Shuttle launch date set
July 13th, it's on. Time to make reservations for the third time.
To do list:
- Flights
- Rental car
- Hotel in the Keys
- Hotel in Orlando
- Hotel near the Cape (Amit's job)
- Borrow fancy lenses from Canon
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Not fancy lenses, Expensive and very heavy ones... you could buy a house in Kansas for what those beast cost.
True, but do you really want a house in *Kansas*?
Are they lending you the one that actually *does* cost as much as a house (1200 f5.6)? That would be exciting...
Nah, I don't think it'll be anything like that. Maybe a 400 or something... though more would be nice!
You could get a 5" Orion Muk-Cat ($500) and hook the D60 to it (assuming you still have it) - those are 1540mm F12.1, great optical quality, come with an erecting prism, manual focus of course, but you could always prefocus it. And I bet you'd be the only photographer there with a sparkly maroon lens!
Mayhap I should include a link: http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=372&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=10&iProductID=372&relateInfo=1&add=yes#tabLink It has T-threads on the prism, so all you need is a standard T-mount adapter.
And I meant Mak-Cat not Muk-Cat... not sure if there's such a thing as a Muk-Cat but if there is thats not what I meant.