to visit the top of Haleakula. Thanks for your generosity and diligence! |
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Bruce Fornes - 02/02/00 21:16:39 My URL:http://www.datasys.net/vwhc/index.html My Email:nest@mail.datasys.net From: Valdosta, GA Telescope(s) Owned: #78-9675 Bushnell Voyager 4.5-inch reflector | Comments: Great site for beginners. Please keep the language simple for those of us who are astronomy challenged. |
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Scott - 01/30/00 17:42:58 My Email:Scott15318@aol.com From: Glendale,AZ Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 90 DS | Comments: |
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BillyBob - 01/29/00 03:36:37 From: Florida | Comments: Blue text on a black background?.....What were you thinking?...I can't read your freakin site! |
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Haxel Foye - 01/27/00 23:01:15 My Email:dougfoye@aol.com From: North Carolina Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell 650 x 3 reflector | Comments: |
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Barry Carter - 01/27/00 01:07:31 My URL:http://www.oeonline.com/~chiron/astro.html My Email:chiron@mail.oeonline.com From: Michigan Telescope(s) Owned: Unitron, Questar, RFT | Comments: Nice site. Clear Skies!...Barry |
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NIlesh Thakur - 01/26/00 19:58:11 My Email:thakur_nilesh@hotmail.com From: India | Comments: |
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Jim Boyle - 01/26/00 17:43:07 My Email:jboyle6@gis.net From: Rockland Mass | Comments: |
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jason - 01/26/00 02:51:20 My Email:jdjevans@pcpartner.net From: iowa Telescope(s) Owned: meade DS114 | Comments: when are you going to update to jan feb? i'm new and looking for help reading star maps. got any help? |
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Doug Fleming - 01/25/00 18:52:36 My Email:daf@flemingoneill.com From: Boston Telescope(s) Owned: Jason Explorer 400 | Comments: I was given a Jason Explorer 400 telescope recently. I bet it is at least ten years old. Could you please tell me about this scope. Is it a "good" one? Do you know where I could purchase an owner's manual for this telescope. Thanks for your help. |
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Catherine - 01/25/00 00:01:45 From: KY Telescope(s) Owned: None Yet | Comments: |
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Emile Bonnecaze - 01/24/00 18:02:17 My Email:emile@open4.com From: Dallas, TX | Comments: Am now looking a a couple of telescopes (Celestron Firstscope 114 or C150-HD)and am trying to learn a little to help me make a reasonably good choice. I do appreciate the information on your website. Thanks! |
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Jon Worrell - 01/23/00 14:28:58 My Email:stargazer360@excite.com From: Gaylord, Michigan Telescope(s) Owned: Orion 4.5" newtonian | Comments: Great looking site!!! how often do u update tho.... |
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chris little - 01/22/00 04:34:55 My Email:cutw3070@aol.com From: atlanta, ga. Telescope(s) Owned: disc. 6"dobsonian | Comments: this is just what i needed. I bought a new scope and now i have a site that will help me enjoy it. informative and easy to understand,plus the site is very pleasing to look at. this site is a GODsend to those of us who are new to astronomy.i can think of no higher praise!! |
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Mike Blake - 01/21/00 19:02:34 My URL:http://members.xoom.com/mtblake/index.htm My Email:mikeblake@freewwweb.com From: Port Byron, IL Telescope(s) Owned: CHEAP! 60mm Refractor | Comments: I also enjoyed your site. NICE JOB. I am currently waiting for my 4.25" f/4 mirror kit from Newport Glass to build a "Sewer Pipe" Rich Field Newtonian and CCD Cookbook camera. One thing, though...the blue text is a little too blue on my eyes.... |
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Steve Young - 01/21/00 14:26:08 My URL:http://www.fendonline.com My Email:syoung@fendonline.com From: Centreville, VA - 25 miles west of Washington, DC Telescope(s) Owned: Meade ETX-90 | Comments: It would be great if you could go over, for brain dead beginners like me (;-) what kind of objects are good to start out with and what level of magnification. (i.e. which eyepiece for what??) Thanks!!! Great site..... Steve Young shivering in C'Ville |
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david galeano - 01/20/00 14:06:31 My Email:davidgaleano@earthlink.com From: Brooklyn, New York Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Just saying hello! Their are three of us at work getting into this... I'll let my co-workers know about your site, bye bye! David. |
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JOHN TILLINGHAST - 01/19/00 00:40:38 My Email:jacktilly@juno.com From: Euclid, Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 10X50 binoculars | Comments: Interesting starting place for star gazing. Thank you. |
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Russell - 01/17/00 22:10:58 My URL:http://RussellsChattinghouse.homestead.com My Email:tyler_c_@hotmail.com From: Oregon Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: I think telescopes are cool! |
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Gary Mustain - 01/15/00 04:23:03 My Email:gmustain@aol.com From: St. Louis Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4500 4.5" newt about to purchase Meade 10" Starfinder EQ | Comments: Nice page! I consider myself a litle beyond a beginners but still found your site inresting. |
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Alan Smith - 01/11/00 05:13:33 My Email:asmith42@jps.net From: Granite Bay, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS-114 | Comments: |
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Alan Smith - 01/11/00 05:11:51 My Email:asmith42@jps.net From: Granite | Comments: |
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john ward - 01/08/00 17:07:05 My Email:frshtrout@aol.com From: socal Telescope(s) Owned: mead ds114 | Comments: just started to use scope |
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Dean Peterson - 01/07/00 06:44:21 My Email:deanp@visi.com From: St. Paul, Minnesota Telescope(s) Owned: used to have 60mm Tasco refractor | Comments: Thank you for your excellent site. I found it Appropriate for your target audience. I think it's a great service. A hobby shop owner in my small town clued me in to the importance of aperature over magnification, and I'm sure glad he did--even though I later got a small Tasco telescope, at least I knew not to worry about magnification and had an idea that it might be a pretty limited instrument. P.S. About the Tasco I owned, I either lost it somehow or an ex-roommate stole it. At any rate, it was $80 at Kmart, and exhibited many of the limitations of cheap telescopes which you describe. I have to give it credit though. If I was content to view the moon and the closer planets at the time, it could do it, even if not exceptionally well. Still, I did get a little more enjoyment out of looking at the night sky with 10x50 Bushnell binoculars. Thanks again for your excellent site. |
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Steve Changizian - 01/07/00 00:47:04 My Email:Steve.Changizian@Tenneco-Automotive.com From: Fullerton, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS-70EC | Comments: Thank you for the time you've put into helping people like myself. Your enthusiasm is inspiring. It would be a pleasure to meet you someday and share info and stories. |
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Julie - 01/05/00 22:54:33 My Email:jvallier@zoo.uvm.edu From: Vermont Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm & 4.5 inch | Comments: Nice, looking forward to more! |
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Therese Appelberg Martinez - 01/04/00 19:47:09 My Email:tessa@balboa.com From: Originally from Sweden, been in San Diego since 1995 Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 80EQ | Comments: |
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Chris Eilers - 01/04/00 04:00:34 My Email:winjos@ix.netcom.com From: Corona, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4501 (4.5" reflec.) | Comments: Not too long ago I made a trip to a local astronomers club's observatory site. The highlight of the trip was seeing Saturn and the shadows that the rings made on the surface of the planet. Absolutely incredible. Now, I just purchased my first telescope a 4.5" reflector from Meade and am looking for any information about how, what and when to view. I'm hooked. Thanks for providing some of the basics. I'll probably pick up a couple of the books you recommended. I'll bookmark your site to see if you h ve any new object of the month entries. |
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Paul Scrivens - 01/03/00 05:42:30 My Email:ps9386@aol.com From: Aspen,CO Telescope(s) Owned: Still shopping | Comments: Nice to see many newcomers like me |
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Frank Bov - 01/02/00 20:30:52 My Email:frankbov@rochester.rr.com From: Rochester, NY Telescope(s) Owned: ST80, 10" Dob + projects | Comments: This looks like a great site for the four beginners I'm supporting, if you plan on updating it regularly. All I could access was Pegasus - I liked what I saw - but there were too many dead ends. I don't want to risk frustrating them. |
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brad foster - 01/02/00 18:15:03 My Email:brad@bradscontracting.com From: peaceriver ab canada | Comments: iwould like to know where i could get info on tele scopes please e mail thanks |
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Robin Millar - 01/02/00 12:50:34 My Email:robin@itek-uk.com From: Scotland Telescope(s) Owned: 3" Newtonian | Comments: wonderful, a site for the dedicated and bewildered beginner! |
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fred nehring - 01/02/00 11:36:02 My Email:frederick.nehring@umit.maine.edu From: Monyville, Maine Telescope(s) Owned: astroscan | Comments: Great site! |
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Bill Hopper - 01/01/00 15:30:24 My Email:Sliptracker@aol.com From: Augusta, Maine Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 114EQ-DH | Comments: Just getting started, but hoping to be enjoying it for years to come. |
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Susan - 12/31/99 22:59:46 My Email:handal2@aol.com From: Millville, NJ Telescope(s) Owned: edscience | Comments: Got this telescope for Christmas and can't see anything out of it. Your web-site is great |
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Jeaannie Lohmann - 12/30/99 21:22:30 My Email:jc98cb@aol.com From: california Telescope(s) Owned: i have 1 telescope. | Comments: |
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james - 12/30/99 16:08:49 My Email:royston9@supanet.com From: England Telescope(s) Owned: Unknown 60x100mm | Comments: I am eight and I have been given a star chart and a telescope. I like stars and I want to know more about them. |
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Joe Amoroso - 12/30/99 14:15:57 My Email:jfamo63@cs.com From: East Rochester, NY Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell 650x3" Reflector | Comments: First Telescope. Having trouble aligning finderscope. Overcast skies don't help. Can anyone explain/simplify alignment? Can I see anything with a scope this small? |
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- 12/30/99 07:04:32 My Email:AKC1128@aol.com From: Grand Rapids MI Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: |
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Michael Hunter - 12/30/99 02:13:43 My Email:huntersnh@yahoo.com From: New Hampshire Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron | Comments: thank you for this site, all of the other sites i've found are over my head. |
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MARK - 12/29/99 01:52:31 My Email:EXPLORER5@prodigy.net From: florida Telescope(s) Owned: meade polaris 114 | Comments: |
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joanne - 12/29/99 01:26:06 My Email:jomomba@wvi.com From: oregon, usa | Comments: |
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Diane - 12/28/99 00:43:20 My Email:astar@ime.net From: Maine Telescope(s) Owned: NONE YET!! | Comments: THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORT!! i WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH JERSEY... BUT NOTHING BEATS THE VIEW FROM MAINE... |
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Eric - 12/27/99 19:32:37 My Email:denmor@syix.com From: North California Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm Refractor | Comments: Cool site, was wondering if anyone else owned at 60mm refractor (I have heard it called 'Department store' scope) But I love the thing |
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scott holland - 12/27/99 13:50:56 My Email:scott123@lcc.net From: texas Telescope(s) Owned: mead electronic 114EQ-DH | Comments: |
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Ricky Thomas - 12/26/99 23:11:16 My Email:ricky@shire98.freeserve.co.uk From: Falkirk, Scotland Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco, Lunagrossa,450x | Comments: I am a total beginner to astronomy and only got my telescope today(26/12/99). I eagerly built it up only to be disappointed as the sky is totally covered in cloud tonight. I will look forward to reading your site in the future. R.Thomas |
