One more newbie

[Pierre]

Hi all,

i am Pierre. This forum has been found while googling Mewlon improvements (i.e. baffling shortening). Living in the North East of France, i am an instrument astronomer amateur user since 7 years. My principal equipment is Tak Mewlon 180 fitted in an em200Temma2 for visual use and imaging (bw webcam and ccd).

Clear skies,
Pierre.

[Varyonyx]

Hello Pierre,

going the longest distances causes the shortest connections :-)). Did you read my introduction?. Ive made a documentation about the great Observatory in Strasbourg. I recently had the chance to do that, and im really impressed about the facility. The documentation is ready to download but requires a softdecoder ;-) but there are no costs. Its training for me and and by the way a good contribution to astronomy. The Mewlon is surely a very good instrument!. I personally use a 6" Maksutov/Cassegrain from BOSMA with good quality. But in addition there are other scopes i will use too in the near future.

Greetings Alex (VSU/Communication)

[janoskiss]

:welcome: Pierre! Our first member from France! :hi: Got any astro images to show off? :)

[[1ponders]]

Bon :gday: and :welcome: Pierre and Varyonxy. It's always a pleasure to have people from almost 180 degree away (other side of the world :lol: ) join up ;)

[ving]

Hello Pierre!
welcome aboard :)

hppe you vist regularly :)

[Pierre]

Hi everybody,

Thanks a lot ;)

Varyonyx: gee, you have worked about this observatory....Did you see and use the 487mm f/14 Refractor?
The Mewlon is quite a good reflector indeed. Some modifications are needed if you wish to perform on deep-sky imaging.

Janoskiss: pictures will come....

1ponders: 180 degrees? I guess it is unusual.... There's a beginning for all, isn't there

Ving: this forum seems to be friendly. So why not?

Clear skies (we wait for them since weeks and weeks :sadeyes:)

[Varyonyx]

Hi Pierre, the big Refractor is an impressive one.:eyepop: .Looks like a railway canon during the 2nd world war. :D Unfortunately i cant use it because my visit was during daylight :mad2: . I think it is worth a look at the video :) .
In which city do you live?

Greetings Alex (VSU/Communication)

[Pierre]

Varyonyx: you are nearly right. The grey paint sprayed on the tube was to hide copper alloy parts included in the construction during WWII; otherwise they would have been removed...

I'm going to look at the video. Do you have the url?

clear skies.

[Varyonyx]

Hello Pierre,

no Problem. Link to download --> http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=NPD8DVTM (http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=NPD8DVTM)

I have to outsource the download of the Documentation because it tends to bring my BBS down :D

but remember you need a cost free softdecoder so before take a look at http://forum.astronomie.de/phpapps/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/414041/an/0/page/0#414041

to see a sample of the decoder at work.

Greetings Alex (VSU-RTF)

[Pierre]

Sorry Alex, i cannot understand german language.... shame on me as i live in a germanophone land (Elsass).:doh:

You have asked for my town, it is Haguenau.

[Pierre]

Erf, Parkinson disease......

[Varyonyx]

No problem Pierre on this board we have to write in english :)

Haguenau, i know it. :thumbsup: No wonder if you are familiar with the OBS Strasbourg.;) . The great Repsold Refractor is the second of the big telescopes i ever saw. The first was the 3.5m Reflector in the Assembly Hall at CARL Zeiss West/Germany more than 2 decades before. Now the telescope is located for more than 20years on the hill of Calar Alto in Spain, part of the ESO.

Greetings Alex (VSU/Communication)

[RAJAH235]

Greetings & welcome, Alex & Pierre. Nice to see some 'northeners' in here.
:welcome:..:hi:...:D L.

[jjjnettie]

Hello.
It's great to have you with us.