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Date: 23 Aug 2006 23:30:59
From: Martin R. Howell
Subject: Update on The Astro Poll
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The poll is up and running again. I had to dump the server I was using for
the original since its results retention was only 24 hours and they also
set a limit on the number of people who could respond (100).
Unfortunately, in making a change to another poll server, I lost all
submitted responses on the old poll.
Anyway, you may wish to register your choices again so everyone can see
what is being indicated by the weight of all the answers.
These three questions will stay up until the end of August.
Perhaps some more controversial ones will be posed for September.
--
Martin R. Howell
"The Astro Post"
www.theastropost.com
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 04:33:09
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: Update on The Astro Poll
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Davoud wrote:
> Martin R. Howell wrote:
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> I'm confused about the question "Do you ever use GoTo or PushTo."
> Aren't /all/ astronomical telescopes one or the other, i.e., wouldn't
> the "Yes" votes have to equal 100%? Or do you count a 'scope with
> manual setting circles as a separate category?
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Hi:
In the parlance, "push-to" has come to indicate a telescope equipped
with a digital setting circle computer.
Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
and
_The Urban Astronomer's Guide_
<http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland/index.htm >
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user >
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 03:00:43
From: Davoud
Subject: Re: Update on The Astro Poll
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Martin R. Howell wrote:
> The poll is up and running again...
> www.astropost.com
I'm confused about the question "Do you ever use GoTo or PushTo."
Aren't /all/ astronomical telescopes one or the other, i.e., wouldn't
the "Yes" votes have to equal 100%? Or do you count a 'scope with
manual setting circles as a separate category?
Davoud
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usenet *at* davidillig dawt com
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 15:55:27
From: SkySea
Subject: Re: Update on The Astro Poll
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I have no digital setting circles, no GoTo, no computer on my
fork-mounted telescope. So no, I never use GoTo or PushTo.
The scope has etched plates that indicate RA and dec (setting
circles). I do use the dec circle to approximately align the tube with
the fork's axis of rotation when polar aligning. But that doesn't
count for looking for a celestial object in GoTo or PushTo fashion.
And I'm sure the vast majority of dob and refractor don't use that
thar newfangled technotoy. Luddites, unite!
>Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote:
>I'm confused about the question "Do you ever use GoTo or PushTo."
>Aren't /all/ astronomical telescopes one or the other, i.e., wouldn't
>the "Yes" votes have to equal 100%? Or do you count a 'scope with
>manual setting circles as a separate category?
>
>Davoud
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- Dale Gombert (SkySea at aol.com)
122.38W, 47.58N, W. Seattle, WA
http://flavorj.com/~skysea
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 00:26:46
From: G.T.
Subject: Re: Update on The Astro Poll
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Davoud wrote:
> Martin R. Howell wrote:
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>>The poll is up and running again...
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>>www.astropost.com
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> I'm confused about the question "Do you ever use GoTo or PushTo."
> Aren't /all/ astronomical telescopes one or the other, i.e., wouldn't
> the "Yes" votes have to equal 100%? Or do you count a 'scope with
> manual setting circles as a separate category?
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He probably means digital setting circles? Or what about a telescope
that doesn't have any setting circles? Mine has manual setting circles
but as a newbie I'm still just learning my way around star hopping.
Greg
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"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
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