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keith - 12/26/99 21:38:39 My Email:kmksa@erol's From: ny Telescope(s) Owned: meade 60az-m2.4" | Comments: |
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Linda - 12/26/99 20:55:36 My Email:stillcool32@hotmail.com From: Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco #675TR | Comments: Hope this page helps me out. Seems as though it will. Thanks for the time you put into it. |
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Aijaz Hashmi - 12/26/99 07:20:17 My Email:amhashmi@hotmail.com From: Pakistan - Karachi Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron - refractor 70mm EQ | Comments: I really like your site. It has very comprehensive information for a new telescope owner/owner to be. |
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Bill Mierop - 12/26/99 04:52:09 My Email:celestialnails@mlode.com From: California Telescope(s) Owned: star explorer 60mm refracting telescope, 700mm focal length | Comments: |
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Chaney A. Timms - 12/26/99 04:28:59 My Email:catsax@pacbell.net From: Chicago ILL Telescope(s) Owned: None YET!!! | Comments: Y ou have a very nice layout here keep up the good work. |
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Sheila - 12/26/99 02:04:26 My Email:dash@ca-connection.com From: Toms River, N.J. Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco | Comments: Great website! I just got my first telescope as a Christmas present and am looking foward to learning how to use it! We now live in Califonia and the stars are unbelievable out here in the desert. |
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Mark Garcia - 12/25/99 10:43:40 My Email:marcusp500@yahoo.com From: Oregon | Comments: |
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PJ Grose - 12/23/99 04:09:15 My Email:pjgrose@yahoo.com From: MS Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco (dumb huh?) | Comments: |
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pablo gonzalez v. - 12/22/99 23:41:09 My Email:pglagarto99@yupimail.com From: villahermosa, tabasco, méxico Telescope(s) Owned: don´t know yet | Comments: I´ll try to keep in contact with you. It´s a very interesting homepage, and I have to thank you for the information. Please finish your page. Seguimos en contacto... |
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Chris - 12/22/99 08:06:29 My Email:Jack Frost14633@aol From: Temple,Tx Telescope(s) Owned: Polarise | Comments: Dear Friend, Ive been using my dads Polaris modal 60eq-d,D=60mm F=900mm telescope is that a good scope or not.I dont know what all that D=60mm,andF=900mm means to well ive resently got back in to star gazing so im lost.If you can jelp me in anyway please E-Mail back thank you. Your Star Gazing Friend CHRIS |
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Chris - 12/22/99 07:53:30 My Email:Jack Frost14633@aol From: Temple,Tx Telescope(s) Owned: Polaris | Comments: |
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michael woods - 12/22/99 00:51:32 My Email:michaelw777@netscape.net From: California Telescope(s) Owned: Still checking them out. | Comments: Looking for my son and myself at the best intro into the field. thanks for your site. - Michael |
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Wayne Wilkins - 12/20/99 19:22:26 My Email:wilkosmadhouse@ic24.net Telescope(s) Owned: small tasco | Comments: good reading thanks very much |
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Lloydfsd - 12/20/99 17:14:45 My Email:Lloydfsd@dtgnet.com From: South Dakota Telescope(s) Owned: expecting a Meade 390 any day | Comments: What can I view and enjoy with the model 390? |
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dana horton - 12/18/99 05:49:16 My URL:http://www.byastrowbs@xoom.com My Email:dana_horton@email.com From: panama city florida Telescope(s) Owned: 3"bushnell newt with 60mm tasco refractor piggybacked on a german eq mount with motor drive, homebuilt 3" f4.5 widefield refractor,12x50 mounted binos, 20x50 mounted binos | Comments: |
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michael kirkham - 12/17/99 20:10:01 From: Cold Lake Alberta Canada Telescope(s) Owned: 3 1/2 reflector | Comments: |
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Steve Johnson - 12/15/99 04:01:20 My Email:sa-dljohnson@worldnet.att.net From: Costa Mesa, CA Telescope(s) Owned: 90 mm Meade Polaris - refractor | Comments: first visit to your site. Looking for a place to buy good to excellent quality eyepieces - willing to spend $100 each - Am I foolish to spend so much for use with a $500 scope? |
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Stan & Betty Hickson - 12/14/99 01:08:33 My Email:Stanhickson@msn.com From: Fla. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 114 | Comments: |
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tribble - 12/13/99 18:31:31 My Email:tribble_trouble@hotmail.com From: Washtington, USA Telescope(s) Owned: n/a | Comments: Doh...Constellation for December page isn't working. |
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Steve - 12/12/99 22:11:28 My Email:Stephire@bellsouth.net From: Homestead Florida Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 114mm newtonian | Comments: It's nice to see a site that is geared toward beginners. Some sites make you feel like you might as well not have a scope if your not doing research of some sort. Thanx |
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John - 12/11/99 00:36:09 My Email:jwtw98@arnet.net From: Amarillo,Tx Telescope(s) Owned: Jason...JUNK it works,sortof | Comments: Nice Page...Just surfing and found it. My kids and I keep an old quilt behind the front door so we can throw it into the front yard at night to wrestle, talk, and gaze at all of Gods glory in the sky. Good seeing here when the wind quits. God bless...May comets be in your future. |
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James Baker - 12/09/99 04:07:55 My URL:http://members.icq.com/48895470 My Email:bigdaddy372@hotmail.com From: Arkansas Telescope(s) Owned: Star Explorer (60 mm) | Comments: Hoping for good tips on using my scope. |
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Tim Crowder - 12/03/99 23:52:54 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/~snfnet My Email:tcrowder@nctc.com From: Kentucky Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Some very helpful imformation. I have been looking for a telescope to buy. Have just about decided on a Meade LX 10. Any suggestion would be appreciated. |
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Jeff Simkins - 12/01/99 03:27:25 My Email:JSimk68342@aol.com From: Kansas City Telescope(s) Owned: 4 1/2" Meade Reflector | Comments: Just got the scope for christmas but the wife won't let me set it up till then! Looking forward to playing with my new toy. |
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jerrymelton - 11/30/99 19:36:07 My Email:kjb3259@mindspring.com From: s.c. Telescope(s) Owned: one tasco | Comments: |
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Richard Bode - 11/30/99 16:03:02 From: Inman,S.C.,Earth. | Comments: This is a cool website |
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Richard Bode - 11/30/99 16:03:00 From: Inman,S.C.,Earth. | Comments: This is a cool website |
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Richard Bode - 11/30/99 16:02:58 | Comments: |
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Richard Bode - 11/30/99 16:02:58 From: Inman,S.C.,Earth. | Comments: This is a cool website |
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Allan C. Rowbotham - 11/30/99 01:14:05 My Email:elrow@massed.net From: Stoughton, Mass. Telescope(s) Owned: 10X50 binoc | Comments: Appreciate finding this location! |
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jill - 11/27/99 21:05:01 From: md Telescope(s) Owned: 3 ich reflector | Comments: thanks for making a homepage for small telescope owners :) p.s. great site! |
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ed becker - 11/27/99 00:15:22 My URL:http://members.home.net/dvbrc My Email:dvbrc@home.com From: Pennsylvania, USA Telescope(s) Owned: Orion Short Tube 4.5 EQ Ultra | Comments: Great idea for a Web site. There's plenty of info on the Net for experts, but the novices need some place to go, too. Just bought my scope, have had an old 3" reflector for many years (25). I hope to share the sky with my son. Your site has a great for at for novices like me, keep adding! |
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Charles Stone - 11/26/99 15:57:17 My URL:http://ntplx.net My Email:n1vha@ntplx.net From: Manchester CT Telescope(s) Owned: 10X50 Binoculars | Comments: Im kinda new to this and have been looking at a new pair of Binoculars as the pair that I have is a bit old & beat up. got my eye on a pair of Quantaray 8-24X50 Binocs But not sure yet any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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George Perkowski - 11/25/99 12:03:42 My Email:dmaastr@aol.com From: Orlando, Florida Telescope(s) Owned: Astron 8" F-4 Reflector | Comments: |
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jim kane - 11/25/99 11:34:09 My Email:jakane2@hotmail.com From: somers point, nj Telescope(s) Owned: meade 4.5enjoye | Comments: i enjoyed your site. look forward to more helpful info. All the best, Jim. |
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Damon Penn - 11/24/99 20:28:05 My Email:dppenn@vvm.com From: Killeen TX Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Any advice on what to look for in a telescope. I'm a rank beginner and live in the suburbs. I have some "skylighting" in the northern sky, but the other directions are almost totally dark. I don't want to spend a fortune until I'm sure a home-sized tel scope will meet my expectations. Thanks for your informative page! |
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Danny Lisska - 11/24/99 03:33:10 My Email:lissco34@aol.com From: Kennesaw, Georgia Telescope(s) Owned: Polaris by Meade | Comments: You have been a great help.Thanks for your info. |
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Bill - 11/24/99 02:35:52 My URL:http://snap.com My Email:wwaters@surfree.com From: Waterbury Ct Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: |
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ROD TERRELL JR - 11/23/99 17:29:08 My Email:THEGAZER2000@YAHOO.COM From: JACKSONVILLE,FL Telescope(s) Owned: BUSHNELL 4.5'' | Comments: GREAT WEB SITE ,A REAL JEWEL FOR BEGINNER BACK-YARD ASTRONOMERS!!!!!!! |
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mike - 11/22/99 22:24:39 My Email:mike2newton@aol.com From: scotland Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: just looking for information as to what kind of telescope to purchase for my sons christmas ps thanks |
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Tom Fredricksen - 11/22/99 22:05:44 My Email:tfredricksen@dunlee.picker.com From: West Chicago, Illinois | Comments: I just got a telescope yesterday,and I'm trying to learn a little. Any suggestions? |
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bob crawford - 11/21/99 15:42:11 My URL:http://none My Email:bobcr@wi.freei.net From: madison, wi Telescope(s) Owned: celestron 114 (4.5") | Comments: valuable tool for new enthusiasts with small telescopes. perhaps a section for city viewers? |
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Sam Stamps - 11/21/99 03:13:40 My Email:samcs@webzone.net From: Oologah Oklahoma Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell 6inch | Comments: The only problem I have is finding stars by using my equatorial mount. I have a piece of software that tells you the RA and DEC. But when I move my mount to point it in that direction, the star is not there. Could you put something about this subject o your page? Thanks |
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mariellen wendel - 11/18/99 00:02:41 My Email:marilucimail@yahoo.com From: louisville colo80027 Telescope(s) Owned: very small | Comments: would like info about where i am located. degrees and position. thank you. looking forward to friday free look at backyard astronomy. mariellen wendel |
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Annie Porter - 11/16/99 02:51:25 My Email:geared-up@msn.com From: Bellingham, Washington Telescope(s) Owned: Looking at a Meade Starafinder Model DS-14EC | Comments: I am interested in buying a Meade Starfinder Model DS-114ec: 114mm (4.5"0) Altazimuth Reflector. It comes with the electronic control and I want to add the option Autostar computer Controller for object location. Anyone know anything about this telescop ? |
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LARRY CARRIER - 11/16/99 01:35:26 My Email:carrierll@earthlink.net From: missouri Telescope(s) Owned: 8" dob | Comments: |
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Becca - 11/15/99 18:53:45 My Email:beccathomas3@hotmail.com From: northern california Telescope(s) Owned: none, yet, i am trying to find out what i need | Comments: i would love if anyone could tell me what are the specifications i should look for? i am totally clueless |
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Becca - 11/15/99 18:52:31 My Email:beccathomas3@hotmail.com From: northern california Telescope(s) Owned: none, yet, i am trying to find out what i need | Comments: |
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Gokhan - 11/15/99 13:35:59 My Email:ozdenligokhan@hotmail.com From: Turkey | Comments: |
