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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Laser collimating in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago

    the Orion Lasermate deluxe works well or the Howie Glatter if you want to spend the big bucks. i have both if you just need to borrow them? jim

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 8 months ago

    nice pics Bob! makes me want to buy a c8 like i’ve been thinking of 😉

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 9 months ago

    sorry, thought the saturday you were referring to was this saturday the 20th!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 9 months ago

    i could do saturday if weather permits.

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    good one Bob 🙂

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    anyone have the durn passcode for the meeting?

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Eyepiece recommendations. in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    panoptics are great eps. andromeda galaxy and m42 would look sweet in that!
    clear skies, jim

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    i hope its good Sat night as Friday i’m always bushed from the work week. clear skies!
    james

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    darkskyjim started the topic Invite to Sola Fide Observatory, Austin, MN–March 2022 in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 3 months ago

    forwarded from Ken Fiscus;
    We at Austin’s Sola Fide Observatory want to invite you guys to a special meet-and-greet at our updated facility. We hope that many of you can find a night in March that you could come over to observe with our new-to-us 18″ Starmaster and check out our powered concrete observing pads. This night would be just for you (no…[Read more]

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 3 months ago

    really cool John! thanks for sharing.

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 5 months ago

    definitely cool. thanks for sharing Bob!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 6 months ago

    Jim is fine. I saw some of the meeting last night and it was inspiring to see what you and everyone have been observing!
    I definitely need to get out more but will probably have to wait until next spring 🙁 clear skies!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 6 months ago

    another good one Bob!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 7 months ago

    really nice dumbell photo Bob!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 8 months ago

    great image Bob!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 8 months ago

    thanks Bob!

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 8 months ago

    thanks for posting this Bob! really cool pic 😉

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 11 months ago

    excellent photo Bob! i havent been able to post but been wanting to mention that 😉

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    darkskyjim replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 11 months ago

    very nice Mike!

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