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Re: Practice Bubble vs. Professional Bubble
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2012 Aug 6, 07:53 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2012 Aug 6, 07:53 -0300
Quoting Greg Rudzinski: > Just remember though that beauty is a thing that works ;-) While I was a student intern at the Chalk River Nuclear Labs, I had the occasion to build some electronic devices that I took some care to look professional. My supervisor would always say "beautiful is as beautiful does." Luckily, they did work. ;-) -- Richard Langley > Greg Rudzinski > > > [NavList] Practice Bubble vs. Professional Bubble > From: David Fish > Date: 5 Aug 2012 13:28 > Wondering if folks have an opinion as to whether it's worth spending > the $ for the Celestaire professional bubble horizon (vs. practice > bubble) for practice ashore. > > Have heard that the bubble itself is more useful (dampened?) in the > pro horizon. > > Another consideration is that we live in what the astronomy folks > would call a "white zone" with a lot of light pollution (Cape Ann, > Massachusetts, USA). > > So my thinking is that the dimmer-controlled lighting of the pro > bubble might allow me to extend observation time into very late > twilight on into early nighttime for star shots. > --------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------