Robindonne

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If an adapter is out of the budget, i would search for a vixen dovetail bar, instead of the losmandy bar.  

1 minute ago, andrew s said:

I never expressed an opinion on panspermia one way or the other. I don't  know how you can know what I "soaked up" from the presentation.  You seem to have a tendency to ascribe views to others without any evidence.  I will leave it here.

Regards Andrew 

Sorry Andrew.  The “you” in the “ its a shame when you dont soak up” was not you as in Andrew.  More like in a general sense.  

2 hours ago, robin_astro said:

The headline and linked video the top of this page has been changed several times during the life of this thread, (The problem with hot Iinking)  I dont know who changed it or why  (possibly as a result of my criticism.)  but the original headline clearly stated that  "panspermia had been proved" as I said in my first post. 

Robin

Would you have reacted differently if the headline of this thread was changed?   Because it didn’t.  My post was never to push some theories.   It was actually a post because of his welcome line “Hello wonderful people”.  That same welcome was used by a sgl member in another post. I asked that sgl member about Antons channel.  He didn’t know him and therefore i posted this link.  The link is never changed nor was the headline. I added a second link, only to show this guy is not a clickbait fool.  
 

the bitter reaction was on the present and never changed headline on this topic.  Therefore my only conclusion was: or R-astro is very religious or he has his own channel.   

3 hours ago, andrew s said:

Sorry can you say what I was incorrect about? Was it that the original papers authors did claim to prove panspermia , that the presenter did or both?

I was trying to be supportive to you point of view on this video but I may have misjudged what you intended.

Regards Andrew 

Sorry.  I meant: No you are correct indeed.  I could also not find any sensationalism in this guys videos.  So i think you’re right.  Thx for accentuating the video is a non-panspermia-theory-pushing video.

2 hours ago, Synchronicity said:

You might think I'm rude or offensive and I apologise if I've hurt your feelings. 

lol no apologies needed.   Its not that i take all reactions so serious😉

3 hours ago, andrew s said:

I was trying to be supportive to you point of view on this video but I may have misjudged what you intended.

 Thank you for that!

So to make an end to this post, a post that was born after a sgl-er (by coincidence) used the same welcoming as the guy from the linked videos. I can only conclude that the panspermia theory triggers a lot of emotions.  And although the chance is very small that the panspermia theory is correct, for me it equals all other theories about our origins, and therefore its just a matter of choice.  
I can understand that for some groups, this theory is impossible.   I can only laugh when i hear why its impossible.  
 

Robin-astro, if can help me remembering the initial headline, please let me know.   I might suffer from dementia. But as far as i know, an edited post shows its edited?

28 minutes ago, andrew s said:

have just watched the video and while I am sure @robin_astro is right that the science papers did not make claims for panspermia  I don't  think the presenter did either.

No correct.   Its not that i’ve lived under a rock, and suffer from some sort of lack of filtering the “clickbaits” from informative and objective info.  I think the subject was a wrong chosen one.  The achilles’ heel for some groups on this globe.  
 

But its a shame if you don’t soak up parts of his other info, just because you have an aversion to panspermia.  

8 hours ago, Synchronicity said:

  I don't understand what anyone gets from spreading such anti science nonsense.  There's too much of this on cable TV and the internet where people take a couple of facts or opinions and then invent sensationalist rubbish just to get attention.

Try real science sites like https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution/videos where real science is presented in an interesting and informative way.

Michael

So you didn’t watch his video?

Was wondering if any of you watched this or other clips from Anton? Forget the clickbait reactions, just watch an episode and judge

Well, it should be possible if you calculate a bit more then just the movement on one night.    Over a longer period, and with some very very delicate equipment, you have to be able to make a sort of estimation.   But you’ll need some comparable objects incl their data.  Its also late here, and english is not my main language, so sorry if it all sounds a bit off

While searching for a keeper planetary eyepiece, i also saw this Tak being reviewed good.  Although, i remember the reviewer mentioning some differences when used with prims vs dielectric mirror diagonals.   Possible he also mentioned differences using different scopes.   
 

I hope to get a Toe soon.   The overall satisfaction should be good, and give the best and easy to use experience.

Having worked for almost 25 years now in all sorts of wood production, with different brands stationary and mobile machines, i think it safe to safe to say that each brand has some good and some bad products.  I think it works a bit the same in all other categories.  Best is to read experienced-user experiences for a partical scopetype. 
 

There are failed engineered products among almost all brands i guess.  

Bearings?

26 minutes ago, mdstuart said:

Alt motion still stiff to get going but smooth once in motion even with silicon wax...any ideas anyone?

Maybe the plywood curves deform a bit under the weight?

Last year i also found some astro related stuff on amazon.   It was definitely a scam.  A skywatcher eq6r for €395,-, new from a german store.   It was visible on amazon for a couple of days.   Never buy these offers please.  I used google to find out Amazon is not 100% safe.   They’ll delete it in the end but they cannot guarantee these sort of cowboys keep popping up with to good to be true items.   
 

In Holland we have had some of these cases recently. Items wrong priced by accident, and according to a law, the seller has the option to cancel, even if you already paid for it.  If its paid and delivered, then you can keep it (grey area).   
 

Internet is a copy of the real world. Always be careful and avoid being tricked.  

Maybe this mount dates back to the time they used cubits.  I guess its 1,1 cubit. 

Phytagorean theorem🤓

No neighbour, its from 70 to 110cm

15 hours ago, vlaiv said:

Just been looking around and it reminds of this one very much:

https://explorescientificusa.com/products/twilight-1-mount

 

That must be a coincidence.  

Getting closer 

2 hours ago, JamesF said:

Something about it just screams old-school Baader to me, but I don't even know if they made such an eyepiece.

James

I had a deja vu when it was offered to me today.  I am very sure i saw these ep’s last month.  The green m.c. caught my eye but never paid attention to it anymore.  
 

Now i just cant find the website where i saw these.   Hours of googeling “15 mm plossl mc” brought me nothing yet😕. 
 

Thanks for helping a bit out.  

Ok this is a very boring quiz, one question and you cant win a thing.   Fill in the correct brand and press the send button.

(i cant find it myself but i think its an Orion)??

Good luck.  Gloves?  Tomorrow is Sunday😬

I just received this very lightweight bar.   It has 2 “camera” screws, so it attaches quite easily to the tuberings.  And best of all, the adm mini dovetail systems fits.  
The bar is 300 mm long and around £8,-   A very nice alternative for the much heavier adm mds bars.  I suppose its strong enough for almost everything, i attached a handle to it that has to carry the whole telescope.

7 hours ago, Padraic M said:

got the shivers when I saw where you left your eyepieces though

At least they cant fall anymore

You pictured the tail of the rover

3 hours ago, Saganite said:

Tonight though is making up for it in bucket loads.

Tonight was one to remember.   First time i  had the feeling my 3.5 mm ep wasn’t enough. Such a nice couple of hours.   Sore wrist from my manual control cables🙂

I went from 80ed to 70ed to 100ed to 120ed (in 6 months😬) to sell all previous ones and keep the 120.  
 

The 80mm was an easy to handle telescope.  A Zenithstar, very short tube.  The SW 100ed is around 900mm long.  Same as SW 120ed.  The step from 80 to 100 was a big one in tube and weight.  
 

Thinking back,  i would skip the 100, and searched for a nice 120/130.