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Sun Oct 25 6:38:56 EDT 2009, Montevideo, Uruguay
It seemed that almost every car in Montevideo was on the street last Sunday promoting the election to be held today.
Fri Oct 23 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Piriapolis, Uruguay
Ted steering off Piriapolis.
Thu Oct 22 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Piriapolis, Uruguay
Issuma at anchor off Piriapolis.
Looks great!
Wed Oct 21 6:15:32 EDT 2009, Piriapolis, Uruguay
Piriapolis is a pretty resort town in Uruguay. It is popular among foreign yachts for its haulout facilities.
I stayed in Punta del Este for a day, where two of my new crew, Matt and Ted came aboard with the assistance of the ever-helpful Yacht Club Punta del Este. We then day-sailed in very pleasant weather to Piriapolis, then Montevideo (port of Buceo).
Sailing with experienced crew is a lot easier than singlehanding :).
Wish they had been there for the anchor flaling and the full force gale.
I suppose they'll have their chances in a maelstrom.
- George
Ben is now aboard also, so I have three crew!
Mon Oct 12 0:00:00 EDT 2009
The picture is of the nice, downwind sailing conditions before the Force 9 (Severe Gale). I did not take the camera out or go to the bow while in the force 9 :).
After the anchor had been well-secured and I no longer had fears of it breaking loose, the forecast winds steadily increased. I was in deep water offshore, planning to cross the continental shelf (where the water is shallower) soon on the way to Rio de la Plata. The winds were forecast to be from behind me (NE) for a couple of days, strengthening to force 5, then 6, then 7. I felt it would be fine to be on the continental shelf for a force 7, but if it got to force 8 or above, it would be better to be in deep water, where the waves would be longer and less steep.
Despite really wanting to get into port quickly, I thought it would be prudent to stay in deep water in case the wind was higher than forecast. That was fortunate, as the forecast wind did increase to force 8 and 9 as the gale approached. The gale itself was force 9 for several hours, and force 8 for many more.
Gales are really not enjoyable...they are loud, wet and uncomfortable. I ran before the gale with a Galerider drogue, which is a kind of mesh bag that is designed to slow the boat down, not stop it. It was the first time I'd run before a real gale (previously I tended to heave-to), and the first time I'd tried using a drogue. It worked well enough, pulling the stern of the boat back when waves hit. Running before a gale seems to involve far more waves coming across the deck than heaving-to does, but seems a better way of handling bigger seas.
Everything on the boat held together, and after 18 hours the wind moderated and sailing became much more pleasant.
you can do it, and the boat can do it
Sat Oct 10 0:00:00 EDT 2009
I mentioned this has been an unusually busy trip. This has been due mostly to the number of things that broke. I wrote about the anchor breaking loose, and that was the worst of the problems, but there were others. There hasn't been a lot of pleasant sailing on this trip, but here is a picture of sailing in very nice conditions, late in the afternoon. As we get farther south, the days get longer, and the sunrises and sunsets are slower.
In benign conditions and safe waters, it is nice to have one glass of wine in the late afternoon. After spending all day hove-to, in an adverse current, going slowly backwards while securing the anchor, after I got sailing again, I decided it was time to celebrate the anchor being secure with a glass of wine.
As I was sipping the wine, it occurred to me that I was having a glass of wine when the windvane broke, and another when the fisherman sail ripped. I had not had time to fix either yet.
The wind continued to lighten, then died entirely. Frustrated that all day we had gone nowhere but about 10 miles backwards (due to the current), I decided to drop the sails and motor for a while.
Sails down, I turned the key and found that the engine would not start! Clearly, drinking wine was causing the boat to break! :)
So, no wind, no engine, current taking us in the wrong direction, past sundown, and being safely far offshore, the sensible thing to do was sleep--sail if the wind came up, otherwise just work on the engine in the morning. I tried to sleep, but kept thinking about the engine, and realized I could probably get it started with a boost from another battery. I did so, it started, and I motored for an hour to charge the starting battery. There is a master off switch for the starter motor on this boat (an odd thing to have), which I had forgotten to turn off when I left port, and that drained the battery.
After motoring for an hour, the wind came up, and we were able to sail again. The following day I was able to fix the fisherman and the windvane self-steering.
For the rest of the trip, I had no more wine, and nothing else broke :).
Fri Oct 9 0:00:00 EDT 2009
The anchor being lashed on by ropes and, later, chain to avoid the ropes being cut by the sharp edges of the anchor, as below, was enough to get through the near gale. No weather more severe was in the forecast, but I always try to have a plan for what to do if the wind gets two Beaufort Forces higher than expected.
My plan for the new anchor, if we got into a Force 9 (Severe Gale), was to disconnect it, unlash it and jettison it at sea. I really didn't like this idea--of throwing away a new and expensive anchor--but considering the damage that a loose anchor could do to the boat (especially the roller furlers, which I would need working later to continue sailing), if we encountered a severe gale, jettisoning the new anchor could be the least bad option.
As it was a light headwind day, the waves were quite small, and it was feasible to think about carefully moving the anchor and securing it better. I hove to and spent most of the day preparing and moving the anchor to the position in the above picture. I drilled a hole in the fluke and put a shackle in so I could tie a rope to the fluke and rotate the anchor up where it could be better secured.
