Astro Tourism in Minnesota
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Astro Tourism in Minnesota
Kare, channel 11, is presenting a feature on Astro Tourism in Minnesota during their 10pm news on Monday Nov 21. I've set my DVR for it to see what it's all about.
- SEmert
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
Good piece, and surprisingly long for TV, nearly 7 minutes. It's up on the KARE-11 web site:
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/loc ... 405612efc1
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/loc ... 405612efc1
Steve Emert
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MAS Membership Coordinator
12.5" f/4.7 Obsession Clone Homemade Truss Dob, sometimes equipped with Celestron StarSense Explorer app
Celestron C8 SCT OTA on AVX GEQ mount
Astro-Tech AT72 ED Refractor OTA usually on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 mount or tripod with Benro geared head
Celestron 5" SCT OTA on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 Alt-Az Mount, usually equipped with StarSense Explorer app
Orion 150mm Mak OTA and Orion EQ-G computerized mount
- clayton
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
It was ok. My biggest complaint is they showed some really unrealistic night skies. I think a I saw one shot that looked like a photoshopped deep sky with people in front.
Clayton Lindsey
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
I am excited to finally see the mainstream media show the fact the night sky is disappearing. I hope KARE does a follow up.
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
It was the main piece for the broadcast, so it gets extra time.
Kris Hultner
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- Dick Jacobson
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
Reality intruded at the very end, when they admitted that they were clouded out! Hey guys, this is Minnesota, not Nevada!
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20-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian with periscope
14-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian
10-inch Newtonian that folds flat
6-inch Russian Maksutov-Newtonian on Vixen equatorial mount
Too many small scopes and binoculars to mention
- the_chemist
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Re: Astro Tourism in Minnesota
agreed, I thought it was a bit misleading. we are too cloudy and too often plagued by poor seeing to to be a really first class astronomy destination. but it was nice to see an in-depth peice on the hobby.
Eric Hall
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8" Meade LX-10
SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5
18" Obsession Classic
Stellina electronic scope
ELO and JJC key holder