[Chaos-l] Getting Ready for Vacation

[Michael Hrivnak]

Matt,

Big Bang closed their retail storefront and is now online-only.

I was at the outer banks just a few days ago and had a really good time with 
binos and a small refractor.  I just made a blog posting about it which you 
can check out here:

http://michaelsastronomy.blogspot.com/

If the weather cooperates, I think you'll be glad you brought the telescope, 
unless you have big binos.  Of course, that's assuming you can work around the 
full moon on Friday 9/4.

Good luck!
Michael

On Sunday 30 August 2009 12:11:25 pm matted wrote:
> Hi everyone -
>
> I am getting ready for a long-awaited vacation in a week - off to the outer
> banks.  I've never seemed to have luck with clear skies out that way, but
> thinking of bringing my smaller Meade ETX-90 with me which I am still
> borrowing.  Do you think it is worth bringing, or just stick to the binos?
> The rental house has a deck on top of the house, which I'm thinking would
> make a great place to setup a scope.  Just no room in the car for my 10"
> dob if I want kids to come.
>
> Does anyone in the area service scopes?  Perhaps not in the next week, but
> I would like to get it collimated as it is off by enough to tell a
> difference - and I understand aligning everything on a Mak is a job for a
> professional... and as long as it's getting serviced, perhaps it should be
> cleaned, and get the goto-gears cleaned or such (they are slipping so the
> goto does not work properly).  I tried emailing the folks at "Big Bang
> Astro" but they never reply.  Also, any clue how much a job like this would
> cost?  I'd like to return the scope in better condition than it was loaned
> to me, but obviously cant spend a fortune on it.
>
> -Matt

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