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    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 14 22:18:23 2022
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Fri Jul 15 03:26:18 2022
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 1:18:24 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!

    Nope.

    My views through my own telescope are more interesting to me than mere images on a screen.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 08:18:11 2022
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 3:26:19 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 1:18:24 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!
    Nope.

    My views through my own telescope are more interesting to me than mere images on a screen.

    But what can you see?
    Compare to these space telescopes?

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 11:03:58 2022
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:18:23 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!

    By this logic, everyone should throw away every telescope, every
    camera, every car... you name it... unless it is the absolute top of
    the line.

    I am thrilled that we have huge telescopes that can capture detail and information far beyond what any amateur telescope is capable of. And I
    can spend a very long time studying the images and data they return.
    None of which diminishes, in the slightest, the pleasure I take in
    collecting and processing my own images, taken with my own telescope
    in my own observatory. And for visual astronomers, there's no
    comparison at all.

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Fri Jul 15 09:18:46 2022
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 11:18:12 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 3:26:19 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 1:18:24 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!
    Nope.

    My views through my own telescope are more interesting to me than mere images on a screen.
    But what can you see?
    Compare to these space telescopes?

    That sailed right over your head!

    Try this next:

    The JWST does NOT replace any optical instrument that I own.

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  • From palsing@21:1/5 to RichA on Fri Jul 15 22:41:43 2022
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:27:13 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

    I know people who insist on only buying the best scopes and they really
    can't tell them from some run of the mill unit. Nor do they know the sky.

    These are the folks that keep telescope manufacturers in business!

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Fri Jul 15 22:27:11 2022
    On Friday, 15 July 2022 at 13:04:02 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:18:23 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <cso...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!
    By this logic, everyone should throw away every telescope, every
    camera, every car... you name it... unless it is the absolute top of
    the line.

    There is worse. I know people who insist on only buying the best scopes and they really
    can't tell them from some run of the mill unit. Nor do they know the sky.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 23:41:39 2022
    On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:27:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Friday, 15 July 2022 at 13:04:02 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:18:23 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <cso...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    A new sheriff is in town, called JWT!
    By this logic, everyone should throw away every telescope, every
    camera, every car... you name it... unless it is the absolute top of
    the line.

    There is worse. I know people who insist on only buying the best scopes and they really
    can't tell them from some run of the mill unit. Nor do they know the sky.

    Knowing the sky isn't important, especially if you're an imager. It's
    just one thing an amateur astronomer might choose to become proficient
    at. An option.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jul 16 00:19:50 2022
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 11:41:43 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    Knowing the sky isn't important, especially if you're an imager. It's
    just one thing an amateur astronomer might choose to become proficient
    at. An option.

    I can't really disagree with that, just as knowing basic electronics
    would seem far more relevant than Morse Code for ham radio.

    John Savard

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  • From W@21:1/5 to palsing on Sat Jul 16 04:01:37 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:41:45 AM UTC-4, palsing wrote:
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:27:13 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

    I know people who insist on only buying the best scopes and they really can't tell them from some run of the mill unit. Nor do they know the sky.
    These are the folks that keep telescope manufacturers in business!

    And what is even more important than that, they keep the used market well-stocked.

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  • From W@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Sat Jul 16 03:59:39 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 3:19:51 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 11:41:43 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    Knowing the sky isn't important, especially if you're an imager. It's
    just one thing an amateur astronomer might choose to become proficient
    at. An option.
    I can't really disagree with that, just as knowing basic electronics
    would seem far more relevant than Morse Code for ham radio.


    The Morse requirement was just a way to keep the ham population in check.

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