[Chaos-l] New 18" Scope

[Mark South]

I am so happy that you've got this scope!  You are going to love it.
OK now we need a a new moon, dark sky site, good weather, and the  
eskimo nebula at 900x bro!
I just got a Celestron 102 mm wide-field scope for my birthday and  
this should prove nice for low-power wide field views.
Mark

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Mark South
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On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Michael Hrivnak wrote:

> I finally cracked.  The price on the 18" Starmaster that was for  
> sale in
> Wilson kept going lower and lower, and today I bought it.  The  
> optics are
> Pegasus, and the certificate shows some very impressive stats.   
> Strehl is
> 0.99 and Wavefront P-V error is 1/22.5 wave.
>
> It looks to be in great shape, and the optics are pristine.  It came  
> with a
> telrad, scope coat, argo navis, and a black shroud.
>
> But perhaps the most impressive part of the day was fitting it into  
> my 2-door
> Honda Civic!  Here are some pictures:
>
> http://hrivnak.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1252
>
> My experience thus far in CHAOS has been tremendously  
> inspirational.  Thanks
> to everyone (especially Mark) who has helped me learn to star-hop  
> and observe
> these past 9 months.  You're a big part of the reason I'm moving up  
> to large
> equipment, and I can't wait to share this new chapter with you all.
>
> Now, can anyone do something about the weather?  I think it would  
> all but
> guarantee a win in Tuesday night's election!
>
> Hoping to get this thing out real soon,
> Michael
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