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Beginner with telescope ;-) In responce to Shay's question

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Well, you went and did it...Posted this message and I just HAD to look...Now I REALLY want a telescope here. I just got the 707 a little over a week ago.... sigh The wife's gonna kill me:)
Nice shots. Now I'm gonna go looking for telecopes:)
Ron Hodgson said:
Meade ETX90RA Digi-T scopetronics 40mm eyepiece And F707.

Full optical zoom

http://users.qconline.com/~starship/moon1.jpg

Full digital zoom

http://users.qconline.com/~starship/moon2.jpg

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Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
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Brand New 707 and Loving It!
 
Dwight1973 said:
Well, you went and did it...Posted this message and I just HAD to
look...Now I REALLY want a telescope here. I just got the 707 a
little over a week ago.... sigh The wife's gonna kill me:)
Nice shots. Now I'm gonna go looking for telecopes:)
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Do a search on E-bay for ETX90RA. I got mine for under 200 bucks. There are usually a bunch of them there... Brand new.

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Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
 
Thanks Ron. I have noticed the EC and RA. Anything that I should know about the differences between these two models? Is the RA somehow limited in some way compared to the EC? Thanks
Ron Hodgson said:
Dwight1973 said:
Well, you went and did it...Posted this message and I just HAD to
look...Now I REALLY want a telescope here. I just got the 707 a
little over a week ago.... sigh The wife's gonna kill me:)
Nice shots. Now I'm gonna go looking for telecopes:)
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Do a search on E-bay for ETX90RA. I got mine for under 200 bucks.
There are usually a bunch of them there... Brand new.

--
Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
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Brand New 707 and Loving It!
 
Jarett said:
Wow, I can even see the man on the moon eatting the cheese!
Fine photos. Havent seen results that good in a long time.
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It wasn't even quite dark yet when I took these. There are a lot of clouds tonight and I had a small window of oportunity. So I took it ;-)

I am so happy with the results.... wait until I figure out how to use the darn thing ;-)

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Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
 
Chris Calabrese said:
Ron Hodgson said:
Thanks so much...... I am totally in awe of this little
telescope... Sure is goofy looking when the 707 is hanging off of
the top ;-)
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Chris Calabrese said:
How about posting a picture of that? Assuming you have a second
camera. :)

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~ Chris Calabrese
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My wife is visiting our daughter..... she has a p-50.... and it's with her. (grandson photos galore) Maybe when she gets home ;-)

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Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
 
Thanks Ron. That's a good point. This will be my first telescope, so maybe it would be wise for me not to go and blow a ton of money on one before I even know what I am doing with one. I'll keep my eye out for the RA.
Ron Hodgson said:
Dwight1973 said:
Thanks Ron. I'll be on the look out now for the RA.
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The RA has the same optics as the EC..... just none of the bells
and whistles... The computer control would be nice.... but the day
I can't find the moon.... well.... get me a rocking chair ;-) It
would be handy if I wanted to look at M-34 or something like that.

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Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
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Brand New 707 and Loving It!
 
One other question...Do you mean the Scopetronics Digi-T attachment, # DT40 that sells for $59 or the Scopetronics Max View 40, #MV40, that sells for $129? Thanks
Ron Hodgson said:
Meade ETX90RA Digi-T scopetronics 40mm eyepiece And F707.

Full optical zoom

http://users.qconline.com/~starship/moon1.jpg

Full digital zoom

http://users.qconline.com/~starship/moon2.jpg

--
Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
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Brand New 707 and Loving It!
 
I went directly to eBay and bought it now! for $189!

what else do I need to attach my 707?

what else do i need to know?

got some links?

am i nutz?
Ron Hodgson said:
Dwight1973 said:
Well, you went and did it...Posted this message and I just HAD to
look...Now I REALLY want a telescope here. I just got the 707 a
little over a week ago.... sigh The wife's gonna kill me:)
Nice shots. Now I'm gonna go looking for telecopes:)
Click to expand...
Do a search on E-bay for ETX90RA. I got mine for under 200 bucks.
There are usually a bunch of them there... Brand new.

--
Ron

http://www.photosig.com/photos.php?photographerId=4906
Pointers please ;-)
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I've just selected a Tasco 450x telescope as my 10-year service award (I work for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young). I'm hoping to get some good moon shot too.

Steve
Dwight1973 said:
Thanks Ron. That's a good point. This will be my first telescope,
so maybe it would be wise for me not to go and blow a ton of money
on one before I even know what I am doing with one. I'll keep my
eye out for the RA.
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