Re: TiPS w/ telescope
Ron Dantowitz (ron@dantowitz.com)
Mon, 7 Apr 1997 12:03:17 -0400 (EDT)
>Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 12:02:23
>To: "Sue J. Worden" <worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu>
>From: Ron Dantowitz <ron@dantowitz.com>
>Subject: Re: TiPS
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>>I don't remember what eyepiece Mike had in -- think it was a low power,
>>but can't say for sure. At any rate, if you thought TiPS was impressive
>>through binoculars or a small scope, you really ought to see it through
>>a big light bucket. W-O-W! :-)
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>Agree! TiPS with out 7" refractor and 12" SCT looks phenomenal! Like a
flourescent tube with the two satellites visible on both ends... with stars
streaming past in the background!
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>Very exciting stuff. Also, some folks I know have viewed it repeatedly in
their LX200s with computer control, so perhaps others would have decriptions
of how it looked visually? OF course, we have posted pix of TiPS at:
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>http://www2.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de/sat/telescope.html
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>(also shuttle closeups and mir/shuttle dockings!)
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>Enjoy, and peek at TiPS this month- it has great passes worldwide in April!
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>-Ron
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