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Originally Posted by coldspace
Mark for school viewing nights the video systems can't be beat.
I have used mine a couple of times at my daughters school and that was a big mistake  as now I keep getting requests to do it again and again.
Not just boring old moon or Jupiter, but you can show the kids some deep sky delights on a LCD and they are in awe as they would have no chance of seeing these in the eyepiece in a light polluted sky at school.
Also, you don't have to worry about all of the kids grabbing eyepieces and the teachers can have them all seated in front of the monitor while you talk to them, no one wants to go home which was a problem.
These systems are perfect for this.
Matt. |
Matt they certainly look the go for this type of event. Are the Gstars able to deliver similar images with the same exposure times as you have shown below??? I would not expect the same quality considering the price differential but it definately looks like it could solve a problem for me. When we do viewing nights I have three scopes set up and anywhere between 70 - 100 students to entertain for the night (yes we do sleep overs
). We rotate the students in groups of about 15 keeping the rest busy watching space documentries and building models of the space shuttle, international space station etc as well as other activities. More kids at the scope so to speak = less mischief for the overworked staff to contend with
. Least i can wake them up at 4am to view something or other in revenge when they play up
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Mark