I made one almost identical about 6 months ago out of a piece of 1/8"X1" aluminum stock. Got a bb gun red dot finder for $10 from Wally World, and it works great. Rob From:

Mat, The lowest power you can effectively use with an 8" scope is 28x. That magnification would yield a 7.1mm exit pupil. Any lower power would be empty magnification, since the exit pupil diameter

Dale Carey's report on the Winter Star Party has been uploaded to the BBAA website http://groups.hamptonroads.com/bbaa ... click on Observing Reports. Ted

A new product: Red-Dot Finders to be attached to binoculars to aid in astronomical observing. >

Hi all I was playing around with Starry Night checking out Mars. On the 19th of June around 3am in the SE, it looks like Mars will be just above the Moon and should make a really nice view. Using

A telescope rigged up through the skylight above someone's hot tub? Wow, now that's someone who just can't get enough stargazing. I wonder what kind of heaters one would need for that telescope's

Thanks, Ted for taking such great pictures! What a neat thing for all of us to be able to access those pics! I'm begining to like this Yahoo thing! I hope everyone had a good of a time at North

I don't know how many observed on Wednesday evening but the seeing was just stunning. I rolled the 25" out to do some tweeks. After tweeking the alignments of the mirrors a bit I pointed the

Now everyone --- HAPPYBIRTHDAY Give me a L give me an E thenL and an A now what do you have? LELA ?(ne) Dale

Thank YouGeorgie!

Today is Lelane Arneson's Birthday! (Known to some as Leland Aresonal!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY LELANE! georgie

Looks like y'all had fun! By the time I finished working at 2:45 AM it was too late for me to come... :-} Denice Denice K. Woody VISTA Support Office Administrator Siemens Enterprise Networks

WOW! What a great BBAA turnout at North Landing! Great picturesTed! (You're enjoying your new camera aren't you?) We're so lucky to have so many BBAA members that volunteer their time. It'sso

Good pics, Ted. They capture the "flavor" of the event. I saw a lot of excited kids, and some fascinated adults, as well. G3 Elementary School last night. Go to the Yahoo group homepage

I've uploaded just a few of the pictures taken at North Landing Elementary School last night. Go to the Yahoo group homepage http://groups.yahoo.com/group/backbayastro and open the NorthLanding

We did have a good time, Kent, a good crowd of people and nine (count 'em, 9!) to represent BBAA! We had two scopes outside looking at Saturn and the Great Orion Nebula, and two scopes inside on

I was planning to attend tonight but forgot I'm alergic to children. Have a great event. Kent Blackwell (who else...or is it whom else?)

I'd help but I'm stuck at work.... Denice

By the comet referred to as "it" in my last backbayastro post, I was of course speaking of Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT). For those who don't know, the names LINEAR, NEAT, etc. are the names of the satellite

Because trees obscured my western view I didn't get to see it when it brightened higher than 6th magnitude. If you didn't see it either don't despair, there are several nice comets to view this