The sharp edges of the Raya's shank were rapidly cutting into the plastic roller. By putting the anchor into a position where it only contacted steel, I hoped to avoid it cutting the plastic more (which would cause further movement as it cut away its support). So, after almost a days work (one needs to be very careful and ready to move quickly to work with an anchor on the bowsprit at sea as the boat is still going up and down in the waves), the anchor was well supported and secured with enough chains and ropes connected to shackles that I felt it was ready for a severe gale.
A few days later, there was a severe gale (Force 9), and I was very happy to have better secured the anchor, as it did stay in place. More about that later.
Glad you got things sorted out for now. Rocna is in the process of developing a version of their anchor that disassembles into two pieces. it would make it a lot easier to have a BIG anchor and be able to stow it inside and down low when your out at sea. The Dashaw's keep a BIG Rocna in the bow of their boat but the cage that holds it is a beast. Seems that the Rocna 2-part should be hitting the market in the very near future. At the rate your voyaging you might just stop off in NZ and pick one up.
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Mon Oct 5 0:00:00 EDT 2009
When I left anchor, no winds stronger than Force 6 (strong breeze) were in the forecast for the planned week-long sail. That changed when I got farther offshore, and the next day the forecast was steadily upgraded to Force 7 (near gale) and Force 8 (gale). Fortunately the wind was from behind, so running with the gale (instead of stopping for it) would be helpful.
A couple of hours into the near gale (F7), I heard the new anchor banging around and went forward to look at it. A tab that had been welded to the anchor to make it work with the anchor mounting system on the boat had broken off. Now the anchor was only held to it's mount by gravity, so when the boat hit the waves, the water pushed the anchor up and out of its mount. A heavy, sharp steel anchor is a really bad thing to have loose at sea!
I carefully lashed the anchor onto its mount with several ropes, taking care not to get pinched by the moving anchor. That was enough to get through the near gale, but only by re-lashing it later with more ropes and chain, as shown in the picture. A problem with the Raya anchor, which I had not understood before, is that the shank (the handle, not the part that grabs the seabed) is cut from a plate of steel, and the sharp edges from that cut were not rounded. When fitting the anchor, I noticed the sharp edges, but didn't think of them in terms of how to lash such an object at sea, because the sharp edges keep cutting through any ropes used to lash them. On my todo list now is grinding down all the sharp edges of the anchor.
As night fell, the sky suddenly cleared and the wind dropped. This happened really quickly, so I figured we were in some kind of eye of a localized part of the near gale. A few minutes later, a light wind picked up from the opposite direction, and rain clouds appeared. As it was getting hard to predict what the wind would do next, I lowered the one sail I had up and lashed the steering. Heavy rain followed, with much lightning and thunder, as I waited it out below. The boat is a pretty safe place to be in lightning, but only if one avoids touching metal, so it is much better to be belowdecks when in lightning.
The waves dropped quickly, which was nice, probably due to the relatively shallow water we were in. An hour later I was able to set more sails and get back on course in lighter winds.
I'm late in posting this because its been an unusually busy trip, of which I will write more about later.
Sun Oct 4 0:00:00 EDT 2009
There was a lot of rain and consequent flooding in Navegantes/Itajai last week. The port was closed for a while, so I was late in leaving. On my first attempt to leave, a few miles downstream the engine over-temperature alarm went off and, having no easy place to anchor, and not having tested the new anchor handling system yet, I pulled alongside a steel fishing boat and tied up so I could shut off the engine and see what was wrong. In my haste to get the boat tied up and the engine off before it stopped itself, it wasn't the gentlest docking, but that is what strong boats are for :).
I checked the raw water impeller and cleaned the strainer (filter for taking debris out of the seawater that is used to cool the engine), which wasn't really dirty. I was pleasantly surprised that this seemed to fix the problem, as I didn't actually fix anything, but upon starting the engine again, the cooling system was working properly. The fishing boat I had tied to had to leave, and was nice enough to wait ten minutes for me to check the impeller and strainer. So I left and the fishing boat left. I continued down the river towards the sea, wondering what had really gone wrong with the cooling system, and if the problem would recur. As I approached the entrance (exit) of the harbor, a stiff onshore wind had come up, and from a distance I could see a fair amount of white water (breaking seas) near the entrance. Without getting closer I couldn't tell whether the sea was breaking in the entrance channel, or just beside it, but, given that I wasn't convinced I didn't still have a cooling system problem that could possibly cause me to lose the engine at a really bad time, I decided to turn back.
I motored back up the river, heading for the boatyard I had come from. Before I got there, I was passing my friend Fernando's other fishing boat (he has two fishing boats, one of which I was tied beside in the boatyard, the other of which was at another boatyard further downriver), and he was aboard, saw me, and invited me to tie alongside his boat. Knowing there is someone to throw docklines to when tieing up is always nice when you are singlehanded, so I tied up there instead. Everyone in the boatyard or on the fishing boat seemed interested in my boat, so came aboard for a look around (very few yachts come to this area...it is all working boats). Fernando asked his engineer to look at my engine, and he pointed out that I had air in the cooling system (this happened for several reasons and had been building up for a long time) which likely caused my overheating problem and showed me how to bleed it.