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Bill - 11/12/99 22:07:11 My Email:williet13@aol.com From: Philadelphia, PA Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 MM Newtonian | Comments: This site was quite helpful as I have just begun using my telescope and have gotten bored of the moon, Jupiter and Saturn. I am looking for some new targets. Thanks for the help. B |
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Michael Sais - 11/12/99 18:34:53 | Comments: Sorry, the eyepeices are "lanthanum" not "radium". |
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Jon Novick - 11/12/99 16:18:38 My Email:headshrunk@mindspring.com From: New York Telescope(s) Owned: 8-inch Dobsonian | Comments: Thanks |
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Michael Sais - 11/12/99 15:36:04 My Email:mjsais@mailexcite.com From: Columbus OH Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Polaris 60EQ-D | Comments: Like the site. I have been interested in astronomy for quite a while, primarily using my naked eye. My wife gave me this scope cuse she saw the name meade. It is a .96 mall junk. in order not to make her feel bad, I am trying to use it. I bought a hy rid 1.25/.96 diagonal, an orion 1.25 shorty barlow and a very expensive 12mm "Radium" eyepiece. Maybe I am stupid for spending $200+ on accesories on a $135 scope, but I consider the accesories investment in the future. This month I have spent most of th time looking at jupiter and saturn (I can see the disk but not enough definition). At 75X (900mm/12mm)I get decent results (although they both look really small in the eyepiece. At 150X (900/12 * 2)it is difficult to perfectly focus, they move very fas through the eyepiece, and little things make the eyepiece vibrate. I am interested in photography, so I am leaning for a 5-6 inch refractor in the future. Right now I am also working at figuring out alignment and tracking, maybe that will help minimize vibration since I will only have to adjust RA. Finally, maybe some day this scope will work as a good finder scope. |
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Westrup - 11/11/99 15:46:16 My Email:dwestrup@steelville.k12.mo.us From: Missouri Telescope(s) Owned: Binoculars | Comments: Great!! |
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Alan Bush - 11/11/99 06:48:57 My Email:abush@rof.net From: Aspen, CO | Comments: Very helpful!! Thanks. I'm about to buy my first telescope in 20 years. Very exciting! Your site is a big help. |
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nike borchert - 11/11/99 01:00:21 My Email:swestley@execpc.com From: wisconsin,(milwaukee) Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 reflector | Comments: thanks for the info. always need to find something new when i go out.please keep up the site. |
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Erica Jean - 11/07/99 21:18:23 My Email:erica_jean@hotmail.com From: Chicago Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Thank you for the very informative and helpful web page. I'm writing a paper on telescopes for my college Astronomy class and this page helped a lot. |
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Benjamin K - 11/07/99 19:59:32 My Email:BenMan2001 From: The Netherlands Telescope(s) Owned: 6 inch reflector (f\6) | Comments: Cool page! keep up the good work. |
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Steve Forgey - 11/07/99 02:38:06 My Email:stevef@jb-t.com From: Cookeville, TN Telescope(s) Owned: ???? | Comments: I am searching for web sites that will show the positions of stars and planets from season to season. I would greatly appreciate you advice. |
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Daryl S. Walters - 11/06/99 20:18:46 My Email:darylwal@quixnet.net From: Sarasota FL. Telescope(s) Owned: 1 Bushnell Voyager | Comments: just checking out astronomy sites a friend passed yours along so I thought I would check it out, pretty impressive so I will add it to my favorits keep your eyes to the Stars |
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John Prior - 11/06/99 18:48:04 My Email:prior1@home.com From: Fremont, Ca. Telescope(s) Owned: 6" Dobsonian | Comments: I really apprecitate your web page, great work! |
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Britt - 11/05/99 16:51:29 My Email:starfish94@hotmail.com From: Alaska Telescope(s) Owned: no but I want one | Comments: I am doing a project on stars and I was wondering if you could give me some information about some stars like: Aquarius, and other great stars. W*B*A*S*A*P* BRITT |
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pete tate - 11/04/99 00:06:44 From: thomasville nc | Comments: |
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Sean Koski - 11/02/99 02:27:17 My Email:KBRENBKOZ@aol.com From: Moosup, CT Telescope(s) Owned: contemplating first telescope purchase | Comments: Dear Sir, Your site is extremely informative, and I'm glad I found it before I made a purchase. Your 'what to look for' article is extremely helpful, as the telescope I was considering had some of the features to stay away from. My wife and I have always had an interest in the stars, sometimes we even just stare at the moon through our binnoculars. Last weekend (October 23) we admired Jupiter through them and we began seriously considering buying a telescope. We had absolutely o idea what to look for (personally, I thought magnification power meant everything!) Thanx again for your web-site and if you have any other suggestions for us, we would greatly appreciate them! Sincerely, Sean Koski |
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Darren - 11/01/99 18:30:16 My Email:pfilanman@hotmail.com From: New jersey Telescope(s) Owned: None yet | Comments: |
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Lukas - 10/29/99 03:44:56 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/mn/eclipses/ My Email:cyrex007@hotmail.com From: CANADA Telescope(s) Owned: I will have a Skyquest Xt8 8" Dobsonian around Nov/99! | Comments: I like your website. I can't wait till Jan 20/99:  |
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Lukas - 10/29/99 03:44:51 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/mn/eclipses/ My Email:cyrex007@hotmail.com From: CANADA Telescope(s) Owned: I will have a Skyquest Xt8 8" Dobsonian around Nov/99! | Comments: I like your website. I can't wait till Jan 20/99: |
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Ergun - 10/28/99 00:47:25 My Email:ergunozdemir@usa.net From: Turkiye Telescope(s) Owned: No | Comments: hello.. ý am aspace engineer but ý dont have telescope.and ý want to do one .hhow can ý do most cheap or middle thank you |
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Pat Zirkelbach - 10/27/99 04:33:08 My Email:ptzirk@ameritech.net From: Chicago, IL Telescope(s) Owned: Celstron 102-HD | Comments: |
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Carl Rippe - 10/24/99 21:26:26 My Email:kc4flt@yahoo.com From: California Telescope(s) Owned: 4.25" f/10 relector- in progress | Comments: Your page is great, but June and July are the last entries for "Solar System Objects". |
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Bryan & Isobel - 10/22/99 18:35:01 My Email:BryanIsobel@compuserve.com From: Lincoln, England Telescope(s) Owned: Tal 1, 4 1/2" x 900mm | Comments: Many thanks for your website - it helped us decide which telescope to buy - we are absolute beginners, and we are enjoying all the information you have provided |
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kerry - 10/21/99 16:21:47 My Email:klnewby@swbell.net From: eufaula,ok Telescope(s) Owned: orion 4.5 eq reflector | Comments: |
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walter - 10/21/99 04:40:07 My Email:sandfisher@hotmail.com From: toronto,canada Telescope(s) Owned: 5" meade | Comments: what a great site for a beginner. i just got my telescope and your advice is exactly what i am looking for. will you have some more constellations on your website soon? thank you very much bye walter |
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Andrew Fleckenstein - 10/19/99 19:24:52 My Email:johnfleck@compuserve.com From: Waukesha, WI Telescope(s) Owned: Bushell Voyager 78-9675 | Comments: I looking for some instructions on how to set it up for where we live. John |
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Aleksandra Muzyka - 10/19/99 04:27:33 My Email:amuzykaa@netscape.net From: New York Telescope(s) Owned: Not Yet | Comments: Hi, The site is GREAT. I intend to study it carefully. I am thinking about purchasing a telescope. I am a beginner willing to spend up to one thousand dollars. Will I be able to get anything decent for that price? If yes then what would you recommend? I understand that you are very busy, and I do not expect a prompt answer. Please answer whenever you can. I do not intend to buy anything before the end of the fall semester. Thanks for your time. Thanks for being here. Happy stargazing! Aleksandra. |
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Lee Larrew - 10/14/99 15:51:09 My Email:larrew@netscape.net From: Charleston, SC Telescope(s) Owned: 80mm refractor | Comments: I think the layout of your web site is excellent! I especially like the constellation of the month and solar system objects buttons on the left column. I didn't see October on either selection though. I imagine you're too busy to manually update these a d I don't know of any easy way to automatically update the info. I appreciate your outstanding effort on this web site for those of us who can't afford larger scopes! Thanks again. |
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Ray Gicante - 10/13/99 20:02:48 My Email:raygicante@alliant-energy.com From: Iowa,, USA Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 4.5" | Comments: Thanks for your useful information. This is my first telescope ($150). I figured for the money it would be a start. I should have read your page first. thanks again. |
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mike - 10/12/99 00:19:36 My Email:stich111@hotmail.com From: NY Telescope(s) Owned: firstscope 76 EQ | Comments: this page is really good. On my telescopeI cant find anything?Please email me back and help me please. |
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Stargazer - 10/08/99 02:56:24 My Email:bserpas@hotmail.com From: Planet Earth Telescope(s) Owned: 10-40X 60mm Binoculars | Comments: I am very glad that I ran across this site. It is well put together and answers a lot of questions that an amateur may have. I know it helped me a little. Keep up the good work. Clear Skies ! |
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- 10/06/99 01:14:18 My Email:Slyal01@aol.com From: OK Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm refractor | Comments: |
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Linda Colkitt - 10/02/99 15:48:47 My Email:lamc@netscape.net From: Tonawanda, NY (near Buffalo) Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Thanks for the information. I will be using this site for my Girl Scout Troop, so that they can earn their Star Gazing Badge. We will be using binoculars and a borrowed telescope (a beginner's model-I think). Thanks again, Linda Colkitt Troop 1159 |
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Leo Barrows - 10/02/99 11:25:08 My Email:caroleo@tds.net From: Ludlow,Vermont | Comments: looking for a good start for my ten year old grand son |
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Varaporn - 09/30/99 16:56:25 My Email:jnav6@ksc.th.com From: Thailand | Comments: I love stars and universe. Please send me more info to the above e-mail address. |
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Terri Popson - 09/28/99 18:02:17 My URL:http://www.shot.com My Email:tpopson@shot.com From: Southern Indiana Telescope(s) Owned: none Yet | Comments: I've been working for a NASA subcontractor for 3 months and am interested in buying a telescope. But before I spend lots of money I thought I'd see what was out there for the beginner stargazer. Your page look like what I'm looking for. Thanks! |
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Patrick Lannon - 09/28/99 06:37:42 My Email:pjlannon@msn.com From: West Seneca, NY Telescope(s) Owned: Celestar8 | Comments: In the short time I have spent viewing your website I'm quite impressed with the depth of coverage. It is nice to know that there is a convenient source of understandable information in one place. Much of the information available around the net makes t e assumption "Everyone's an expert." Common knowledge, we all have to start at the begining to be able to appreciate fully the wonders of the night sky and have an easy time learning to navigate the heavens. Your personal work has done much to make the earning curve negotiable. Thanks so much. Pat Lannon |
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Mr. Hanky - 09/25/99 22:13:35 My URL:http://www.uranus.com My Email:mrhanky@uranus.com From: Uranus Telescope(s) Owned: 2 inch killer | Comments: I bet you have a REALLY small Telescope |
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John & Robert Kramar-Medrano - 09/25/99 18:43:10 My Email:LagunaDude@AOL.com From: Laguna Beach, CA | Comments: Thanks for all the help you provide in your web page! |
