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On 28/11/12 12:14, Roland Tarver wrote: > On 28/11/12 11:16, Keith Abraham wrote: >> On 28/11/12 10:18, Roland Tarver wrote: >>> On 28/11/12 07:46, tom wrote: >>>> I'm toying with the idea of getting a 12" reflector - I have noticed >>>> a lot of difference in the databases on the controllers for scopes >>>> and was wondering if anyone knows how easy it is to upgrade the DB's >>>> etc on these things. >>>> Also I imagine they can follow stars but how easy are they to program >>>> to follow comets etc for the purposes of long exposure pictures. >>>> and also ccd's for one.... >>>> Tom te tom te tom >>>> >>> My Grandfather spent most of his adult life making the mirrors for >>> various telescopes. He would spend hours grinding and polishing them >>> by hand - which is kinda cool in my book. lol. >>> >>> Unfortunately he was a little old school and never used ccd nor star >>> tracking technology. His biggest scope is still in use by the North >>> Devon Astronomy society, in the observatory which bears his name. >>> >>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/brianandkaren/astronomy/visits/visits.htm >>> >>> I could not find the group web site. Looks like their domain has >>> expired. >>> >>> >> AFAIK it's now at: >> >> http://www.northdevonastronomy.co.uk/ >> >> Keith >> > > I guess i didnt try to hard to find it Keith! lol Thanks. > roly :-) > Don't forget the torbay one too http://www.halien.com/TAS/ Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq