TelescopeMan gives his observing list for May 2012.
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TelescopeMan records the April 2012 meeting of the amateur telescope making special interest group- Texas Astronomical Society. The video was recorded during April 2012 and features two telescope making projects. The first is the 6 inch refractor which has been refurbished by TAS member Gary Carter, and the second is the 1960s Criterion EQ mount refurbished by TAS member Glenn Fitzgerald,
Dale Sander built a tube for the PARTS which were donated to the Society. Dale’s technique for determining the focal length is revealed during the video.Both projects are very near completion.
See the previous month’s episodes for more videos on these two projects.
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TelescopeMan gives his April 2012 observing list of objects in the night sky. The free software RTGUI was used to prepare the list. The software is available for free download at www.rtgui.com
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TelescopeMan discusses the 2012 doomsday hoax which has gone viral on the internet.A must listen if you are at all concerned about December 21, 2012.
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TelescopeMan gives his observing list for March 2012. A selection of nice objects in the night sky that can be seen from a suburban viewing site.
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TelescopeMan records TAS member David Hutchison as he discussed spectroscopy. How to measure the spectrum of light. Recorded at the February 2012 general meeting of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas.
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TelescopeMan demonstrates a fake alignment on a Meade ETX125PE- using the 497 hand controller. This technique can be used to align a goto scope before the stars are visible.
This same technique will work on any of Meade’s scopes using the 497 controller such as theLX90 model with either the LNT module, or GPS; and a similar technique can be used with many other brands of GoTo telescopes.
TelescopeMan records the ATMsig meeting of the Texas Astronomical Society — February 2012.
A strange refractor project, a hand made solar finder scope, and the old Dynamax project are shown and discussed. Also shown is a way to the determine the focal length of a telescope mirror using a flashlight.
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TelescopeMan demonstrates several different types and sizes of diagonals. A handy device used by amateur astronomers.
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TelescopeMan gives his February 2012 observing list. Several of the objects in his report can be viewed using binoculars and or a small telescope.
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TelescopeMan records the January 2012 Beginner Astronomy Class, at the Russell Planetarium in Mesquite, Texas.
Robert Logue, a member of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, lectures on “The Death of Stars”. TAS web site — www.texasastro.org
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TelescopeMan records Dr. William Cochran at the January 2012 meeting of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas. Dr. Cochran discusses the Kepler Mission, the search for Earth sized planets in other star systems. The current Kepler exo-planet data is shown during the lecture.
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