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Ron - 09/21/99 14:55:15 My Email:Rhedr91389@aol.com From: East Texas, U.S.A. Telescope(s) Owned: 10x50 binoculars, Jason 60mm (Yeah, I know, but it was a birthday present.) | Comments: Great site, Ben; just what I've been looking for! My daughter lives on a hill with great seeing. She's developed an interest in "what's up there", and I've been looking for a good link to send her. I think I've found it. :-) I bought my first scope when I was 10 yrs old...mowed a lot of yards for that scope. I've been away from astronomy for many years but, now that I've retired, I intend to see if my "old friends" are still there. Thanks, Ben! |
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Paul Stanhope - 09/21/99 09:31:49 My Email:paul@pstanhope.freeserve.co.uk From: Lincolnshire, England Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 inch reflector | Comments: I really appreciate the information in this site. As a total beginer I have been confused by much of the information but have found the advice here just right. |
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malcolm rowe - 09/20/99 22:22:15 My Email:RROWE84@AOL.COM From: BALTIMORE, MD. Telescope(s) Owned: BINOCULARS | Comments: PLEASE CONTACT ME BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON A PROJECT FOR SCHOOL ABOUT STARGAZING |
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George Richards - 09/20/99 21:25:16 My Email:dbr@vcu.org From: Georgia | Comments: This is the best site! |
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Sam - 09/17/99 03:46:52 My Email:mas_sammy@yahoo.com From: So Calif. Telescope(s) Owned: 1 13" | Comments: |
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juan - 09/15/99 22:26:40 My Email:jjg@mundivia.es From: spain Telescope(s) Owned: yes | Comments: It´s a great idea to do a page like this, I think more of webpages about astronomy are dedicated to the big telescopes and the importants astronomers. It´s good to learn something about ours small telescopes. I have a 90 mm refractor, a Meade 395, what k nd of objects can I see besides planets?, could I see galaxies with my telescope? in which constellation I can see better?. Gracias de todas formas,(my english is regular). |
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Derrick Gould - 09/14/99 04:55:10 My URL:http://www.execulink.com/~mdgould/ My Email:mdgould@execulink.com From: London, Ontario Telescope(s) Owned: Several. BIG ones :o) | Comments: Nice Job Andi :o) |
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Gayle Campbell - 09/14/99 03:22:59 My Email:gayros@execulink.com From: London, ON Canada Telescope(s) Owned: don't own one yet! | Comments: I received a very nice astronomy book for my birthday. Thought I'd check out what I could on the internet and found you! I love your website so far! (now I just need the telescope) Wouldn't mind some tips on what to buy. Looking forward to September's gaz ng tips and whats in view. |
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David A. Boone - 09/11/99 04:25:40 My URL:http://www.indicorp.org My Email:dab@indicorp.org From: Indianapolis Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS 90-EC | Comments: the webpage is help me and my young son with moving forward with the new telescope I bought for him! |
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Joseph L. Soper - 09/09/99 11:52:51 My Email:joseph.soper@snet.net From: Connecticut Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 2045 D | Comments: Guess I got it all backwards, first I bought a telescope then I tried to learn a little about astronomy. My scope has been collecting dust for the last 8 years. Thanks to your site I will blow the dust off it and try again. |
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Wayne Martin - 09/03/99 19:15:33 My URL:http://www,vaxxine.com/martinhouse My Email:wamart@vaxxine.com From: Niagara Falls Telescope(s) Owned: Polaris 114-EQ | Comments: Hi there I was looking for a set of binoculars to help in looking at the night sky and found your site with a Yahoo search. I am glad to have found it. Having a telescope with no info on where to point it is not very much fun. There is lots to see but of no inter st unless it looks good in the viewer. With your site and a book or 2 I am going to enjoy watching the skies much more. Thanks Wayne. |
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Julio Augusto Toledo Veiga - 09/03/99 15:01:39 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Forum/3101 My Email:jatveiga@netyou.com.br From: Piracicaba(SP)-Brazil Telescope(s) Owned: --- | Comments: I've just visited your HP about Astronomy. Congratulation on it. It's interesting and useful. |
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jim parker - 09/03/99 01:51:25 My Email:jadparker@yahoo.com From: tulsa,ok Telescope(s) Owned: celestron 4.5 | Comments: i got my telescope for Christmas last year and i've been a little frustrated finding anything but the moon. your site has rekindled my interest and given me some hope for nights to come. well as soon as i get the left turn book anyway. thanks for your nea site jp |
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Bill Webster - 08/25/99 20:37:07 My Email:all_clear@yahooo.com From: Raleigh NC Telescope(s) Owned: SCT 10" | Comments: I loved your web page. It's great for beginners. Your Constellation of the Month was one of the best I seen on the web. I have bookmarked it and will view it when I get a chance. Thanks and Clear Skies Bill W. |
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Daniel - 08/23/99 18:21:20 My Email:Avitar29@hotmail.com From: Gainesville FL | Comments: This has to be the best page for begginers that i have found so far. It helped me understand everything i needded to know to get started in astronomy, and it helped me from making a bad decision on a telescope. Thank you for taking the time to help the fi st timers. |
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ME - 08/21/99 19:32:13 My Email:lawolcott@yahoo.com From: you already know! Telescope(s) Owned: none...I end up sleeping through everything! | Comments: LUV YA!!! So when are you coming up to visit? We have stars and such here, too! Talk to you soon! Luv, Leigh |
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Michael Svendsen - 08/20/99 23:57:13 My Email:warpig25@yahoo.com From: Kansas, Fort Riley | Comments: |
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don hartline - 08/20/99 21:37:39 My Email:drh@jef.cioe.com From: jeffersonville,in Telescope(s) Owned: c8, and 8"newt | Comments: great web site. thanks. im just begining. |
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Sireesha M. - 08/19/99 09:29:55 My Email:cbphone@qualitynet.net From: I am from India, atpresent working as a secertary in Kuwait. Telescope(s) Owned: -------- | Comments: Dear Ben, From my childwood(I don't exactely know from when)I always admire the sky, paticularly at nights. I love to watch Stars and have a unfulfilled(till now) desire to look at both the stars & planets(in detail). From few days my intension to buy a telescope has increased and i began serching in internet for more details like- Which telescope is the best for me to view all the stars and the planets? Ofcourse, I don't want to end loosing interest of curiosity for t e Astronomy. For which I want to buy the best one and after your suggestion I'll wait for some time and then purchase. Now! your website is my best friend. I want to coresspont to you in future, to know more about the wonderful sky and its family. Siri |
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Josh Swartzlander - 08/18/99 23:48:24 From: Lincoln, NE | Comments: Needs to be updated. |
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Thomas Boch - 08/18/99 13:05:09 My URL:http://www-eleves.iie.cnam.fr/boch My Email:boch@iie.cnam.fr From: France Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm refractor | Comments: Your site is the one I was looking for for months. Thanks for your excellent job and ... go on !! It is really the site I needed Greetings from Paris |
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Terry O'Hern - 08/15/99 03:41:02 My Email:ohern@pacbell.net From: Tracy, Ca Telescope(s) Owned: MEADE ETX | Comments: |
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Jim Opalek - 08/15/99 00:47:46 My Email:opalekj@bellsouth.net From: Castalian Springs, TN Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Optics 8" Dob | Comments: Hi Ben, Enjoy your website. I was wondering how you like Starry Night Deluxe. I currently use Redshift 3, the Guide 5.0, and Distant Suns. I am currently on a Messier hunt with my new (used) 8". My other scope is an Orion ShortTube 80mm Rich Field. Jim |
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Julie Bowling - 08/13/99 17:35:37 My Email:julie.bowling@irwinunion.com From: Columbus, IN | Comments: I found your website in June and was thrilled with the information. I then pulled it up in July for that month. We have enjoyed looking at the sky through our own eyes so far. We can't decide on the binocculars or a small scope. Venus is our favorite lanet, however I know she is out of sight now. Will you be updating the website for Aug.? We hope so. Thanks for making sky watching even more exciting. |
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Matthew Prior - 08/11/99 18:48:29 My Email:john@prior11.freeserve.co.uk From: England Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Excellent web-site. I have seen the eclipse at 90% and thought it was phenomenal and i want to see what i can see in the night sky. It would be better if the site was updated more frequently though. |
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Ray - 08/09/99 15:15:39 My Email:resqume2@gateway.com From: Mass. Telescope(s) Owned: meade ETX 90 | Comments: Just hit your site and will enter it as a fovoritefor future reference. Seems to be perfect site for amature. |
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Sean Paul - 08/06/99 12:32:25 My Email:sgp1@usa.net From: Atlanta, GA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade DS 70mm Refractor | Comments: Great Site, I just bought a telescope, and your site was very helpful. |
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Tom Wilson - 08/05/99 16:44:06 My Email:wilson19@one.net From: Cincinnati, OH Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 230 60mm Refractor | Comments: I really enjoyed your site. Especially be a small telescope owner. It helped out alot. Keep up the good work. |
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Justin - 08/03/99 06:28:52 From: Effingham, IL Telescope(s) Owned: None yet | Comments: Interested in the skys now that I am up all night with work. |
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Richard Harvey - 08/03/99 04:13:19 My Email:RHarvey@Sigecom.net From: Francisco, Indiana | Comments: Hi, I really like your site. I've bookmarked it and check it every week or so. I'm nearing middle age and have just gotten interested in astromony and this is the best site I have found for beginners. Thanks and keep up the great work.......later....Rich |
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Peter C Hofmann - 08/03/99 03:09:00 My Email:Phofm1081@aol.com From: Henderson Nevada Telescope(s) Owned: Meade Model 4400 4.5" reflector | Comments: Fantistic site for beginners. I have learned more in 5 minutes than all the "Dryly written textbooks" Your Constellation of the month has allowed me to see something different than just trying to do "Star Hopping" on my own. Please continue this site!! Le rning this fantastic hobby in "laymans language" will spark interest to further explore this gift from the "Gods" our wonderful universe! Keep up the good work, I'll visit this site often to expand my knowledge of the worlds we see at night!! |
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Dan Brown - 08/03/99 03:02:26 My Email:dannyb@bendnet.com From: Central Oregon Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Great site for those of us starting out. Stargazing is a very recent interest for me and most things I read about it are extremely difficult to understand. You have great information and you give us a good place to start learning. I'll be back frequent y. Keep it up! |
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David Laurentino - 08/02/99 03:35:57 My Email:dlaurentino@sympatico.ca From: Brantford Ontario Telescope(s) Owned: 10" Dob | Comments: I am glad you enjoy this hobby as much as I do but how do you find time to look up. I am always busy with family and career as a Sr.Network Analyst. (Fancy name for a guy how supports and designs computer networks). If you wish you can email at dlaurentino@sympatico.ca Clear Skys Dave Laurentino |
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Josh Swartz - 08/01/99 15:54:26 From: Nebraska Telescope(s) Owned: Small telescope | Comments: This is a well thought out site that has information that can not be found on any other site on the web. Thanks for the help! |
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jeff - 07/27/99 23:45:36 My Email:spaceritual@home.com From: saskatoon canada Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: I'm looking at buying a small table top telescope such as a questar and i'm just surfing looking at what's available to view in a small scope. I enjoyed your page. |
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Kirstie - 07/27/99 21:04:20 My Email:kkrueger@driveninc.com From: Southgate, MI | Comments: |
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Astronomy Throughout the Net - 07/27/99 03:39:23 My URL:http://members.tripod.com/~adver/index.html | Comments: I enjoyed your web page. If you get a chance please visit mine. "Astronomy Throughout the Net" is a Free Monthly E-Zine with Current Astronomy News, Product Reviews, and much more. 
