Joseph Zeglinski wrote: How could S&T make this announcement if they were not aware of it ? Sheesh. There are plenty of things to flame them for so that we need not resort to making things

Hi Larry, We are planning to finish up the 4.2 keypad code soon, then will release it to the beta group. After beta, we will have it available on our website for downloading. Marj

Please respond off list. Thanks Tom Sings with the Stars

Dean, One final S&T criticism before I stop (my off topic rant). I too complained to the editor that it was really dumb on the part of their new owners, to make the magazine changes in mid year.

I e-mail and raised all sorts of fuss when my first issue came with the cheaper binding. Really cheapens the magazine, and like you said, not having the spline means we can't easily reference older

Yeah, I remember in 1979 being outraged that a new Jeep 4x4 cost $10K. Greg

Hi Dean, That is one thing that has always really bugged me about S&T magazine - now, recently another, that they have gone back to stapling, and you can't find an old issue since there is no

Magazine dates make about as much sense as buying 2008 model cars in 2007???

Your December issue is the one that should have just arrived. The November issue has been out for a month. Larry

Gavin -- I have a Losmandy dovetail attached to the top of my Parallax rings holding a Meade 16" LX200GPS OTA. On the rail rides a Tak FC-100. The FC-100 is a doublet, and considerably smaller

Gavin Bray wrote: It is certainly feasible. Many others have done exactly that and it's doubtful that you'd be getting anywhere near the capacity of your AP1200. Just don't be too surprised if you

In a message dated 11/1/2007 11:44:35 AM Central Daylight Time, J.Zeglinski@... writes: Back to topic - I am surprised that S&T didn't scoop the astro publishing world with such a major

The Mach 1 is reviewed in New Products in the Dec. issue, page 37, entitled "Staying on Track" ... A good read .... Dave

Hello I have a 14" LX200R attached to an AP1200 using a set of Parallax Instruments rings. The setup is housed in my observatory and I'm very happy with it. I was wondering whether I could attach a

In a message dated 11/1/2007 9:59:36 AM Central Daylight Time, J.Zeglinski@... writes: Does any other monthly magazine publish months in advance? For me, it's more annoying than supposedly

The Nov issue of S&T has just arrived and the "next month's contents" does not mention it. Likewise the contents list for the Dec issue of Sky &Telescope, vol 114, No 6 on the "www.skypub.com"

Hi Dean, I have the 48" port. pier that I use when I go to my ranch. My imaging scope is either my TOA 130 or the FSQ. Check out my web site. www.astrodave.com/oharra Tom O'Harra about the

Hi Joe, I come from the school of thought in astrophotography that there is no substitude for stiffness, like in auto racing there's no substitute for cubic inches. A lot of ideas for astro

Hi Don, My engineering background reminds me of these pitfalls as well, and it is a concern at the back of my mind, but I still wonder how much stiffness in this application, is really enough.

Hi Joe, I really don't think PVC pipe buried in the soil is going to be a very good pier. The ringing that you mention is a high frequency tone, that the PVC pipe wouldn't have compared to a metal