Late the next day, after finishing a few jobs, I left Brazil for the second time :). The engine worked fine, I motored out of the entrance in much less wind, and started to head south. Now that I was in the waves, the anchor started banging around badly, and as soon as I was in deep water, I tied it up to keep it from moving. A nice tailwind had come up, and I began sailing nicely south, but needed to sleep, so sailed onto anchor after only a few miles. It was a rolly anchorage, as I wasn't being picky, just wanted to sleep and then continue in the morning. The new anchor held fine, which I would expect it to, as it wasn't a particularly difficult anchorage for an anchor of that size.
In the morning I noticed the hydraulic steering cylinder was moving around a lot and I realized the bolts were loose. I tightened some of them, but needed to get to a quiet anchorage to get them all done properly. I also wanted to work on padding where the anchor was held to keep it from banging around. Fortunately, there were lots of good places to anchor around, so I sailed to Florianopolis, anchored there and did the repairs.
After doing a lot of stuff to a boat, it is common to do sea trials, to confirm what is working and what needs more attention. One way of doing sea trials is to provision for a journey, head to sea knowing where alternatives (anchorages, shelter, etc) are, and test and repair as necessary.
The following day, in a flat calm, I motored off the anchor and out to sea, in my third attempt to leave Brazil. Sometimes, you just have to keep trying :).
The picture is of Ilha Santa Catarina, seen from amidships. You can see the new dinghy is mounted upside down on the deck.
I saw the news on tv about the strong current at Navegantes that close the harbour. I and Fernanda were thinking about you and Issuma.
Good to know you are on your way.
Bons Ventos!
Wed Sep 30 0:00:00 EDT 2009, Navegantes, SC, Brazil
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Allan Nicholson '60 and wife June traveled to Daytona Beach, Fla. in April for Allan's 60th high school reunion.
Norman E. Matteoni '60 has written Prairie Man: The Struggle between Sitting Bull and Indian Agent James McLaughlin (TwoDot Books, June 2015), which delves into the conflict between the Lakota people and the U.S. government, shedding new light and perspective on this pivotal time in history. Matteoni is a legal scholar and practicing lawyer. He has written extensively in law review articles, appellate briefs, and a two-volume treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in California. He also is an amateur photographer, and in 2008 he photographed areas of the northern plains, home of the Lakota.
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John Johnck '60 attended his 60th Reunion from the 8th grade Class of 1952 at St. Vincent de Paul, San Francisco, Calif. First gathering ever. He lives in So Lake Tahoe, Russan River, and S.F. and is retired. Go Broncos!
Michael C. De Prie '60 writes, "After almost 54 years I have finally retired—22 years in the U.S. Army and 32 years as a partner in a small CPA firm."
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William Regan '61 is the president of the Order of Malta Western Association covering 13 western states.
Fr. Max Oliva '61 writes, "As a result of my ministry with men and women in the corporate community both in the United States and in Canada, a sequel to my book, Beatitudes for the Workplace (2009), has recently been published. It is called The 10 Commandments for Everyday Life. Both books are available also on Kindle and both are available either from 23rd Publications or on Amazon.com."
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John is recent author of BEATING CANCER CAN BE FUN his personal testimony of how he recovered from 10 metastisised tumors and his research on how NUTRITION CAN CURE CANCERS
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Daniel C. Flynn '61 is doing volunteer French-to-English translation and English language training for medical staff at Medecins sans frontires (Doctors without borders) Brussels. He also leads several English language conversation groups in Verviers in eastern Belgium, where he and his wife Kate McNally live.
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Phil Bannan Sr. '61 was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Herald Business Journal, in Snohomish County. He's been a Port of Everett commissioner as well as executive director of the Port of Everett. He was also executive director of the city of Everett under former Mayor Ed Hansen. Now he's the owner of both Scuttlebut Brewing Co. and a restaurant on the waterfront. He and his wife have four grown children: Maggie '90, twins Judy '91 and Janet '91, and son, Phil Jr. '95.
Bob Wynhausen '62 and Barbara (Comeau) Wynhausen celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in January. Barb was a 1963 graduate of O'Conner Hospital School of Nursing.
Lawrence F. Terry '57, J.D. 62, retired Judge of the Superior Court, and his wife Anna Marie Terry (College of Notre Dame '58) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 8, 2009, with a special Mass followed by dinner with family, classmates, and friends at the Adobe Lodge.
Judge Lawrence Terry '57, J.D. '62 was honored by the Santa Clara County Medical Association at its annual awards banquest held on June 8, 2010, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif. He was selected to receive the association's annual citizens award in recognition of his significant contribution to the health field. Judge Terry was instrumental in establishing the Drug Treatment Court in Santa Clara County which has gained State and National recognition for its innovative work in introducing treatment and recovery in criminal drug cases.
Mike Riley '62 has earned the certified Wealth Strategist designation through First Allied Securities. Riley has lived at Lake Tahoe for 15 years.
Bill Mowatt '58, M.A. '69 has recently retired from completing Team N Training marathons. Dr. Mowatt and his wife, Gail, have raised more than $75,000 for Leukemia-Lymphoma research, and now they both chair fundraising events for the Santa Cruz County Symphony. Bill still teaches the Shakespeare plays for Shakespeare Santa Cruz. They enjoy living in Santa Cruz with Mike, their lovable Airedale terrier.
John Massa '62 writes that he got bored. So he "started two new businesses in agriculture, one in farming, and one composting and application company."
Bill King '62 was named an Honored Vaquero during the 2011 Vaquero Show and Sale at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum in November.