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Pam - 07/25/99 01:03:40 My Email:freebird13_77@yahoo.com From: Long Island Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 675 power | Comments: I just bought this telescope. I enjoy your site it has a lot to it for someone just starting to get into astronomy. |
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Jeroen - 07/22/99 19:31:06 My URL:http://www.myweb-site.com/space My Email:backyard_astronomy@email.com From: Vancouver BC Canada Telescope(s) Owned: The kech telescope (JUST KIDDING!) although I wish I did. I actually have an Orion skyview delux 6" EQ with F. 4.5 mirror | Comments: well i finally got a scope after about 2 years of saving up my cash and doing jobs. I am only 12 so it's pretty hard to cough up $700 for a telescope (for those of you who are very critical it cost more because i added an 8x50 finder) by the way your site great i will definitly be comming back soon. |
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Bryan Trudell - 07/20/99 20:06:51 My Email:btrudell@yahoo.com From: Burlington, Ontario Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Great site...I'm just getting into astronomy, and The internet has been a great help. Your comments and content has been very informative. Thank you. |
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Grant Nouwens - 07/18/99 20:06:36 My Email:Grant480@aol.com From: Apex North Carolina Telescope(s) Owned: Meade EXT 90 | Comments: Excelent site I learned a few things about my telescope that I had not found any where else. keep up the fine work. beginer information is ahrd to find written by some one who can still write for a beginner. thanks. |
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Sara Williams - 07/17/99 18:32:22 My Email:sarawilliams@compuserve.com From: Leamington Spa, England (nr.Birmingham. nrr. Warwick) Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 inch Newtonian (Russki TAL -built like a tank -great optics) | Comments: Excellent site. All other "beginner sites" are nowhere near as helpful. Others reading this already know, so all I can say to them is bookmark, and spread the word! |
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Stephanie - 07/16/99 21:10:00 From: Close to Rockford | Comments: I love STARS!!!! |
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Peter M. Hendricks - 07/15/99 21:27:17 My Email:phendricks@bradfordmarzec.com From: CA Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Just got started. Many years ago I was a navigator in the AF and found the stars fascinating. I hope to renew my interest and learn more.I'll probably get a beginner telescope this weekend.So far the site looks and acts great. Thanks |
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Roger Haler - 07/09/99 20:38:54 My Email:rhaler@hotmail.com From: Leesburg, Georgia Telescope(s) Owned: Not yet | Comments: I am very knew to astronomy and need all the help I can get. I am presently viewing through a pair of Binoculars. Any help any one can give me on selecting my first Telescope would be appreciated. |
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Roger Haler - 07/09/99 20:38:32 My Email:rhaler@hotmail.com From: Leesburg, Georgia Telescope(s) Owned: Not yet | Comments: I am very knew to astronomy and need all the help I can get. I am presently viewing through a pair of Binoculars. Any help any one can give me on selecting my first Telescope would be appreciated. |
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Kristan Stoner - 07/09/99 16:05:04 My URL:http://www.snap.com My Email:superfunk@email.com From: PA Telescope(s) Owned: tasco | Comments: I've loved science most of my life. I remember when I first decided I wanted to be a chemist, but after my first explosion with my chemistry set I decided a nother field of science would fit me best, then I fell in love with the stars & plants. from fou th grade, wanting to be a chemist, to a Jr. in high school a lot has changed but my love for science has never died! |
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Aaron Gates - 07/06/99 22:55:51 My Email:alg6@axe.humboldt.edu From: Bakersfield, CA | Comments: Very nice site! I was looking for some info on telescope anatomy etc to build a lesson plan for my 7th grade science classroom. In order to fulfill state standards, I need a lesson on "how simple lenses are used in a magnifying glass, the eye, telescope, nd microscope,...." I was hoping for a good diagram of the anatomy of a scope and explanation on how lenses are used in them. Any ideas/suggestions? Any help would be appreciated. I really enjoyed your page and I hope to use much of what I learned in my c assroom. Thanks, Aaron Gates |
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iar86_from_pr@yahoo.com - 07/06/99 17:04:46 My URL:------------------------------------- My Email:iar86_from_pr@yahoo.com From: Puerto Rico Telescope(s) Owned: I WILL BUY ONE SOON!!! | Comments: I REALLY LIKED YOUR PAGE. NOW WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE THERE I WILL BUY A REALLY GOOD TELESCOPE. Thanks!!! |
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michael mcinerney - 07/06/99 17:03:55 My Email:mack173@aol.com From: new jersey Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm | Comments: just(and i mean just) got into this hobby....thank you for the much needed help |
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Gintautas - 07/06/99 10:46:59 My Email:gintsimk@takas.lt From: Lithuania Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5" reflector | Comments: |
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Fran - 07/06/99 01:14:02 My Email:Fran69@home.com From: Pleasanton, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 390 | Comments: I am a new astronomer, as far a having a telescope finally. I have enjoyed stargazing for years. I am looking forward to learning all about the stars through my telescope instead of the naked eye. Thank you for having such an informative site that I might learn more than just from books. |
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Gwen - 07/03/99 06:00:47 My Email:Guinaveire@aol.com From: too close to San Francisco Telescope(s) Owned: zero | Comments: sky charts would be wonderful. But this is a great web site just the same. |
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Sub-zero - 07/03/99 03:31:52 My URL:http://members.xoom.com/ThePSXRealm My Email:IceDeath23@aol.com From: NYC Telescope(s) Owned: none yet but soon that y i came to u | Comments: thank to u i didnt waste money on cheap telescope now i want the good one that cost $550 with eyepiece solor filter u know what i need for the first timer well thanx |
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Mark Thorn - 07/02/99 14:39:26 My Email:tx500fan@yahoo.com From: Beaumont Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Looking for one | Comments: |
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Tonia Barnes - 06/30/99 05:01:10 My Email:TRBARNES@pacbell.net From: Tustin,calif | Comments: My son loves your site and says thanks for the help on the constellations |
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Jen Heckman - 06/29/99 01:29:51 My Email:penguen@xmission.com From: Salt Lake City | Comments: Thank you for you information on items that can be seen with binoculars. The book I checked out from the library was difficult to read, but your site is much easier. |
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"Tomahawk" - 06/28/99 08:56:02 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/cs/quakeclan From: Los Angeles,CA Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm refractor, 10x50 binocs | Comments: I quit observing the sky for about 7 months because I saw all I could. I saw a lot of things(in the city): Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, venus's phases, moon craters, Orion Nebula, Mercury, Andromeda, all with a 60mm, but I can't find any more deep-sky objects(except Pleiades, Praesepe, and other stuff) because of the damn grey sky. Now, I'm back skygazing because I watched the movie Contact. |
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John Polak - 06/27/99 04:14:33 My Email:seminole@ipa.net From: Augusta, Arkansas Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: I must commend your attention to detail. Your web site is very functional and easy to use. I am probably nothing more than your average stargazer. But my intrest has been growing. I will get a lot of mileage out of your site. Thanks |
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Ralph - 06/25/99 03:06:23 My Email:rmeacham@interactive.net From: N.C. (grew up in) Telescope(s) Owned: Don't remember | Comments: Wow: What a great site. I havn't looke theough ascope since 70-71 (12 yr old) any way. Now I have a 2.5 ytr old and want to teach her about the stars when she gets older, SOOOOOO now I can buy an up to date scope and teach myself berfore seh gets older (that what I tell my wife) any way. RJM PS I'm looking at the Mead EX90- and the larger 125 to pourchase later this year. |
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Doron Holland - 06/23/99 04:11:56 My Email:dholland@ucdavis.edu From: Israel Telescope(s) Owned: binocular 8x | Comments: just to let you know that I enjoy very much and appreciate your site. I am a visiting scientist (molecular biologis working with plants) currently staying in Davis and started to be interested in star gazing few weeks ago. Your site is extremely helpfull nd reliable and is very usefull to locate the stars. I just wonder what kind of data base are you using to predict the positions of the stars of the solar system? Thanks again for the wonderfull site and broad minded explanations and data Doron |
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Erik Adams - 06/22/99 21:05:55 My Email:eadams@synergyinc.com From: New Jersey (living in DC) Telescope(s) Owned: Meade ETX | Comments: First time checking out the web site, it really contains some great information. I definitely will be using this as a reference, since I am new to the hobby. Thought it was interesting you are an environmental engineer and from NJ. My girlfriend and I a e both from NJ and she was an environmenal science major and is now getting her masters in hydrogeology. i am slowing getting her interested in astronomy. Thanks for taking the time to develop such a great website. |
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Serge - 06/19/99 20:35:12 My Email:vtseu@student.cowan.edu.au From: Australia Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron C2 | Comments: well done mate. |
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Janice Wagher - 06/19/99 02:44:29 My Email:MUse_4_u@yahoo.com From: Langhorne, PA Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5" Meade Reflector | Comments: I enjoyed your website.. very nice.. |
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VIC - 06/18/99 02:53:59 My Email:vamarosa@aol.com From: Cols Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron star hopper6 in | Comments: IM forty and a total beginer. My wife presented me with the scope. What are its pros and cons Vic |
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Ed Ellks - 06/17/99 16:55:13 My Email:edellks@mindspring.com From: Warren, Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: None yet | Comments: |
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Dave Hawkesworth - 06/17/99 03:32:11 My Email:JanPelorat@aol.com From: Brighton, England Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 in Newtonian, binoculars | Comments: Many years ago, as a child of eleven, I had my first, unforgettable, view of the Pleiades through a small refractor. It was the magic of that moment that sparked my lifelong love of astronomy. I was moved to read in your biog page that you had a similar xperience. Your excellent website will help bring many people to observe for themselves the wonders of the Universe. Sincere congratulations. |
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Ralph Meacham - 06/16/99 13:05:34 My Email:rmeacham@interactive.net From: NC Telescope(s) Owned: 1 30 years ago (long gone) | Comments: Just serfing around looking for Telescope sites,and maybe deciding to get back in to looking up at the sky now that I have a 2.5 yr old to teach |
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Bob Rodin - 06/15/99 05:00:26 My URL:http://aloha.com/~sas4 My Email:sas4@aloha.com From: Hawaii Telescope(s) Owned: Not yet | Comments: great page. I'll be shopping around now for my first telescope and out in the yard with the kids in a month or so (hopefully) Thanks! |
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jim smith - 06/14/99 14:18:47 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5" f/4.4 | Comments: it is great to have a sight like this. i have often thought that something was either wrong with scope(which i call a light pail,ha!) or my observing skills! (which still is in many cases! nonetheless, keep your sight going so that many budding amatures ay get there bearrings before being discouraged. jim |
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Gabe - 06/13/99 22:05:33 My Email:grignoli@snet.net From: Connecticut Telescope(s) Owned: none YET!! :o) | Comments: GREAT SITE!!!! Exactly what I was looking for. Im interested in starting and this site has been so helpful. Thanks Can't wait to get my first tel! Gabe |
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JERRY - 06/13/99 15:50:11 My Email:JRKENTSF@JUNO.COM From: SANTA FE NEW MEXICO Telescope(s) Owned: ORION SPACEPROBE 3" EQ | Comments: I AM JUST STARTING THANKS FOR YOUR HELP |
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Lori Jones - 06/10/99 20:31:11 My Email:ldjones44@aol.com From: Raleigh, NC Telescope(s) Owned: celestron 60mm refractor | Comments: This is my 1st visit to your site. Thanks for all your great help! This is exactly what I've been looking for...someone to tell me what I CAN see in my binoculars and small scope! Now I have something to look for! You're a great help. |
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Birney Adams - 06/09/99 18:57:41 My Email:birnbirn@pacbell.net From: Danville, CA Telescope(s) Owned: Oddessy 10 DOB | Comments: Your site is an excellent one for the inexperienced and nominal(me) Astronomer. I have you bookmarked now. |
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James Rauscer - 06/09/99 17:36:38 My Email:jdrauscher@hotmail.com From: Corpus Christi, Texas Telescope(s) Owned: Johnson Comet Chaser 600mm cat. reflector | Comments: I like your site, especialy what's in view this month, i recently(and finnaly) bought a telescope, and only have half a clue how to use it. Looking forward to the next update on your weebsite. |
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starkey - 06/08/99 22:15:27 My Email:stars@dtn.ntl.com From: stockport england Telescope(s) Owned: just 10x50 and 20x50 bins | Comments: first time here - great page. I am impressed with your efforts to give straight info to non experts - well done!!!. iwill be checking your and yr links a lot more in the future - i'm still trying to figure out how myself and my buddy can get out nights and do some stargazing without the local farmers thinking we're a pair of wierdo's!!!. the trbl is we live in a built up area and the street lights make looking up a bit futile. ii will try and find out about a local club. have you heard of bufora? thinks? by the way myself buddy wives and kid are going to cornwall on aug 11 for total eclipse - my sons great idea., he's 16. got to go - be seeing you ...... starkey.. |
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starkey - 06/08/99 22:13:50 My Email:stars@dtn.ntl.com From: stockport england Telescope(s) Owned: just 10x50 and 20x50 bins | Comments: first time here - great page. I am impressed with your efforts to give straight info to non experts - well done!!!. iwill be checking your and yr links a lot more in the future - i'm still trying to figure out how myself and my buddy can get out nights and do some stargazing without the local farmers thinking we're a pair of wierdo's!!!. the trbl is we live in a built up area and the street lights make looking up a bit futile. ii will try and find out about a local club. have you heard of bufora? thinks? by the way myself buddy wives and kid are going to cornwall on aug 11 for total eclipse - my sons great idea., he's 16. got to go - be seeing you ...... starkey.. |
