Again, trimmed for brevity.
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Originally Posted by Lomitus
Charlie and Aurora...I'm getting there on the eye relief thing...one question tho...how do I know what the eye relief is on my lenses (or other brand lenses for that matter)? The only thing I'm seein printed on the lenses is basically "Meade MA 9mm" (or the corresponding number). Basically when I go to get more lenses, this seems like something that I should at least be familiar with. Also, while I don't actually use my eye glasses at the moment for viewing, its inevidable that at some point in my life I will...and from what I've read wearing eye glasses is a factor with eye relief or something as well. Sorry if I'm fixating on this particular subject.
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Not a problem, it's a legitimate concern. Other than reading the manufacturer's specs, I don't know a way to calc the eye relief without getting an image to properly focus on, and that means putting it in a scope. Aurora, ya wanna take a shot at this one?
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Originally Posted by Lomitus
I did take the scope out earlier this afternoon during the daylight and was able to get the viewfinder setup...it was still a pain. I've gotten a couple of messages from folks on those Meade forums that basically said, yes, after the warrenty expires, go ahead an drill the sucker.
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I am mystified at the trouble you're having with the finderscope. Have you tried calling Meade customer no-service? Maybe they packed the wrong bracket or the wrong scope or your karma's expired or something...puzzling,,,
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Originally Posted by Lomitus
I found a reference on another forum to a comet thats supposedly comin this way, C/2002 T7 and I can't wait to take a look!
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This is about an hour and 45 minutes after sunset now. The star Algenib on the corner of The Great Square of Pegasus is your marker. C/2002 T7 is just a squidge to the left of there...
...hey, I got the size right... =D>
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Originally Posted by Lomitus
Charlie...I do -vaguely- remember the Wilmington area...if I'm not mistaken, the motel I stayed at (cant remember the freakin state route number) was the "New Motel Capri" and wasn't "too" far from there...I also remember finding a dead mouse behind my guitar case the day I left! LOL!
Jim
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Dead mouse behind the guitar case, huh?
I gotcha beat, dude......page 3 of the thread, post date 5 May 2003...