Along with his brother, Chuck, the Kings were born to be ranchers. Family roots link the brothers to Santa Barbara's early Spanish settlers who owned and operated many large ranchos in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, as well as the original de la Guerra and Orena homes in Santa Barbara.
Though their family urged them to enter professional careers, they were determined to be full-time cattlemen after attending college. They launched the King Brothers Cattle Company and leased a 6,000-acre ranch near Parkfield in southern Monterey County.
"We thought we knew something about working cattle, but the years we spent in Parkfield showed us just how much we didn't know," Bill said. "At one branding Chuck and I roped a calf, but the ground crew ignored us. After a while, we realized that we were too far from the fire so we dragged the calf closer and the ground crew went to work. We'd still be there if we hadn't moved closer!"
After three years, the Kings returned to Los Alamos and bought their mother's herd and leased the family ranch. They expanded their cattle business as they married and began families, leasing several ranches, most notably the San Julian Ranch that had family ties.
In 1973, Chuck sold his interest in the cattle company to Bill and obtained a real estate license. Bill worked for Glen and Raymond Cornelius, much-respected local cattle traders and ranchers.
"They taught me a lot about the business end of the cattle industry," Bill said.
Bill and his daughter Jenny still operate King Brothers Cattle Company. Jenny's husband Luke Hardin and Bill's son Billy cowboy for the family cattle operation. Bill's daughter Katy also helps out on a regular basis. For the past 12 years, Bill and Jenny have also run the receiving station in Buellton for the Templeton Livestock Market, helping fellow ranchers to ship their stock to market.
For decades, both King brothers have been active in the Cattlemen's Association at the local, state and national levels. They have served on the state and county boards of directors. Bill is a past president of the Santa Barbara County Cattlemen's Association and in 2007 was honored by the Santa Barbara County Fair Board as Livestock Producer of the Year.
Chuck and Bill continue to participate in the tri-county Fiesta Rodeo events in Santa Barbara. They won the team penning in 1970 with neighbor Ted Monighetti and have placed in a number of the events throughout the years.
In 2005, both were honored by the Fiesta Rodeo Board as Honorary Vaqueros for their years of involvement in the rodeo as well as their contributions to the local cattle industry.
Bill and Chuck contributed photographs and documents on their family history for a book titled Reminiscences of Early California, written in 1932 by their great-uncle Dario Orena but published only this year by Dibblee Hoyt and Bob Isaacson.
"This wonderful book describes the way Vaqueros really lived," Chuck said. "Dario provides a clear picture of life on the vast early California ranchos. He was born in the mid-1850s and died in 1937, so his life bridges the Mexican era and modern times. He describes everything from hunting grizzly bears to braiding a reata. Most of the action takes place in the Los Alamos and Santa Ynez Valleys as well as the Cuyama Valley. It is a great book." The book is published by Muleshoe Press, is available for purchase at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum, 3596 Sagunto St. in Santa Ynez.
Stephen D. Home '62, MBA '66 writes, "Still alive and working full time as a Financial Planner with MetLife, and continue to keep in touch with many of my class mates. Two grandchildren to talk about, just ask. I am currently living in Palo Alto."
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Listen up, fans of crafty, post-modern fiction: Local author/professor/all-around good guy Michael Griffith christens his freshly minted new book, Trophy, 7 p.m. tonight at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
The Cincinnati literary scene suffered a loss last summer when Brock Clarke moved to Portland, Maine, to take a job teaching creative writing at Bowdoin College. Through his work as a writer (via two short-story collections and three novels, including 2007's well-received An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England) and educator (he taught creative writing at UC where he brought in such guest speakers/authors as Chris Bachelder, Sam Lipsyte, Heidi Julavits and Jonathan Lethem), Clarke was a one-man literary juggernaut who produced, nurtured and promoted the written word with unwavering commitment, creativity and good taste.
Just a reminder for the discerning literary types out there: Ace wordsmith and impressively bearded Nicholson Baker stops by the Mercantile Library tomorrow (May 3) at 7 p.m. to read from and discuss his work.
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The New Yorker magazine recently published its Summer Fiction issue. It includes a list of what its editors deem as the 20 novelists under the age of 40 worth watching, an endeavor destined to be as contentious as it no doubt was excruciating to craft. (There's a reason the magazine hasn't published such a list in more than a decade.)


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Is bigger better?
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 04:29 PM
I think it was more a problem of mechanics and thermal effects than optics. There was also probably some influence of 33% central obstruction.
My other former Newton 250/1600mm (again Orion Optics, lambda/8) was however always visibly better than 100mm ED scope. Here the aperture ruled. However, even with this scope there was certain class of DSO objects where 100mm ED refractor was giving better results - typically low surface brightness objects, like globular cluster NGC5033. This was probably due to sight light from all the nearby street lights.
Also, funny thing, I was able to push on stars the 100mm ED refractor below magnitude 14.0. While the faintest star that I saw through 250mm Newton was just 14.7. Theoretically, I should be able to go with 250mm telescope about 2 magnitudes lower than with 100mm one. I attribute this mostly to a better comfort I had with ED100. I was observing sitting and with mounts with fine motion and I could effectively shield my eyes. While with N250 I was observing standing, it was not easy to observe effectively at high magnifications.