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anthony michel - 06/08/99 16:43:46 My Email:player60060@yahoo.com From: mundelein,illinois | Comments: please send me some info about the stars and star watching |
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Jim Duffy - 06/07/99 21:51:09 My Email:jduffy5176 From: Upstate New York Telescope(s) Owned: 70mm equatorial | Comments: Hi. My wife just bought this for me for my birthday. Your site seems like it will be a lot of help. Thanks |
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Jim Duffy - 06/07/99 21:47:40 My Email:jduffy5176 From: Upstate New York Telescope(s) Owned: 70mm equatorial | Comments: Hi. My wife just bought this for me for my birthday. Your site seems like it will be a lot of help. Thanks |
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jim smith - 06/01/99 14:22:49 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,. ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 r/f telescope eq mt | Comments: it is a real oasis to find commentary on what you will see through small scopes(i call mine a light pail, ha!) it gives you a better "feel" of what to expect and not so frustrated that you or your scope is doing something wrong. thanks again for your web sight. jim |
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jim smith - 06/01/99 14:22:32 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,. ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 r/f telescope eq mt | Comments: it is a real oasis to find commentary on what you will see through small scopes(i call mine a light pail, ha!) it gives you a better "feel" of what to expect and not so frustrated that you or your scope is doing something wrong. thanks again for your web sight. jim |
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jim smith - 06/01/99 14:22:19 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,. ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 r/f telescope eq mt | Comments: it is a real oasis to find commentary on what you will see through small scopes(i call mine a light pail, ha!) it gives you a better "feel" of what to expect and not so frustrated that you or your scope is doing something wrong. thanks again for your web sight. jim |
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jim smith - 06/01/99 14:22:00 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,. ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 r/f telescope eq mt | Comments: it is a real oasis to find commentary on what you will see through small scopes(i call mine a light pail, ha!) it gives you a better "feel" of what to expect and not so frustrated that you or your scope is doing something wrong. thanks again for your web sight. jim |
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gloria - 06/01/99 04:40:24 My Email:brightblueeyedgirl From: kansas Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: just want'd to say great web page and my daughter was murderd 4 yrs ago in april and they named a star after her it's call ursla but not shure of the rest of it. they also said it was in the big dipper i think. one of this days i would like to look at it. |
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Don Hier - 06/01/99 03:28:04 My Email:hier@bellatlantic.net From: Morris Cty, NJ Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4.5" reflector | Comments: Really appreciate your information. You're right that so many articles in magazines assume you have a "big" telescope and also assume a lot more! I've been using the scope for almost a year now and I can't say I'm satisfied with my success. I've obtained a 12x50 binoc and enjoy that a lot.I expect to be folowing your pages with great interest. Thanks. Don |
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Carol Shugar - 05/31/99 14:59:11 My Email:ceshugar@glasscity.net From: Toledo, OH | Comments: Thanks for making this page available. It'll be helpful in my elementary classroom. |
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Carol Shugar - 05/31/99 14:57:51 My Email:ceshugar@glasscity.net From: Toledo, OH | Comments: |
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Tom Armstrong - 05/28/99 16:03:44 My Email:toma1@uswest.net From: So. Salt Lake, UT Telescope(s) Owned: 4 inch mirror | Comments: |
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Thien Robert Miller - 05/27/99 20:55:17 My Email:thien777@earthlink.net From: Milwaukee, WI Telescope(s) Owned: NONE yet | Comments: You have a really nice site. I wish that you would have posted pictures of what you were able to see with your telecope. |
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Miriam - 05/23/99 15:25:15 From: Denmark Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4500 | Comments: I´ve had a lot of trouble with my telescope. But thanks to this site, I now know what the problem was. |
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Leigh Ann Wolcott - 05/22/99 20:01:39 My Email:lawolcott@yahoo.com From: you know where!!!!!! Telescope(s) Owned: sorry...none! | Comments: HI!!! Just wanted to get my 2 cents in...I like the page, even if I don't know anything about astronomy! Maybe someday, you can teach me! Good Luck! LOTS OF LUV...LEIGH!! |
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symi - 05/19/99 13:58:11 My URL:http://www.lolipop.ie/temp/default.htm My Email:symi_@hotmail.com From: Eire Telescope(s) Owned: 1 terrestrial | Comments: |
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Bruce W. Doctor - 05/10/99 02:49:49 My Email:bruced@bright.net From: Hicksville, OH Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco | Comments: Thanks for getting back with me. I appreciate the update for June. It will come in handy as I look into the night sky. Thanks again, oh what a starry night |
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w.m.lewis - 05/10/99 02:07:16 My Email:wml5992@aol.com From: 42d45'n-84d22'30"w Telescope(s) Owned: meade etx 90mm classic | Comments: |
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Helen J. Hoyt - 05/09/99 00:13:49 My Email:FeugHawk@aol.com From: Aurora Co. Telescope(s) Owned: 6"Newtonian | Comments: I built my scope in a class at the Denver Museum of Natural History. Only to find out how little I know about the sky. I get Sky and Telescope and I joined an Astronomy club, but they usually talk way over my head. I've bought some books and I' am plowin throught the hard way. Thanks for your page. There is so much to see and so much to learn, and so many cloudy nights ! Wish I'd have done this 50 year,s ago, but looking throught my scope makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks again for helping a newbie. |
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Siew woon - 05/06/99 23:22:32 My Email:toothfairy05@hotmail.com From: singapore Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: I am surfing around for information abt buliding your own telescope. Have any links ? U r doing a great job , as an beginner (me )Your information is easily to understand (a breeze). bye |
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Jerry Pulliam - 05/06/99 17:34:50 My Email:mjrquake@aa.net From: Milton, Washington Telescope(s) Owned: 8 X 56 Orion Bino's | Comments: I am very excited about your Web Site. I have looked at many so called beginners Web Sites for viewing the night skies and yours has been more helpful in 10 min than all the others put together. I am very new at this and needed some good help getting sta ted. I also bought several books (Backyard astronomy guide & Guide to the Stars) Both helpful but not that friendly to new and I mean new beginners. I subscribed to Astronomy Mag but once again not very helpfull to very new beginners. THANKS |
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John Clark - 05/05/99 13:35:31 My Email:clarkjh@sev.org From: Toledo Ohio | Comments: My 5 year old daughter loves stars so I am desparately trying to learn all the constellations that I wished I'd learned when I was her age! |
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Ena Wu - 05/05/99 04:55:33 My Email:ewu@webspan.net Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: |
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Mac Hayes - 05/04/99 22:26:17 My Email:mhayes@dotstar.net From: Pensacola FL Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 60mm reflector | Comments: Many thanks for a welcomed website for us small fry. Thanks again. |
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Joyce Bowen - 05/02/99 00:52:27 My Email:jlbow@access1.net From: Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm/700mm | Comments: |
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Chris - 04/30/99 12:34:47 My Email:Valentic3@aol.com From: Saginaw, Michigan | Comments: Thanks for the site. I am such an amatuer, this made it easy and enjoyable. |
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Renee' - 04/25/99 20:37:46 My Email:claybuff@aol.com From: Ventura Cnty, So. Calif. Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron, 4 1/2" Newtonian, or so it says! | Comments: This is a great place to start looking for info on operating telescopes. There is so much to learn and the information sometimes seems overwhelming. |
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ade gibson - 04/24/99 05:10:14 My Email:adeg77@hotmail.com From: england Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 60mm | Comments: just to say thanks for a site i can understand |
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Jonathan Koh - 04/22/99 11:25:11 My Email:jonathan220388@hotmail.com From: Singapore Telescope(s) Owned: Binoculars, 10*50mm | Comments: Well, Nice. |
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Patrick Marinus - 04/17/99 18:51:15 My Email:ON1CJU@mail.dma.be From: Antwerp in Belgium (Europe) Telescope(s) Owned: Binoculars, still searching for a good scope | Comments: I bookmarked your site ! Great info for beginners, I'll be visiting more often. Greetings from Belgium. |
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Eric - 04/15/99 21:53:20 From: USA | Comments: I do not know what kind of telescope mine is but when I look at Saturan, I can see a green ring if I ajust it right. |
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Lee Leavell - 04/14/99 14:33:32 My Email:doelee@buffnet.net From: Hamburg,NY Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron G-5 and Edmund 4" Refractor | Comments: |
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jared laws - 04/13/99 19:22:05 From: san jose calif Telescope(s) Owned: 6' orion | Comments: i really love looking at the stars at night but ive got a problem with understanding my tele the rules for it are complicated ,and i cant get enough of it |
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Bruce W. Doctor - 04/09/99 02:27:03 My Email:bruced@bright.net From: Hicksville, Oh Telescope(s) Owned: To the Moon - Refractor | Comments: I like what i see with your web page, I'll use it for reference when I look into the sky!!! |
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John Burton - 04/09/99 01:08:30 My Email:jburton@hsonline.net From: Columbus, Indiana Telescope(s) Owned: etx | Comments: Look forward to visiting you site often for tips on how to get the most from my scope. Thanks for putting forth the efford. |
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Sas Smith - 04/08/99 16:53:05 My Email:sassielassie@worldnet.att.net From: San Diego, CA Telescope(s) Owned: None, yet. | Comments: Love your site. I hope to purchase a telescope within the next 18 months. I'm going to start with binoculars and migrate up. Your insight has been very helpful! Thanks. |
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Rich DiMitri - 04/08/99 02:45:44 My Email:ddim@aol.com From: LongBeah N>Y> Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: While taking my 6 year old home from a neighbors tonihgt we were in awe of what a beutiful night sky it was and how many stars were visible. We observed a brilliant "star" in the west sky and I explained it was probably a planet.Thanks to your site I can xplain that we were probably looking at Venus. The is a great site with great info Iam sure Ill be back often |
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Rich DiMitri - 04/08/99 02:45:24 My Email:ddim@aol.com From: LongBeah N>Y> Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: While taking my 6 year old home from a neighbors tonihgt we were in awe of what a beutiful night sky it was and how many stars were visible. We observed a brilliant "star" in the west sky and I explained it was probably a planet.Thanks to your site I can xplain that we were probably looking at Venus. The is a great site with great info Iam sure Ill be back often |
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Pedro Hernandez - 04/07/99 01:36:47 From: Oklahoma Telescope(s) Owned: borrower | Comments: Excellent! Looking forward to the next constellation of the month. Hope to be able to execute crude navigation by this time next year. Keep up the good work, Pedro |
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Ralph - 04/06/99 19:34:03 My Email:relincon@juno.com From: Concord, CA Telescope(s) Owned: ETX | Comments: |
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Erhan Ozturk - 04/06/99 14:01:11 My URL:not ready yet My Email:erhano@ayesas.com From: Ankara/TURKEY Telescope(s) Owned: 10x50 binoculars | Comments: A very well prepared site. Thank you for your great effort to inform the new amateurs. Organizing deep sky objects by constellation makes it easy to organize our observation sessions. Also Constellation of the Month idea makes the people to know which obj cts are easy to see. Best regards and clear skies. |
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Wee Sunny - 04/06/99 08:43:46 My Email:sunny.wee@cor.dowjones.com From: Singapore Telescope(s) Owned: To get one soon | Comments: Grateful for your helping beginners like myself. Very interesting pages. |
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Glenn B - 04/06/99 02:43:03 My Email:beau123@hotmail.com From: Central Canada Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Thank you very much for your effort in this page. I am definately a beginner just looking at what I can find, and I've downloaded and kept most of your hard work here. I'm buying a telescope this year, and all the info is a huge help here. Wish I could buy ya a beer! Thanx again G |
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Mike Harrison - 04/02/99 22:34:48 My Email:capnmello@yahoo.com From: Pittsburg, CA Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm, 20x binocs | Comments: I just found your site: it looks good and informative. I'll keep checking back regularly. I am an occassional, very novice astronomer. Most of what I know at this point comes from my reading sci-fi stories. |
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Warren Bowery - 04/02/99 20:11:26 My URL:http://www.bright.net/~wbowery My Email:wbowery@bright.net From: NW Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5" reflector | Comments: This site is perfect for a beginner like myself. Thanks! |
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Valerie Gardner - 04/02/99 18:49:36 My Email:agardner@etv.net From: Utah Telescope(s) Owned: binoculars | Comments: I am so excited about this page! I immediately put this site in my favorites file! I love to stargaze. My parents gave me a pair of binoculars for college graduation a few years ago for stargazing, but I haven't been able to use them often because I didn't know what to look at. I can't wait to use the info that I find on this page! Thanks! |
