Re: [APML] First Results from southern France

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

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From: Philip Perkins

> The LX200 has been a companion on so many astro
> trips that it will be sad to see it go.

Yea I hated to send mine away too. It was a nice way to start but you will
do well with a really good set of optics.

> >Are you happy with the PJ400? Do you see any difference in it and the
PJM?
>
> Very happy, but to be perfectly honest I can't see any difference at all.
> Even the grain looks identical to my 2 year old freezer-stored PJM, though
> I *haven't* yet done a side by side comparison - this may be more
> revealing.  It'll be a shame to ditch the PJM because it seems to be fully
> up to spec.  But since it has become outdated by 6 months and has been in
> the freezer for 2 years I can't run any risk at all that it may be below
> par.  I was lucky to obtain some pretty fresh PJ400 dated 11/2001 - does
> yours have a similar date?

The only difference I see is that my PJM seems more grainy but it is older
than your batch so that could be why. Otherwise it looks like the same
stuff. The last batch of PJ I ordered had a date of 12/01 so we're close.
Bobby M.


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