Posted 27 January 2014 - 06:14 PM
Great point! Comfort affects perception; or, as Mister Spock might say, "So... Human."
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 06:45 PM
I'd say my unknown 10" newt reigns supreme in my collection. Nothing can touch it. I can see things with it direct vision that are invisible in my really excellent Optical Craftsmen 8" newt and I don't think the mirror in the 10 is anything special, its just a lot bigger.
Posted 27 January 2014 - 07:08 PM
Posted 27 January 2014 - 07:52 PM
On the other hand, resolution and light gathering are aperture dependent. While I may present a very sharp and aesthetically pleasing view of Jupiter with a 4 inch refractor to other viewers who come by for a look, they are not going to see the detail at 160X that they see at 500X with someone else's C11 at the star party. The same goes obviously for a look at M31 with the 4 inch refractor compared to M 31 with a 14 inch dob. Routinely though the 4inch F11 produces nicer images than the C8s etc on the field. All this however is highly subjective and arbitrary.
Posted 27 January 2014 - 09:01 PM
Yes it depends on the quality of the optics.
I recall one evening the AP 180 f/9 and setup nearby the AP 155 EDFS f/7 and about 30 feet away the 10in Intes Micro Maksutov-Cassegrain (not sure which model) by if memory serves it was an f/15 system.
Anyway all 3 telescopes were observing Saturn and by chance we first walked up to the AP 180mm then the 155mm and finally the 10in Intes.
The images of Saturn through the AP's were excellent however our group of 4 all agreed that the planetary images of the Intes were "better" than the 2 AP refractors.
We kept going back and forth (to confirm) for a good 20 minutes or so.
Another night I remember observing Saturn with the 7in f/9 Astro Physics refractor and then with a 12.5in NGT spit ring EQ Newtonian and the views with NGT were better than the AP.
Not saying the AP was bad - only the NGT was better.
So if we are comparing premium quality optical systems then the bigger will also be better.
Posted 27 January 2014 - 09:22 PM
Posted 27 January 2014 - 09:39 PM
However, even with this scope there was certain class of DSO objects where 100mm ED refractor was giving better results - typically low surface brightness objects, like globular cluster NGC5033. This was probably due to sight light from all the nearby street lights.
NGC-5033 is a galaxy, NGC-5053 is a globular cluster, is that what you were thinking of? I generally don't think of globular clusters in terms of surface brightness, I think of them in terms of resolution and can be resolved with a 4 inch scope while a 10 inch is much more capable in this regard.
As far as the question, "Is bigger better", this is complicated and there is no one answer. If one is going to step back from the seeing issue then the assumption would need to be that the seeing is good enough that the telescope's optics are the limiting factor and not the seeing.. That means excellent seeing.
The next issue is the thermal management and the handling of stray light. Like seeing, these are often gremlins that plague larger scopes. Thermal issues can be addressed but they still can limit the performance of a large scope, stray light, not an issue with planetary, not an issue if the skies are dark. Both these factors depend on the scope as well as the operator.
The final factor is the target in question, the factors that are important when viewing the planets are quite different than those that affect the deep sky. My experiences basically go like this:
The original poster assumed excellent seeing and I am going to assume, because it is something I pay careful attention to, a properly cooled and aligned scope. I am not one to roam star parties, my experiences are my own with my own scopes.
Under these conditions, my experience has been that bigger is better when it comes to viewing the planets and double stars. Contrast and resolution are a function of aperture and if the seeing permits a large aperture scope to perform, it will do so. It doesn't take exceptional optics for a significantly larger scope to outperform the smaller scope, just good optics. A 10 inch or 12.5 inch has such an advantage over a 4 or 5 inch, a small scope can only do what it can do.. The other night the seeing was quite excellent, the temperature had remained at 50F for several hours, the views of Jupiter were among the finest I have ever seen, the contrast and detail, like a photo.
Typically this particular scope is not my favorite for the planets, it has a 2 inch thick mirror and has a mirror that is large enough (25 inches) that typically the seeing will be causing serious issues. But that particular night, these were not problems and the scope was performing admirably and indeed bigger was most certainly better.
As far as deep sky objects, again it does depend on the object but resolution and optical quality are less important because the eye simply cannot see the details that are there at the focal plane, the dark adapted eye has poor resolution. Small objects are more easily seen in large scopes. If I am hunting down faint galaxies, I find that the larger the aperture, the more I see.. If I am looking at the details in a bright planetary nebulae like the Eskimo nebula, the larger aperture provides the superior view, essentially independent of optical quality. The same can be said of globular clusters and open clusters for that matter.. M30 in a top notch 4 inch is shows only the barest details, in a 12.5 inch, I can resolve many of the stars and in an even bigger scope, even more so...I never really saw M7 until I looked at it in my 16 inch. In a 4 or 5 inch scope it's a beautiful bright open cluster but in a significantly larger scope, one can see a multitude of stars and even other clusters both open and globular hidden within M7.
So, ignoring seeing and assuming a properly setup and cooled scope, in general, bigger is better.. There are some objects that are better seen in a smaller scope because the simply won't fit in the eyepiece of a larger scope. Large, low contrast gradient objects are better suited for smaller, shorter focal length scopes.
It is my experience that it is the seeing, the thermal management, the stray light control, that can result in a large scope not performing up to snuff. Larger scopes require more care and effort by the observer to get the most out of them.. In the few public outing I attend, I just don't quite see others paying the attention to the details that are critical in getting their scopes to perform up to snuff.. At a serious star party, this would not be the case...