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Brad Kuhn - 04/02/99 05:17:22 My Email:brkuhn@sprint.ca From: Edmonton, Alberta | Comments: |
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Tommy Avery - 04/01/99 18:41:50 My Email:tjavery@yahoo.com From: NJ Telescope(s) Owned: none, yet... | Comments: I really liked your page! It was very helpful to a beginner.... |
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jan mae - 04/01/99 05:37:39 My Email:maccor9165@aol.com From: olympia, Wash. Telescope(s) Owned: small | Comments: |
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Bob Hollingshead - 03/31/99 15:45:12 My Email:bobh5c@aol.com From: Groveport, Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5 Newtonian & binocs | Comments: Outstanding website, Ben!!! |
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Luc - 03/29/99 23:20:03 My Email:Lithend@aol.com From: Los Angeles Telescope(s) Owned: 4 1/2" relfector | Comments: Your site was very helpful. Thank you. |
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g. knowles - 03/29/99 01:41:03 My Email:glkno1@yahoo.com From: texas Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: thanks for taking the time to help less experienced viewers. I'm looking to purchase a telescope for my brother's birthday. he lives on a hill about 30 miles outside of austin, texas. my budget is from $300-400. if you have any suggestions for a novice, t would be appreciated. |
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Cliff Simmons - 03/29/99 00:24:24 My Email:Cadicliff@aol.com From: Cleveland Oh Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 285(60mm) | Comments: |
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Bruce Clarke - 03/28/99 04:11:55 My Email:bdclarke@magi.com From: Orleans, Ontario Telescope(s) Owned: 93mm refractor | Comments: Great Stuff!! |
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Kevin Bourque - 03/25/99 12:59:50 My Email:japnclan@yta.attmil.ne.jp From: Yokota, Japan Telescope(s) Owned: Jason 450 mm f/6.3 newtonian | Comments: Extremely New to Astronomy,building a Dob while learning the skies. Light pollution near Tokyo is almost unbearable. |
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gw bicknell - 03/23/99 21:06:26 My Email:gw@looksmart.com From: TEXAS Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 600mm (junk) | Comments: |
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Alnitak - 03/21/99 20:32:34 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/8602/ My Email:sky_alnitak@oocities.com From: sao paulo - brazil Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm refractor, 180mm dobsonian reflector | Comments: great page!!! |
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Denise Berthelot - 03/21/99 03:35:21 My Email:Denibe@Yahoo.com From: Louisiana Telescope(s) Owned: none, what do you suggest? | Comments: My son is becoming interested in star gazing. We live close to Baton Rouge. It's really amazing how the city lights block out so many stars. I have to travel almost an hour from my home to see the night sky I remember as a child. I used to love look ng for shooting stars in the summer. Great website, I'm sure we'll use it a lot in the upcoming months. |
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Deb Sloan - 03/17/99 00:39:38 My Email:randdsloan@aol.com From: Decatur,IL Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell675x4.5"reflector | Comments: Hope to find lots of helpful info here. I got one for X-mas because brother-in-law has one and the first time I was out "looking" thru his I was hooked. Hope to spend alot of time with "it" this sprig/summer learning about ALL that is out there!! Thank again for your help. |
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maynard Robinson - 03/16/99 10:03:56 My Email:maynard@goulburn.net.au From: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Telescope(s) Owned: 60mm meade polaris | Comments: I know its not much of a telescope but its all I have at the moment. Thanks for the site. Great stuff! |
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Simone Honeycutt - 03/13/99 14:49:18 From: North Carolina Telescope(s) Owned: UNC-C use their's | Comments: I took a class at UNC-C in astrology, now I'm hooked, but I need a telescope and a good eye. I like what you are doing here!! |
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Donald Wildy - 03/12/99 02:17:32 My Email:wildy@bestweb.net From: New Paltz, NY | Comments: I'm looking for stargazing level educational software programs. Where are they? |
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jesus carranza - 03/12/99 01:22:36 My Email:chomblo@email.com From: mexico city Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 60 mm | Comments: I think your site is great!!! i would like to know how to find some galaxies with my tiny telescope. Do you think is it possible. congratulations!!! |
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John Burton - 03/10/99 02:36:45 My Email:jburton@hsonline.net From: Columbus, In. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade ETX | Comments: Looks good, I have placed a book mark so I will be back when I have more time to look around. |
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Keith Scott - 03/09/99 21:52:03 My Email:keith.scott@gecits.ge.com From: Pennsylvania Telescope(s) Owned: Buying a 60mm Celestron | Comments: |
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Marcus - 03/09/99 04:55:34 My URL:http://www.precisionwebsites.com My Email:marcus@precisionwebsites.com From: York, PA Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Awesome site I saw some planets with the naked eye and found your website, it shed some light on the dull night, look forward to visiting again. Keep up the good work. Marcus |
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Genny Avery - 03/08/99 06:16:52 My Email:bee4life@hotline.com From: Barsrow Ca Telescope(s) Owned: like a junior | Comments: I like your site and i have many questions to ask you . Like for example i want to buy a $200.00 telescope but i'm not sure if it's right for a begginner. it is a Tasco Galaxsee 60mm refractor ! Can you help me ??? bee4life Thanks! |
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penny - 03/08/99 02:23:53 My Email:pennygayle@aol.com From: okla Telescope(s) Owned: I have | Comments: Like your site, it's great for beginners. The info of finding the constellations is helpfull. Thanks, Penny |
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Genny Avery - 03/07/99 18:27:41 My Email:butterfly4life02@yahoo.com From: California Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Hi, how are you ? Me , I'm a little confused. I have been looking threw the JCPenny catalogs and i found a telescope i like , but I'm not sure if its the right one to start out with. Its called the Tasco Galaxsee 60mm refractor telescope. It's only $199.99. What should I do ? HELP!!!!!! Genny Avery |
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Randy Warren - 03/07/99 15:13:11 My URL:http://www.altavista.com My Email:randyangie@prodigy.net From: Indianapolis, Indiana Telescope(s) Owned: Silver Eclipse. Piece of S*#t.... | Comments: Hi There, My scope was made in China, so imagine the optical quality. I have however, been able to see the rings of Saturn, and the Moons of Jupiter. There is no clarity though, and I would assume this is due to the quality of my current scope. Talk to you later....... |
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Stuart Clough - 03/04/99 19:57:02 My Email:stuart@clough2000.freeserve.co.uk From: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Telescope(s) Owned: Soon to be Oriion Optics UK GX10" Newt | Comments: Enjoyed your site, will visit certainly visit again |
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mike - 03/03/99 02:39:51 My Email:wml5992@aol.com From: michigan Telescope(s) Owned: 90mm | Comments: thanks for info |
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Philip Hall - 03/02/99 19:55:12 My Email:PHall30978@aol.com From: Enniskillen, Ireland Telescope(s) Owned: 32x Kowa spotting | Comments: Excellent page loads of info for a Novice, keep up the good work |
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bryan howard - 03/02/99 05:30:57 My Email:cinghina@bellatlantic.net From: bridgeton,NJ | Comments: |
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Scotty B - 03/02/99 01:52:46 My Email:sbphotoguy@yahoo.com From: ALABAMA | Comments: |
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Katlyn - 02/28/99 12:28:37 My Email:Logview@aol.com From: New York Telescope(s) Owned: N/A | Comments: Thanks for the info. I've been viewing Venus & Jupitor all month and decided to find out what I was looking at! Living on a hilltop in rural upstate N.Y. I have a great view, with your help now I'll have a little knowledge to go with it. Thanks Katlyn H. Kate |
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Dwayne Brennan - 02/28/99 03:48:40 My Email:ve6deb@hotmail.com From: Alberta Telescope(s) Owned: 8 in Celestron | Comments: |
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Delores & Kimberly Rabas - 02/27/99 01:57:27 My Email:rabas@media-net.net From: Russell, KS | Comments: |
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Anna Maria - 02/27/99 00:51:10 My Email:amschi@videotron.ca From: Montreal, Canada Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4,5in. reflector | Comments: I'm just starting to view the night sky and found your site to be very helpful. I never understood why the cosmos could not be viewed in technicolor until you explained it to me. I'll be checking your site regularly - thanks for putting it together! Cle r skies! :) |
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Hector Carrero - 02/27/99 00:02:44 My URL:http://homestead.com/geohirca/Indice.html My Email:geohirca@hotmail.com From: Venezuela Telescope(s) Owned: Nothing yet! | Comments: Your page is great! I encourage you to continue helping unexpert people like me. Late I will send you a e-mail with my question. |
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Janet Reiss - 02/26/99 17:58:12 My Email:www.Janet_Reiss@BCBST.com From: Chattanooga, Tennessee Telescope(s) Owned: None at present-looking at a 6" Newtonian as my first purchase | Comments: Enjoyed your site. This is a new hobby for me and it is great to have information a beginner can understand. I particularly appriciated your info on Orion. It is my favorite constellation. I have heard it said that it may be the location of heaven. Thanks-I'll be back. |
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Fan, Kuo-Sheng - 02/26/99 16:34:44 My URL:http://members.xoom.com/myhmpage/ My Email:pumbaatu@yahoo.com From: Taiwan Telescope(s) Owned: nil so far | Comments: I am a new comer. And I enjoyed your article very much. |
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David Harrison - 02/26/99 04:36:11 My Email:dnharris@deakin.edu.au From: Geelong, Australia Telescope(s) Owned: 114mm Newtonian | Comments: Your homepage is very informative. However I would like to know why a 6" Newtonian Reflector cost about A$1500 and a cassegrain of the same apature can cost $2500 and up. Thanks for the great homepage. |
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CDL - 02/25/99 18:00:41 My Email:clabedz@raex.com From: Cleveland, Ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5" Newtonian | Comments: It's about time someone has put together an aid for viewing with and appreciating smaller telescopes. Newer telescopes may have more light gathering technology, but one must remember their smaller telescope roots. Apart from many of us star gazers having titles such as "Environmental Engineer" or "Organic Chemist", we are all astronomers! Even with small telescopes. |
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graham hatton - 02/23/99 21:19:17 My Email:graham.haton@btinternet.com From: liverpool england Telescope(s) Owned: 50mm refractor | Comments: |
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mike bowcock - 02/22/99 19:58:48 My Email:mpbow@hotmail.com From: England Telescope(s) Owned: none (yet) | Comments: I've found this very useful. As a complete beginner (7 x 50 binoculars only) you have provided me with some solid advice for more advanced viewing. Thanks. |
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W Cutherell - 02/22/99 19:30:48 My Email:mwcuther@mfi.net From: FL Telescope(s) Owned: 400 mm telyte on Leica | Comments: |
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james smith - 02/22/99 16:51:53 My Email:astrojimbo@yahoo.com From: troy,ohio Telescope(s) Owned: 4.5'' f/4.4 reflector | Comments: great to find a little comradery for aperature impaired telescope owners!! i was a teenager(about 15) when i aquired my first scope.(90mm refractor) i drifted away from observing for the impulse of driving and girlsand the telescope fell by the wayside. but, i never forgot the enjoyment of viewing the heavens even if i really knew very little about astronomy. finally after 30 yrs i broke down and bought this short tube reflector. am just having a ball with it and am upgrading my eyepieces this week. a yhow enjoy your site and will continue to check in often . telescopicly challenged jim ha! |
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Danny Baggot - 02/22/99 06:16:43 My Email:Dbaggot@aol.com From: Tennessee Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron 4 1/2" Reflector | Comments: What a great site! I've got it bookmarked and have printed out some pages and given them to my son. We're having fun with his new telescope. We're also having fun learning together. Thanks! |
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Hermann Neus - 02/21/99 20:00:16 My Email:hneus@ibm.net From: Germany Telescope(s) Owned: Japanese Vixen NP-C4,5 f-900mm aperture 115mm Newtonian Reflector | Comments: Thanks for the excellent introduction. German astronomy literature is more heavy handed written. I' ve learned more today on your pages, than with German literature since the start of the month. Unfortunatly the sky was covered most nights here at the Rhine River valley in Bonn where I try to hone in the sky with my son's telescope, he left behind at our home. cheers from the Rhineland. |
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Kathryn Stalcup - 02/21/99 18:23:05 My Email:kskss00@tamuk.edu From: Atlanta, now in So. TX Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 60mm | Comments: Thanks! This is exactly the type of site I need!My daughter wants to be an astronaut (she's 6) so we got her the telescope for her birthday & this was just the kind of information we needed to help her find celestial objects! |
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Richard A. Bell - 02/21/99 17:42:03 My Email:spike@kuntrynet.com From: Lagrange IN Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 60mm | Comments: Just received the Tasco for Xmas. Weather here hasn't favorable for getting it out in order to learn about it. |
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joy anderson - 02/19/99 19:48:34 From: Crandon, WI | Comments: I really enjoy your site and my son has "marked" it for under favorites. I used your info to prepare for a visit to my 4th graders classroom and it made the star constellations far easier to comprehend and locate. Thank you. I saw the moon on 2-18 and as so excited had to check your web site to find out what I was looking at. JOY |
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Mike Rupe - 02/18/99 05:29:07 My Email:mrupe@earthlink.net From: San Jose, Ca Telescope(s) Owned: 90MM Refractor | Comments: |
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Wayne Petko - 02/18/99 02:48:23 My Email:waynepetko@juno.com From: SBB Telescope(s) Owned: 10" dob | Comments: |
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pannj - 02/18/99 02:12:13 From: florida Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: |
