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Greetings, fellow .Spacers! A few years ago I went to Target and bought a little telescope from the toy section: a Discovery Channel telescope, 300 power, 50 mm; I forget the actual manufacturer's name, but it was a real telescope company, and this (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I have some reply, but I don't think it'll be entirely correct. Let me know if you want me to spill my brains all over and speak it, or just to sit back and play Earth and Beyond again. -Dan (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP again (...) Please do, I'm sure others (me!) would like some advise as well! -Rob. (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) -snip (...) I don't have an answer here. I hardly use telescopes; I've used my father's once or twice, but it's on a stand. (...) I don't know about the movements of the telescope, but about the lenses. If the lenses are similar to a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) High-magnification telescopes will have one or two miniscopes mounted to the side to use for pre-aiming, but your telescope probably isn't powerful enough to warrant one of those. There should be two adjustment knobs to control rotation and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Dan, Please do share! But not if your brains need to leak to do it. 8>) I'm interested in any advice you might have. Thanks! Peace and Long Life, Tony (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Dan, Oh...duh...here's your reply!!! 8>) I should have read the whole thread first. I'm not sure if it works that way or not, but maybe I'll spend some time this weekend playing around with it to see if it's the same as microscope lenses. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Purple Dave, Thank you for your description!! This will actually help; I knew about those knobs, but I think I had them too tight, and had to keep bumping the 'scope harder than I should have. (...) Again, thanks! This echoes Dan's comments (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) the toy (...) actual (...) their (...) went. (...) hobby (...) Hi Tony, Given that your scope is a 300x model, you have a 3x barlow, and your smallest eyepiece is 6mm, I think it's reasonable to deduce that your objective (the big lens in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Mark Riley wrote: (Lots of great stuff!!) Mark, WOW!! Thank you very much for your kind thoughts! That really helps to understand how the lenses work, and how to view at the higher magnifications. I'm going out this evening to sight (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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You guys are great!!! Thank you very much for all your help! .SPACE!!! Peace and Long Life, Tony (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I also find the heavens above web site very helpful when spotting astronomical bits & pieces: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Fully tightened is great for still-shoot photography, as once you've got it aimed correctly you don't have to worry about it moving. Fully loosened isn't good for much beyond rough-aiming, but I suppose it would work for photographing (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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"Tony Alexander" <tw0nst3r@startrek.net> wrote in message news:HJp93G.1HqI@lugnet.com... (...) <much snipping> First some basics: a telescope's maximum magnification power is limited by the diameter of the objective lense (the bigger lens--the side (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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