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Whole mirror or Traditional? you make the call!
From: Guy Schwartz
Date: 2006 Mar 31, 22:10 -0800
From: Guy Schwartz
Date: 2006 Mar 31, 22:10 -0800
Defend your position, and is it easy to swap mirrors? Thank you, Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill"To: 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 3/31/2006 > >