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    Holy Moly I won!!

    I never win anything. But I was at a craftshow this past weekend and I bought a raffle ticket. We left early since it died out quickly and I just got phoned that I won this a GPS - LX90-ACF Meade telescope, or you can see one here http://www.meade.com/lx90-acf/index.html. I can't wait to pick this guy up tomorrow! Not bad for only a buck!

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    Congrats! Can't bet a dollar for that!

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    If anyone deserves it you do! Congratulations!!


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    Way to go taco!!!!! You gonna use it or sell it????

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    Hope is not a scam...just to make you come and later find
    out you have to buy a Cando or some Time Share in order
    to recieve you prize. Good Luck!

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    Woo Hoo!

    Congrats! Dont sell it - you'll have LOTS of fun with it I promise!
    I have an ETX (forget which model now) and I love it!

    Dave

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    No I'm sure its not a scam, it was a big rally to help breast cancer awareness and they gave all the other prizes at the end of the day. I am going to keep it. I think i might be fun when I'm bored at night.

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Congrats!

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    Cool! Now you can look at galaxies far, far away. . .


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    Thats a good one, my uncle has it. You can hook it up to a laptop and just tell it what star to find and it does it all for you. Congrats.

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    Ooh thats pretty sweet. My dad has a Meade (no clue what model) but those things are awesome. I need to tell him to bust that thing out again so we can do some stargazing. I think my dad has an 8" one.

    I tell you, It's very breathtaking to see with your own eyes, the ring of Saturn, the storm on Jupiter, and the icecaps on Mars.

    Will yours come with a programmable motor that will turn the telescope to compensate for the earth's rotation to keep the object you are look at from drifting out of view?

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    Congrats Taco... looks like some good karma came your way after your car incident?

    Don't be checking out Uranus...

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    That's great buddy! Congrats.

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    Right on brother. With that thing you can zero in on Endor and guide in a tactical nuclear strike on those **** teddy bears that ruined ROTJ!

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    You could see into the neighbors house with that thing!

    kidding, ahaha

    but seriously
    congrats.

    nothing like winning something for a buck!

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    Does anyone know if I'll be able to take pictures with it? If I were to see ET waving I want to be able to show you guys..lol.

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    Congrats!

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    very cool, congratulations!
    =)

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Sweet Taco. You will be able to check out some of my progress in person then... I'll give you coordinates in Ohio. I can also show you when something arrives here from you

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    Nice score!

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    Sweet score, dude! I'm jealous!

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Congrats Taco!

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    Nice!

    Now it's up to YOU to make Pluto official again!

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    Congrats buddy!

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Quote Originally Posted by 99centTaco View Post
    Does anyone know if I'll be able to take pictures with it? If I were to see ET waving I want to be able to show you guys..lol.

    I know some do... but not sure on this particular model. I know for sure
    you'll be able to have a great views at your nieghbors window...hehe! J/K

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Quote Originally Posted by 99centTaco View Post
    Does anyone know if I'll be able to take pictures with it? If I were to see ET waving I want to be able to show you guys..lol.

    Not too much of a telescope buff, but I believe with some you can.

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    I have a 90 and while I can see the cloud bands on Jupiter and some nebula they are still pretty tiny and faint and exciting to see, just not worth the expense of getting a camera set up. You can take pictures with that telescope depending on the f rating and how good you are with playing with exposure lengths. You will need a CCD camera and or an adapter for a film camera. But I'm no expert.

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    Re: Holy Moly I won!!

    Its been awhile since I took out my set-up at night (since my laptop died)...

    For my version there is an adapter (about $20) that lets you use a specific Phillips CCD webcam as the basis of a cheap but hi quality astrophotography set-up... I have links and sites etc. on my old Mac. I can dig out what I have if your interested?

    I took a couple of nice Lunar shots with a 2.5MP camera just held up to the eyepiece before my adapter came - can also post if you like

    Well worth the time and energy - I wouldnt get rid of my set-up if you begged me!
    Love it!

    Dave

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