[Chaos-l] Australian Telescope

[walter fowler]

The big problem that I see is hanging upside down to look through an
Australian scope to get the correct orientation - maybe not so hard if you
are a koala.  Walter

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>wrote:

> Jon (or anyone else),
>
> So this is interesting to me.    Is there a possible "problem" with this
> telescope mount because it was purchased in Australia and is somehow "setup"
> to work in the southern hemisphere?   Or are all Celestron mounts setup for
> northern hemisphere by default?
>
> Robert
>
>
> Jon Stewart-Taylor wrote:
>
>> Hi all.  I received the following message regarding a telescope for sale:
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *"John & Vicki" <jrhslick at yahoo.com <mailto:jrhslick at yahoo.com>>
>>> *Date: *December 31, 2008 10:06:28 PM EST
>>> *To: *"'Jon Stewart-Taylor'" <joncst at earthlink.net <mailto:
>>> joncst at earthlink.net>>
>>> *Subject: **RE: Telescope*
>>>
>>
>> *I have a Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain C8 telescope that I purchased about
>>> 18 months ago while I was in Australia. *
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It has a nice EQ mount(I think the CGEM), the power pack, filter and
>>>> lens kit, with the computer and 40,000 (I think) map points.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know if anyone in your club might be interested in this kit?
>>>>
>>>  The ad is on Craig's list here:
>>> http://raleigh.craigslist.org/for/974253843.html (general for sale) <
>>> http://raleigh.craigslist.org/for/974253843.html%20%28general%20for%20sale%29
>>> >
>>>  If you can post that to your email list, I would appreciate that.
>>>  cheers (and Happy New Year!)
>>>
>>>
>> John
>>
>>>
>>> *John & Vicki Hungerford*
>>> 8 Penwick Pl
>>> Hillsborough, NC 27728
>>> 919-321-2803
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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