In a message dated 12/24/99 1:18:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, tom@bullhammer.com writes: > For what it is worth, we observe fast sats with an 8" Meade Newtonian > using a 2" super wide angle 26 mm eyepiece, I look through the finder > and keep the scope centered on the sat and my daughter and wife take > turns looking in the eyepiece while I "drive" the scope... Mir looks > like a golden "stick figure", pretty darned cool... Interesting operation! My telescope has a PVC pipe for a finder scope. So, I predict where Mir will be in three seconds, point the telescope there, and run around to the eyepiece, and hope it's there. If not, I try again. Once it's in the eyepiece, there's no problems. And it certainly looks cool - you get to see one of the most famous space stations with your own eyes - and more! Jonathan Wojack LWojack@aol.com Merry Christmas - Think about why you are celebrating it! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html