That's how it works for me... If I want the best possible planetary views and the seeing is excellent, (which it can be in San Diego), I will startcooling either the 10 inch F/5 or 13.1 inch F/5.5 and hour before sunset and figure it will be at least an hour after sunset before the scope is ready...
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 10:21 PM
I had a Vixen A102Mwt(Japan) a good scope. But the 3.25" Jaegers gave similar or better planetary images. The Vixen just didn't have as smooth or accurate figure. Still a good scope but the smaller Jaegers was just as good.
3" scope outperform a 6" ?? only if there are problems with the 6" or the seeing is terrible. It happens often though. My 4" Jaegers gave better images than a 10" dob and a C8 at a public event. The 10" dob wasn't cooled down and the collimation wasn't spot on. The C8 looked well collimated, but it wasn't well cooled. The others had potential, but had issues that really reduced performance. Terra's comment was spot on. Saturn is sooo sharp! was the oft comment. Under non optimal conditions, smaller refractors can perform better than a larger scope.
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Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:24 AM
But quality, with additional difficulty, can also be scaled.
All that matters then is the degree one copes with difficulty ... to obtain the desired, scaled, quality.
Some difficulties, like instrument optics/rigidity/stability, can be dealt with by obtaining better ones comprehensively.
Other difficulties, like seeing and thermal issues, cannot. One must absent them for quality to be present.
Compromise occurs when we're not aware of the flaws that injure quality. Which when scaled, happens more readily.
When bigger isn't better is when scaling fails to deliver quality.
Posted 28 January 2014 - 08:50 AM
I was going to start a thread on 'What factors go into your telescope purchases?' but I think it can tie-in with this topic - especially when you think of all the choices we have with this hobby!
So: What guides your Classic Telescope purchases??
Posted 28 January 2014 - 09:36 AM
"The optical quality of both the larger and smaller scopes must be similar for aperture to rule."
This certainly depends on the object in question. For faint, small objects, the eye is the limiting factor, it cannot resolve the details that exist at the focal plane so that quality of the optics is not particularly important.
In terms of objects like planets, fine scale contrast and resolution are proportional (actually inversely proportional) to aperture so a larger scope need not be of the same optical quality to provide greater resolution and contrast... The optics in my 10 inch GSO Dob are almost certainly not of the same quality as those in my 4 inch apo refractor nor at they as good as those in my 60mm F/13.3 Asahi-Pentax. But for viewing the planets, for splitting double stars, it is by far the better scope because on an absolute scale, the optics are better.
Posted 28 January 2014 - 09:37 AM
It is not important that it is globular. I meant it as a typical member of class of objects with low surface brightness. It was just a first one that came to my mind.
Posted 28 January 2014 - 10:42 AM
Learning to test optics is not hard and in many ways easier then many of the mechanical restorations present here. Also the types of errors I see are not small ones so your not going to have to worry about splitting hairs to see if you have 1/10 vs 1/12 optics. It is going to be that your "1/10" wave optics are 1/2 wave and the zones and other errors are going to jump out at you. So it is only going to take one look to tell that there is no way that your optics can be anywhere close to diffraction limited.
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Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:24 PM
Jon gives good answers to the unasked question.
So much depends on the condition of the telescope, not just the aperture. The lack of thermal equilibrium will destroy an image in any telescope. Bigger telescopes take longer to reach that condition.
I have set up the 9" Clark next to larger telescopes many times. Sometimes the Clark gives a better view, i.e., Jupiter, Moon, double stars and sometimes it doesn't.
I don't mind seeing something better than what my 9" can produce.
Posted 28 January 2014 - 03:19 PM
Bottom line is, alot of larger scopes don't have great optics and/ or have cool down and tube current issues.
Posted 28 January 2014 - 03:32 PM
Posted 28 January 2014 - 05:30 PM
Good viewing of the planets is largely dependent on image scale. The longer the focal length along with larger optics is always a good winner. That is why so many F15 systems provide such excellent views of the planets. The C14 with it's 140 inch focal length is a good example. When you get a C14 with good smooth optics and it is dialed in correctly and the seeing is good the view is pretty good. However, no matter what you say a large refractor with good optics providing those pin point stars on a velvet back ground is about as close as to driving a 911 Porsche. There is no substitute.
Personally I don't think there is an answer to you original question. There are too many variables and qualifications. I remember a night where I had one of my best views of Jupiter thru a C14. Next in fairly dark skies, M33. Very dim view the galaxy which filled the eyepiece field even tho it was long focus. The contrast was not impressive. So I move to my 4 inch f/5 refractor and look at M33. Perfectly framed, spiral structure much more evident and contrast superb. Your question is like asking the better of apples and oranges. But I enjoy the thread.


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Never one to miss a fashion fiesta, Jelena Jankovic is throwing herself into the style game for the US Open.
Admittedly, I wasn't so kind to the JJ and her initial attempt at custom fashion for the Olympics (fine - I screamed "piece of crap".) Can you blame me? Anyway, when the Serb mentioned recently she and Reebok collaborated again on her US Open fashion I was worried to say the least. But I have to say it's (very) slowly getting better.
