bugwubber

Great! Only two screws for collimation so that takes some getting used to. Taking it to a star party this weekend to have it looked over by someone more experienced than I.

Finally ditching the shoebox! Got a number of astronomy camping trips lined up and knew that everything needed more protection and to be sealed from dust. Found this case with a gasket around the lid. Planning to use the middle for solar filters.

You observe its true speed when it flies directly overhead. As the angle changes its speed appears to slow down but its apparent size begins to change instead. Its actual velocity remains constant.

An rc aircraft at 500 ft with lights?

What a fun mystery. Good luck! Be sure to use only a handheld phone with camera to record and digitally zoom in and out multiple times and cause your autofocus to go wacky for half the video.

Hey, beats what they were in... ;-)

Shoot, for as wide an fov as that gives, he can just hold it.

My Cat I bought used. Came with orig owner's manual and bill of sale. A 1980 8" Meade 2080. Also came with a tabletop wedge which doesn't see a whole lot of use.

Only fracs I have are these twins...

Love these scopes. Mine is the Celestron version. Picked a few up on Amazon for $20 each a few years back. Of course had to replace the plastic eyepieces with glass plossls before pointing it at the Sun. Much better than those Galileoscopes.

Howdy everyone, thought I'd show you a picture of my 12" Dob set up for Solar. What's that you don't see it? Here's another angle... I call it Thing 1. Thing 2 is inside right now.