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Defend your position, and is it easy to swap mirrors?
Thank you,
Guy
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From: "Bill"
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: Value and Beauty are in the eye of the beholder


> Guy wrote, regarding Astra IIIB
>> we will get to the whole mirror VS. the traditional mirror next.
>
> Please reconsider the whole-horizon mirror, although you could swap out
> later From my experience, strongly consider new from Celestaire or other
> vendors of their Astra. You won't find better (or more informed) folks to
> do business with before, during, and after the sale than Celestaire IMHO.
> I
> am not a shill, but a satisfied customer in an age of "limited
> warrantees."
>
> As some have pointed out, a whole horizon mirror makes easy observations
> easier, and difficult observations much harder. If you get the "list"
> bug,
> as I did (especially if landlocked most of the time), you will soon find
> yourself trying star-to-star and lunars, and regret the whole-horizon
> choice.
>
> If I recall correctly, Ken of Celestaire stated that 90% of working
> observations are of the sun. He does know his stuff. With that in mind,
> from my vantage point his opinions about mirrors are balanced.
>
> http://celestaire.com/page8.html
>
> David Burch of Star Path also sells Celestaire's Astra. His opinions,
> IMHO,
> are unfavorable to the whole horizon mirror for valid reasons. Please
> check
> out their opinions for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
>
> http://www.starpath.com/catalog/courses/cel_faqs.htm#full-view
>
> As a beginner, it was a tough choice for me. In my case I am glad I made
> the choice of traditional split mirror (especially trying to go toe-to-toe
> with the mighty Alex and his Sno-T in the dark;-)
>
> For what it is worth,
>
> Bill
>
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