JJ will be working a very fitted, lemon yellow double-layered tank dress featuring something resembling a geisha-style obi belt (though not as wide or dramatic - go figure.) It's kinda cute but unfortunately the dress reminds me of sleepwear which is appropriate given JJ looks a bit jet-lagged here.
Let's hope she wakes up in time for the start of play on Monday though...
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Never one to miss a fashion fiesta, Jelena Jankovic is throwing herself into the style game for the US Open.
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color is great for her..the shape seems a little too ametuer, like I imagine a twelve year old girl in this...but she nees fitter clothing in my opinion and something that capitalizes on her legs... but she is miles above ana...that is who i am really worried about..her and venus..ReplyDelete
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga -- It can happen in a flash. Your smart phone can be stolen. Police say it is a growing crime.
Gwinnett County Police arrested one man and may be looking for as many as four others in connection with a series of cell phone robberies. "We're seeing an uptick in these particular kinds of robberies," said Cpl. Jake Smith.
The same car was used in two separate robberies in December. On December 18, 2012 two suspects walked up to a shopper outside Gwinnett Place mall and asked to use his cell phone. When the shopper handed one of the suspects his phone, they took off running.
The suspects jumped into a waiting vehicle. Fortunately the victim was able to get a tag number from the car and traced it to the driver Harra Oumer. Oumer was arrested and police are looking for more suspects. "We're not sure how many people we might be looking for in this crew, we're also not sure how many robberies they're actually responsible for," Cpl. Smith said.
Smith said it's a growing trend that is keeping police busy. "Detectives have been making more and more cases recently against suspects who are committing these types of crimes," he said.
Smith said it is difficult to protect yourself against the crime. He advised people to treat their cell phones like it was their purse or your wallet.
He also recommended cell phone owners to take a picture of the serial number and other important numbers off the box when they buy their phone. He said they should email that picture to themselves and save it. If your phone is stolen you can give police that information which may help them track your phone.
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Community Learning Can Be the Best Instructor at Work
For eons, we've learned many of our most important lessons from friends, family and peers. When we're trying to get people to act in a certain way in line with basic do's and don'ts of workplace conduct, lectures and raw information won't be effective.
I listened as an instructor explained how our new software package will work. I'm excited to learn and use this tool; it will ease communication and improve how we do business. There's a lot to absorb, but I'm confident that eventually it will become routine, even for me.
I followed the presentation closely, watching screen after screen of instruction. The instructor was very good. But certain processes just did not, excuse the pun, compute for me. I got lost in a flood of new operations.
My executive assistant Adrienne Morris sat next to me. At a couple of key places, she took over my laptop and showed me the right commands. What she taught me is what I remember now.
The simple lesson: Complex skills are best learned from others who are learning and dealing with the same problems, challenges and issues. That's true whether the topic is new software commands or how to change the workplace to make it more civil, inclusive and productive.
Absorbing basic information can be accomplished via a solitary experience. Reading, watching a video or completing an online course will work fine; those are efficient and cost-effective learning methods.
But when you have questions and need to practice a new skill, you need help. Perhaps you disagree with or don't understand a concept.
Who better to help you translate it to your situation that someone who has already worked through the same questions? In that way, colleagues are often your best tutors. They're the ones who can give you a different perspective, challenge your assumptions, or explain an issue in a way that is specific to the work you do—something even the most talented instructors often cannot accomplish.
I'm far from the only person who has found it useful to have support beyond an instructor's lecture. One skilled physics professor at Harvard University has learned that his students learn more from one another than they do from presentations he has meticulously prepared.
So he has them do reading on their own, then uses the class time for small-group discussions. In these groups, a student's peers can say, as Adrienne did for me, "Here, take a look at this. This is how it works. This is what he means. Makes sense, doesn't it? Or, what don't you understand?"
At Harvard, peer teaching is being considered as an important, revolutionary learning method of the future. And this discovery is making news in the world of education.
The only problem is one of labeling. There is nothing revolutionary about this method.
For eons, we've learned many of our most important lessons from friends, family and peers. When we're trying to get people to act in a certain way in line with basic do's and don'ts of workplace conduct, lectures and raw information won't be effective.
If you want to change behavior and culture, make sure you provide plenty of opportunity for colleagues and co-workers to talk to each other and work through key questions.
Build your own informal learning community by tapping into the talents of your own bright "peer instructors," just like Adrienne and my other skilled colleagues teach me every day.
Stephen Paskoff is a former EEOC trial attorney and the president and CEO of Atlanta-based ELI, Inc., which provides ethics and compliance training that helps many of the world's leading organizations build and maintain inclusive, legal, productive and ethical workplaces. Paskoff can be contacted at email@example.com.


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Cutting Edge Flight Security?
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Fortunately for Transportation Security Administration officials, they have a semi-plausible explanation for the idiocy that emanated from their agency. They can blame it on the sequester....
Well!! Now with the so called budget cuts, they have an excuse to cut at least 50% of this agency. Now take a good long look at ALL the other agencies. Most are there to keep the unemployment from going higher.
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Wrat, this post rises to a new apex of stupidity. You're LOSING your edge.
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screwdrivers 7" or less in length are permitted in carry-on luggage! goberment is the answer for all your fears....
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The Obama administration is focused on only one goal: elimination of the Republican Party.
They are HOPING for another airline hijacking with boxcutters to BLAME on Republican budget cuts!
