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Subject: Re: [M]: Quasi-OT: Using a Not-So-Advanced product, then making
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sat Jan 10 02:26:18 1998
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While you're here, how about checking out the
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At 6:54 PM -0800 1/9/98, Mayhem wrote:
>... My first choice as a still relative beginner was a 6" Dob, but
>Meade's lead times mean that I cannot get one in time for a major Star
>Party...
My advice would be to use other folks' scopes at the star party and make
your decision AFTER that. There is no substitute for actual experience.
>... I am sure that a moon
>filter would be required...
I've never had much desire for a Moon filter. Try observing the Moon
without it first and see if you think it is so bright that you could see
more if it were dimmer. (It's never too bright for me in my 12" scope;
YMMV.)
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Bill Arnett "Science is a way of trying
San Jose, CA USA not to fool yourself." -- Feynman
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