[thechat] speaking of meteors....

[Luther, Ron]

Hi Cheryl,

Yup - there's a few out here ... [Rudy has regularly posted interesting
astronomy tidbits for quite a while.]   ;-)

I haven't fooled with it much aside from attempting some night sky
photography from time to time.

However, I do have an old *analog* starfinder. It looks kind of like a
kaleidoscope - with rings to turn for year, month, and day (if memory
serves).  I think it also had separate inserts for Northern and Southern
hemispheres.

{Hmmm ... Maybe I'll dust it off and see if I can figure out how it
works again.}

I'm sure there are software versions available at a reasonable price.

Happy Hunting,

RonL.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Baringer [mailto:cheryl.baringer at alcatel.com]

Is anyone here into astronomy? I got a lovely old telescope for
Christmas, but I know nothing about it. It's an orange-tube C8 (and if
you know what that means, you're ahead of where I was two weeks ago).
Been reading like crazy on the 'net for the last week, of course.