JFB's Celestial Seasonings
JFB's Celestial Seasonings
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As you can see I am slightly partial to Meade products. They currently seem to have the best bang for the buck. Actually I'm quite new to this hobby, but I've always had and interest and so far have really enjoyed it. I'm sure I'll end up spending a lot of time (and money) satisfying my curiosity. You should be able to hear the music from the Star Hustler in midi form. Our local NJN station would show the Star Hustler right before sign-off. The music is the part that hooked me, and soon after the fascination with the heavens took over. Unfortunately the midi version doesn't do it justice, but the real version is just too large to place on the page. |
Current Moon Phase
My Stuff:
 ETX-90/EC |
Just
bought it at the Nature
Co. Feb 25,1998 Seems their store is closing so I got it for 30% off!!! $416.50! (Shop globally. Buy locally) |
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 Autostar |
Bought it at the Discover Channel Store. It's the new version of the Nature Company. The one I got from the Nature Co. seemed to be defective. This new one works great! | |
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MEADE
LX50 10" SCT
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Sold Just too darn cumbersome to setup and use effectively. Bummer. |
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4"
Reflector
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Unknown brand from TOYS R US in the 70's. Good enough to see Saturn as a round object with a bulge diagonally across it. | |
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2
Tamaya Sextants and a NC-77 Navigation Computer
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Purchased from a fellow in California through Astro-Mart. (see below) | |
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Astronomy related stuff on the web
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Meade talk: |
| ETX-90/EC Discussion board. Lots of good information! | |
| The best ETX site around. Constantly updated. Go here if you own a ETX! | |
| The official Meade Instruments page with lots of info! | |
| For Windows 95/NT only! | |
| Astronomy software for DOS, WINDOWS, MAC. | |
| Just like the name says. | |
| The Meade Advanced Product User Group. All kinds of info and questions, mostly about Meade products. | |
| Sky & Telescope's web site. | |
| Runs MAPUG and has quite a nice Astronomy/Weather page. | |
| Navigational Instruments - Sextants, books, videos. Sextants from $29-$2500. Some really interesting books in the catalog. | |
| The Star Hustler- Jack Horkheimer's home page. Not much yet but maybe.. | |
| Buy, sell, trade anything with telescopes, binoculars, cameras. Really good stuff and a quick response to postings. |
Astronomy Software
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Software
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Ratings: 1-5 comets |
| Robert B. Denny |
For what it does... a perfect 5 comets. |
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Steven S Tuma |  Excellent log and night viewing scheduler. Excellent telescope support. Tons of free add-ons from the web site. Great price. Newsgroups available from the site. Average planetarium portion. (graphics wise) No rendering and looks hand drawn Bummer. |
| Mike Smithwick | Beautiful planet renderings, sound effects. Basically the perfect planetarium show. Not a 5 comet rating because it has NO telescope support and none in work. :-( |
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| JC Research | Nice planetarium portion. (graphics wise) No rendering. Doesn't offer much more than any other program listed here. A little pricey for what you really get. |
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| KlassM Software | Nice planetarium portion. (graphics wise) No rendering. Hasn't been improved in a few years. No telescope support Looks like it's no longer going to be developed Latest version ©1996 :-( |
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| SkyMap Software |  Very good log and night viewing scheduler. Good telescope support. Average planetarium portion. (graphics wise) No rendering and looks hand drawn. Similar to Deepsky 99. |
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| Sienna |
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| Bisque | Great telescope support. Nice planetarium with good graphics. Still not close to DS5 or Starry Night's rendering. NO DEMO |
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As you can see most software packages I've rated are
four out of five comets. Just my opinion. |
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