There is plenty of evidence the government is cutting VISIBLE items which public will SEE instead of that they do NOT.
They have stopped TOURS of the White Crib due to "Sequestration". Saves $18,000 a month.
Yet Obama went to dinner with John McCain and Lindsay Graham last week. Took 20, yes TWENTY limos, and cost about $100,000 of SS time to guard the men.
You don't cure alcoholism without cutting the alcohol.
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Texas A&M vs Oklahoma in Cotton Bowl: Aggies and Sooners renew rivalry in Dallas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas A&M players were discussing potential bowl games even before their first SEC season began.
They brought up the idea of playing a Big 12 team and they've got one.
The 10th-ranked Aggies (10-2) play 12th-ranked Oklahoma (10-2) on Friday night in the Cotton Bowl. Both teams have five-game winning streaks, and both average more than 40 points and 500 total yards a game this season.
Texas A&M is wrapping up a season of firsts, which includes Kevin Sumlin's first year and quarterback Johnny Manziel becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
The Sooners have won 11 of 13 games in the series since Bob Stoops became their coach.
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just a little question, but I ask it anyway. Is there a command to restart the zimbra server? I am currently working on the german language files, so i have to restart Zimbra very often. I only know the possibility with "zmcontrol stop" and "zmcontrol start".
It would be useful if I could do this with one command.


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They should still be rutting.
I was lucky enough to draw a rifle tag for unit H2 this year and being in Grad School and living on the complete opposite end of the state I only made it out once in August to do minimal scouting and didn't see much. Gonna be out there Oct 5-14. Will they still be rutting then? Just wondering if anyone from that end of the state has any tips or advice for me. Thanks a ton.
They should still be rutting.
I hunt in eastern wyoming in the black hills. Usually you can here them bugle and use that as a locator. They have been talking since labor day weekend. In mid october, they can be very quiet. This last week they have been in the peak of the rut. It is hot out and they have been really active at night. The bugling hasnt really started til about 15 min before dark. I would count on hearing them early in the morning.
If u do much texting send me a message 3072776009 I have spent the last 10 yrs following them elk shed hunting in the spring watching them grow then callin them in I know some good areas and always know where ya can find some bulls numbers are kinda low this year but still some good ones to be had I would be more then happy to tell ya what I know I no longer live in sd so can't draw it myself so why not help out other my name is dustin
I archery hunted that unit this fall. PM Sent.
Very cool elk! Congrats!!
Way to get it done. Congrats on a couple nice bulls.
nice work. lucked out with some snow too!!
Nice job! Congrats!!
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Ok, after reading some threads in this section I drew all my colors as channels. Now I need to get it into a format for the printer and even just to pass around like jpeg.
I am at an impass on how to do this. Anyone know how? When I do it, all the colors get screwed up.
Also, I have a few channels with the same color that I did as different channels so i could play when them differently. How do I merge spot channels?


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Hi my name is Chris and I am a slash-five-o-holic.
Hello...new guy with old Toaster, found it earlier this Summer sitting under a pine tree wrapped in a blue tarp, took it to the guys at Big Twin in Boise and Larry did a fantastic job of getting it back in running condition. Larry fabricated a device to clean the rust and dirt from the tank, it was saved!
And thanks to Chris from Boxer Metal for pointing me to Siebenrock for the front hinge on the Polizei solo!
Hi my name is Chris and I am a slash-five-o-holic.
My 1973 swb R/75/5, that I've had since 1979. It was completely stock when I bought it other than Dunstall mufflers and a Wixom handlebar fairing. It's been through 2 ground up rebuilds, and up until recently I've done all the work myself.
I figure I will own this bike until I die, which hopefully will be many years....LOL
This is about the best shot I have....
Judging by the presence of what appears to be a mechanical tach drive cable, is that the OEM /5 MotoMeter speedo/tach?
Just curious, have you caught any flak from your local Gendarmes about the distance between your rear turn signals? Here in CA, I was informed, and it was suggested, that perhaps I might want to extend the stalks to 16" on-center (nice guy, a motor officer).
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Hi, you are right, that is a /5 speedo-tach unit, but because the 100S motor has no tach drive I've been using an aftermarket digital electronic tach. I've recently removed that electronic tach as I'm replacing the /5 speedo-tach unit with an Auto Meter digital speedo-tach, complete with GPS for speed monitoring.
As for the shortened turn signal stalks, I've never had a problem in Arizona, nice catch though !
Absolutely stunning, imaginative work, would like to see as much close detail as possible, post more, made my day, one of the best.
oops... that would be the speedometer drive cable I'm seeing.Judging by the presence of what appears to be a mechanical tach drive cable
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Lew Morris
1973 R75/5 - original owner
It's worked just fine for several years now. Got the sidecar attached, so not too sure if I'll get as much use out of it. I've had an LT and a HD Ultra on it with no problem.


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text: I applied ZCS_8.03 update yesterday and cannot seem to update the logos. Since I have single domain so I follow this "http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Changing_the_Logo_and_Theme_Colors_from_the_Admin_ Console" to customize themes and logos in my global settings and domain - NOT working. I also replace AppBanner.png and LoginBanner.png in the _base/logos and _base/logos/ZimbraInside - NOT working. It used to be a very easy thing to do in ZCS6. My based theme is set to Sand. What am I missing? Please advise.