Hi Antonio,
My scope arrived this morning - which explains why it was snowing! Still,
bad weather will give me a chance to work out how best to piggy-back it onto
my Newtonian, and to get acquainted with the new scope.
Clear Skies,
Jon.
<em class="quotelev1">> -----Original Message-----
<em class="quotelev1">> From: Antonio Fernandez [mailto:afernan10_at_wanadoo.es]
<em class="quotelev1">> Sent: 09 April 2003 22:50
<em class="quotelev1">> To: QCUIAG_at_yahoogroups.com
<em class="quotelev1">> Subject: [QCUIAG] Re: M51 with SC3.2
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> Thank you Jon!
<em class="quotelev1">> mine is actually a "Celestron Firstscope 80EQ model #21072" as it
<em class="quotelev1">> appears in the label sticked to the OTA or a Celestron 80WA as per
<em class="quotelev1">> the user manual, so it is the very same thing you have ordered :-)
<em class="quotelev1">> In any case is the 80mm f/5 OEM Chinese achromat sold under many
<em class="quotelev1">> different brands (Orion Short Tube, ST80, etc). I nicknamed
<em class="quotelev1">> it "Kakahashi", but this is a joke :-) that only spanish speaking
<em class="quotelev1">> amateur astronomers may understand. The phonetics of Kaka is a non-
<em class="quotelev1">> offensive way of saying "crap", so it is like saying a "crappy" Tak ;-
<em class="quotelev1">> )
<em class="quotelev1">> I purchased it mail order back in 1998, paid $250 for the scope with
<em class="quotelev1">> viewfinder, diagonal, 25mm eyepiece and EQ mount. A lot of scope for
<em class="quotelev1">> the money!
<em class="quotelev1">> Wish I had a Tak, but I really love my Kak ;-)
<em class="quotelev1">> cheers,
<em class="quotelev1">> antonio
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> --- In QCUIAG_at_yahoogroups.com, Jon Grove <JGrove_at_S...> wrote:
<em class="quotelev2">> > Hi Antonio,
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev2">> > Very impressive M51, for an 80mm scope. I've just ordered a
<em class="quotelev1">> Celestron 80WA,
<em class="quotelev2">> > so I'm interested to see what can be imaged through this kind of
<em class="quotelev1">> scope.
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev2">> > Clear Skies,
<em class="quotelev2">> > Jon.
<em class="quotelev2">> >
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