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Matt Jacques - 02/17/99 02:06:48 My URL:http://users.efortress.com/mejalm My Email:mejalm@efortress.com From: Rhode Island Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron First Scope 114 | Comments: Nice work on your site! Written in easy to understand language which is perfect for beginners. |
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Rich - 02/16/99 18:20:16 My Email:tscope4fun@aol.com From: PA, U.S.A. Telescope(s) Owned: Orion Skyview 90 mm Refractor | Comments: |
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Melissa David - 02/15/99 07:25:22 My Email:kitten9882 From: Merrilliville, Indiana Telescope(s) Owned: Bushnell 4 1/2 in wide | Comments: I'm a beginer with telescopes and I found a lot of usefull information on your web site. |
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Dave Luoma - 02/14/99 03:06:02 My Email:RAGADOOZ@prodigy.net From: Andover MN. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 1144AZ 4in.reflector | Comments: Just found this site,looks good,will be back often |
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gw bicknell - 02/13/99 14:12:22 My Email:gw@looksmart.com From: mesquite, TX Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 600mm | Comments: is there anyway to upgrade or modify my scope to stop images from dancing around? |
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John Mc - 02/13/99 06:08:51 My Email:Lynda_john@compuserve.com From: outside Montreal Telescope(s) Owned: searching for one | Comments: I like what I see and will bookmark this site! I am just starting to look for a used telescope and thought I'd start on the web. Several sites refered me to your site... If you know of someone who is selling a good 3-4" reflect pls let me know. I can use any tips or contacts. John. |
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Irma M. Fenty - 02/12/99 01:23:01 My Email:IMF1015@aol.com From: Long Island, N.Y. Telescope(s) Owned: 3" Bushnell Reflector | Comments: Hi, I wish I had known about your site before I purchased the telescope for my 12 yr. old son! Hey, you live and learn. My son and I are "wanna-be" beginner astronomers. We are still getting acquainted with the telescope and our own backyard patch of sk and are hoping to join an astronomy club by Spring. Your site provided us with invaluable advice and facts, thank you sooooo much! We'll be visiting again real soon... |
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Lori - 02/10/99 03:05:21 My Email:lorih@best.com From: Union City CA Telescope(s) Owned: meade 2.4 refracting | Comments: Excellent resource - thank you very much for having these pages and updating them so regularly. I've used them for 2 months now and wish the rain would go away so I could get started on Feb. Thanks again! Lori |
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Ken Roine - 02/09/99 18:48:57 My Email:roine@massed.net From: MA Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron G5 | Comments: |
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bill knapp - 02/08/99 20:28:26 My Email:williamknapp@hotmail.com From: Pierce, idaho Telescope(s) Owned: 10"meade reflector eq | Comments: i am starting an amateur astronomy club at our local high school. We hope to do some photography and CCD imaging. We could use all of the pointers that anyone can give us! |
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Richard Speding - 02/08/99 12:32:05 My Email:richard.speding@indosuez.co.uk From: London Telescope(s) Owned: TAL 1M 4.5 Inch Reflector | Comments: Very infomative site, keep up the good work |
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Jeff Messier - 02/07/99 15:52:35 My Email:marvin@together.net From: Vermont Telescope(s) Owned: 4" Reflector home made | Comments: |
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Chris Snyder - 02/07/99 14:19:10 My Email:downy2@juno.com From: Kansas City Telescope(s) Owned: none yet | Comments: Very interesting and well constructed web page that convinced me to look into buying my own telescope. |
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Eric - 02/06/99 06:08:31 My URL:http://www.pe.net/~curtis1 My Email:roath@juno.com From: Southern Ca. Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4-1/2" Reflector | Comments: |
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Benjamin Koh - 02/05/99 10:12:29 My Email:koh_benjamin@hotmail.com From: Singapore Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Very informative site. I especially like the bit about the difference between human eyes and photographic film. Perhaps you could include a small section on binoculars for those who can't or don't want to spend $300 immediately. |
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- 02/04/99 17:40:25 My Email:hamstersp From: duryea pa. Telescope(s) Owned: mead polaris | Comments: |
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norce1000 - 02/03/99 10:17:20 My Email:justin@magicnet.net From: Mlps., Minn.-30 yrs. Orlando, Fl. Telescope(s) Owned: neution reflector | Comments: former pilot, amature astronomer |
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nicole - 02/02/99 14:52:23 My Email:eyeful4@yahoo.com From: illinois Telescope(s) Owned: 4in. Tasco refractor | Comments: Could you give me some tips on how to balance my telescope. Also what exactly is declination? I love looking up at the sky and I have seen some impressive objects with my telescope, but it's such a pain to find smaller things like the orion nebula. Is his because I havn't balanced my telescope? One more thing, I have 20mm and 4mm lenses but when I try to switch the 20mm to the 4mm it doesn't work. I can't seem to focus it right. What do you think I should do? |
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Someone that likes this page - 02/01/99 22:47:23 From: North America Telescope(s) Owned: one binocular | Comments: I 've started star gazing like last night. I think this site provides a lot of information a beginner wants. Thanks! |
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Herb Kain - 01/31/99 19:38:01 My Email:HERBMARGLG.aol.com From: LA Selva Beach Cal Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron C8 | Comments: First time user. |
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Melanie22 - 01/31/99 03:30:42 My Email:Melanie22@zdnetmail.com From: TN | Comments: This is a great site for beginners, like me. Thanks |
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Charles - 01/30/99 17:45:53 My Email:cjtheasp@gte.net From: CA Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: Really great site....after many years away from astronomey I now know I forgot more than I realize...thanks for your efforts and please keep this site up & running |
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Dave Rootham - 01/30/99 01:17:07 My Email:roots@citilink.com From: Minneapolis, MN Telescope(s) Owned: None :(( | Comments: Just to say thanks for your efforts. Hope to finish my research on telescopes shortley and perhaps have something this summer. Have a nice set of 7x50 binnoculars in the meantime. |
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Maggie Maloney - 01/28/99 20:17:27 My Email:mmal3402@students.devry.atl.edu From: Atlanta, Georgia | Comments: I was just doing some research for a friend of mine's son who received a telescope for Christmas. Very nice Webb site. |
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Mende Mason - 01/27/99 16:05:09 My Email:masone@erols.com From: Colonial Hgts, VA | Comments: |
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Ken Sinclair - 01/26/99 22:25:55 My Email:kdsincla@swbell.net From: Tulsa Oklahoma Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 4.5in Reflector | Comments: Great Idea! I had gotten a bit discouraged with my viewing because it was so hard to find useful information on objects I could really see. Look forward to visiting this site often. |
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europe43 - 01/26/99 17:39:40 My Email:europe43athotmail .com From: ireland | Comments: excellent page |
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Ching Yi Tsai - 01/24/99 04:27:46 My URL:http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tsai My Email:tsai@ihug.co.nz From: Auckland, New Zealand Telescope(s) Owned: Starsplitters 6" GEM, ETX | Comments: What a excellent page! I will refer it to all my friends who are beginning to be interested in astronomy. Than |
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Wm Smith - 01/23/99 21:23:55 My Email:thedude@mich.com From: Grayling,Mich Telescope(s) Owned: Celes 114, tasco60mm | Comments: Fantastic site, I learned a lot in the last couple of months. Your site has been very imforative. Keep up the great work. Thanks. Wm. |
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Frank Jennings McClelland - 01/22/99 15:33:18 My Email:fjmtwo@ptd.net From: Prattsburgh NY Telescope(s) Owned: one small | Comments: I am currently researching the purchase of a better telescope. Probably a Meade 90mm ETX Astro Telescope. This seems to be in my price range,although I'm still researching Meade scopes.I am pretty much a laymen in this field,but hope to gain some insight into viewing techniques at this site. |
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callene - 01/22/99 10:15:18 My Email:rockcreek@powwwer.net From: Leon, Kansas Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: this is one of the coolest, most informative pages I have ever seen! I'm adding it to my list of bookmarks for my next bout of insomnia! Can't wait to see what the next update is. |
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Brian Norman - 01/21/99 22:53:59 My Email:brian@study19.freeserve.co.uk From: England Telescope(s) Owned: 110mm Reflector | Comments: Very good site! |
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Charles Cook - 01/21/99 20:14:01 My Email:ccook@mcdowell.main.nc.us From: NC Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 114eqd-4.5 Reflector | Comments: Just beginning- your site is very helpful, since I know little as to how to find/observe the solar syatem. Tks. CC |
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Ray satterfield - 01/21/99 04:22:06 My URL:intersteller@*., My Email:http*@., From: kentucky Telescope(s) Owned: 1mead telstare | Comments: |
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Guy Duke - 01/21/99 02:45:53 My Email:rduke@gulf.net From: Pensacola FL Telescope(s) Owned: ETX | Comments: GREAT site since Im a small scope user and totally a novice! |
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Lee Leavell - 01/19/99 16:12:02 My Email:doelee@buffnet.net From: Hamburg, N.Y. Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron G5 & Edmund 4" Refractor | Comments: I'd like to find a discussion page for G5 Owners. |
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Charlene Bryan - 01/19/99 13:51:03 My Email:Charlene_27@yahoo.com From: Irving, TX Telescope(s) Owned: 2 Telescopes. Now we have a Meade | Comments: I had a question about cleaning telescopes. How do we clean them? Do we need to take them to a camera shop or do it ourselves. The last one we messed up trying to clean it so we got a new one. Last question is what is a demister? |
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tracy jones - 01/19/99 04:05:00 My Email:jonesfam @js-net.com From: lake arrowhad, ca, (el. 5300'!!) Telescope(s) Owned: 4 1/2" dob. | Comments: great site! keep it up. |
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triBBle - 01/18/99 10:30:33 From: Alpha Quadrent Telescope(s) Owned: None | Comments: Hi, love your page. I especially love the info on the monthly constellation. The history of the constellations is groovy. Love it. I have more to say but, I'm tired. Well, just want to say job well done. Good info for me and others who use this page. Thx. -tribble |
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joseph sego - 01/18/99 01:50:23 My URL:http://www.yahoo.com My Email:bsego@kiva.net From: bloomington, in Telescope(s) Owned: bushnell 612 x 3" reflector | Comments: thank you for being available to me and my family. was searching the net and found you.we just got this telescope for christmas, and are excited about using it. keep keeping us informed, with much thanks. the sego's |
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Ravi Shroff - 01/17/99 09:38:18 My Email:tungtyed@usa.net From: Mumbai, India Telescope(s) Owned: 80mm dia, reflective | Comments: hi!! i am really happy to know that u take interest in amateur backyard astronomers. i am also a backyard astronomer & need help from people like u. i am still at the beginning stage. i am also interested in starting a local amateur astonomy club. if u have any tips mail me. thanx, ravi |
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Danny y Debbie Armstrong - 01/16/99 21:37:33 My Email:dandeb@inorth.on.ca From: Elliot Lake, Ontario Telescope(s) Owned: Tasco 200x50mm | Comments: Hi - we are brand new at star gazing. Being sailors, we have alot of opportunity to enjoy viewing the sky at night. We hope to eventually know the stars well enough to become proficient with our sextant. Your website is by far the best we have come across - as beginners, we find it very easy to use in language we understand. |
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otis hackett - 01/16/99 01:22:54 My Email:otishackett@linkonline.net From: woodland hills, ca Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: very good web site for beginners. my neigbor has a 120mm refractor telescope. are there any elementary books you could suggest for novices on where to look in the sky for stars/constellations? |
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Rick - 01/15/99 02:52:19 My Email:nadinesgems@gbis.com From: nevada Telescope(s) Owned: binoc's | Comments: |
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Jim Scott - 01/15/99 00:38:23 My Email:jps3@olg.com From: Clinton, MD Telescope(s) Owned: A&F Constellation,F910mm,D60mm | Comments: great site, will vist again when I have more time |
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Harish MOHAN - 01/14/99 12:52:15 My Email:ashokmohan@vsnl.com From: India Telescope(s) Owned: 6"refractor | Comments: I have bookmarked your site for frequent visits Thank You. |
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Lorraine F. Lezama - 01/11/99 04:44:05 My Email:nrlezama@bellsouth.net From: Miami, FL Telescope(s) Owned: none | Comments: |
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Dreb - 01/11/99 03:04:06 My Email:stedt@swbell.net From: Wichita KS Telescope(s) Owned: tasco 450 power | Comments: bought tele at closeout sale in less than perfect condition. presently study night skies by naked eye and/or 7.5 binocs. it's fascinatin' up there, aint it? |
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Dana - 01/10/99 17:59:51 My Email:Ttime53@aol.com From: outside Los Angeles Telescope(s) Owned: Meade 114ED-SQ 4.5 | Comments: Wife gave me first telescope for Christmas 98'. Always wanted one, have held a fascination for space exploration all my life. As a beginner I have much to learn. |
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Susan Sweeney - 01/10/99 16:54:47 My Email:sweener@megsinet.net From: northern Chicago suburb-Northbrook, IL Telescope(s) Owned: none yet-trying to decide. | Comments: I am a rank beginner - no physics in my background! Also, some suburban light pollution limits me. This is my first visit to your site. I am still trying to decide my first telescope purchase. |
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Ben M. - 01/10/99 01:58:46 My URL:http://www.oocities.org/~smalltelescope My Email:tyberion@erols.com From: New Jersey Telescope(s) Owned: Celestron C4.5, Bushnell 60mm Refr., 7x50 binocs | Comments: I just wanted to test out my new guestbook, but someone beat me to it...Thanx for visiting, Amber! |
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Amber Bennett - 01/10/99 01:21:01 E-mail Address: amber141@email.com From: Tulsa, OK | Comments: Great page! I especially appreciated the explanations of focal lenth, focal ratio, etc. |