Oh well, I'm a lot older. Different Time, I guess

Not so...How Green Was My Valley is also one of my fvorites...book as well
as movie...and Rebecca....To Kill A Mockingbird....Madwoman of Chaillot and
A Lion In Winter....Cat On A Hot Tin Roof....they don't make drama now like
they used to.....

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

This is my telescope:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-466/p60.jpg

Donal wrote:



I've got a cheap Tasco (optimum mag 105x). I'd like to get something
better, but I know sod all about telescopes.


Tasco are not generally very good instruments. Anything sold in a
department store is just a toy. I'd say you really get what you pay for.
Quality lenses and mirrors are expensive and as size goes up the price
goes up faster. A rough guide, don't look at less than 3" aperture
costing about $1000 (the smallest worthwhile aperture). A 5" Mak or 8"
SCT might also be found for that sort of figure. Some Dobs are good
value and you can get about a 8-10" mirror for that. Check out Meade and
Celestron as starters. Then you'll have to add eyepeices (good ones are
more than $150)etc. I'd recommend you go to a star party, astronomers
are really nice and helpful and will help you get started. Quality
second hand kit can be good but good optics tend to hold their price...

Cheers

Jeff Morris wrote:
This is my telescope:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-466/p60.jpg



And where is it now?

Cheers

I don't prefer movies, except anything directed by Mel Gibson. I spend my
time reading The Bible, doing good deeds and preparing for everlasting life
with all the glory and power. Amen!
You will, along with all of Hollywood, burn in hell! I spread the word of
the Lord from my binnacle/pulpit through a 120 watt audio amplifier.
Moorings up and down the eastern seaboard have heard the good word - like it
or not! I have my son go out in the dinghy with the collection plate and
good Christian sailors are mighty generous for they know the power and
glory! Amen!
God bless you fine folk and show a little mercy on those destined for
eternal damnation such as Bobsprit and Ganz. Halleluiah!

BC



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Mutiny on the Bounty (Gable/Lorton)
Captains Couragous (Tracy)
How Green was My Valley (Pigeon)
Quit Man

Oh well, I'm a lot older. Different Time, I guess

Tom, I listed SOME of my favorites...not all. We could go on for a long
time
listing favorites, such as the often forgotten Of Mice and Men....probably
the
purest adaptation ever made or just one year later...The Grapes of Wrath,
a
film that Henry Fonda traded his contract in for the chance to play Tom
Joad.
My point to Katie and Doug was that they foolishly let Baywatch and
Gilligan's
Island tycast a whole art medium. They missed out, especially now when new
technology allows the medium to expand. For example, Monsters Inc. is
probably
one of the best movies ever made, certainly among the best animated films.
To
casually miss out on the power of such work is a narrow minded and obvious
loss.

RB

Both my scopes are on GT German eq.
mounts. I also have some 77mm semi apo binoculars on a Manfrotto based
mount (made by me) and some 50mm binos for boat use. We get such good
seeing here -even in my backyard.


Sounds great! A good night of observing is second only to sailing!

RB

The Sting.
I'll never forget the whole theatre breaking into applause at the end.

I'll never forgot the cheers when Martin Brody killed the shark in Jaws.

RB

He finally slips and admits what we've known all along. He doesn't sail.

It was pretty obvious.

RB

I've got a cheap Tasco (optimum mag 105x). I'd like to get something
better, but I know sod all about telescopes.


Donal, if you're willing to spend some cash, it's hard to beat a Celestron 8
for the money, in any of it's incarnations. Sets up fast, very portable and
quite powerful. There are a host of scopes out there from companies like Meade,
Orion, Astrophysics and so on. I think the best bet is to find a local star
party and try out some scopes of different designs and see what you like. Some
big light buckets (generally 12" or larger mirrors) can really make you gasp.
You might think it's worth the trouble to own one.
Ditto on Nav's comment on Tasco. If you want a low cost scope, here's one that
would bring years of fun:

http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?it...CT&path=1%2C2%
2C4%2C8&KickerID=360&KICKER

If you have some serious questions about any of this feel free to e-mail me
directly. If more people spent time with a telescope, they'd gain some
perspective and stop trying to kill eachother!

RB

Bobsprit wrote:
Both my scopes are on GT German eq.
mounts. I also have some 77mm semi apo binoculars on a Manfrotto based
mount (made by me) and some 50mm binos for boat use. We get such good
seeing here -even in my backyard.


Sounds great! A good night of observing is second only to sailing!


You betcha. An there are none so blind as those that cannot see!

Cheers