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AstroTasmania
April 1st, 2007, 12:32 PM
Revolutionary new telescope now available

Dear Fellow Astronomers Worldwide,

As a chemical research scientist, it gives me a great deal of
pleasure to announce that after years of research, my chemical
engineering team has successfully invented a new polymer material
that will revolutionize telescope manufacturing for amateur and
professional astronomers. A special chemical polymer has been
developed by me and my staff here at the University of Northeastern
Arizona allowing us to invent an amazingly new light-weight and
inexpensive telescope. This revolutionary break-through allowed us
to develop a Schmidt-Cassegrain; Dall Kirkham; Richey Chrétien
combination design that we affectionately call SCDKRC (Scudcrock).
This newly developed polymer, called "astropolymer" allowed us to
create optics at an incredible 1/64 wave and a fraction of the
weight needed to build large telescopes which makes it an excellent
instrument for Earth-based observatories imaging by using adaptive
optics. Tests have revealed images ten times sharper than the
Hubble Space Telescope. Many patents are pending on the chemical
composition, adaptive optics and manufacturing process of this
new "astropolymer." After years of secret field testing, our
attorneys have released us to market this telescope to the public.

Our Scudcrock design built with astropolymer is called the
Cosmospherics 48. It is a 48-inch, f/5 design that weighs a mere 65
pounds. Since the entire telescope is made of this light-weight
astropolymer, the OTA can be mounted any light-weight astronomical
tripod with the judicious use of dovetail mounting hardware. The
amazing part of our design is that it costs a fraction of
traditional telescopes manufactured today. The Cosmopherics 48
retails for only $2,200 US plus shipping. Included in this price is
a Celestron CGE mount made of the same astropolymer material, 10 x
80 mm right-angle erect image view finder mounted on rings, a new 2-
inch astropolymer 100% reflectivity diagonal and a 2-inch 40 mm
Koenig eyepiece.

We now have several Cosmospherics 48 telescopes available on a first-
come, first serve basis. Order yours today.

Clear skies...

Clear skies,
Arizona Dollar Bill

Draig
April 1st, 2007, 12:42 PM
Mmmmm....

Not bad Shevill, not bad at all :Chessy_Smile:

Cheers Colin

Radar
April 1st, 2007, 02:35 PM
Wow! I'm very interested to see this stuff.

Thanks for the link Shev. :thumbsupmate:

wakaleo
April 1st, 2007, 03:12 PM
So powerful, so cheap! Order me two!

Duncan
April 1st, 2007, 03:21 PM
Hi Shevill,
Can you post a link to wherever you got this info.
Thanks,
Duncan:thumbsupmate:

Astrolounge
April 1st, 2007, 03:54 PM
this is a joke right.

AstroTasmania
April 1st, 2007, 04:24 PM
I am sorry to pull this one on such a nice group of people, but I thought a bit of "Light" humour was called for!

P.S.
Have a nice day and don't be taken in by April-fools stories!!
Clear skies

phoenix
April 1st, 2007, 04:35 PM
I am sorry to pull this one on such a nice group of people, but I thought a bit of "Light" humour was called for!

P.S.
Have a nice day and don't be taken in by April-fools stories!!
Clear skies


Got to love them April fools stories. :lmao:



Cheers Jason :pipethinker:

Duncan
April 1st, 2007, 05:13 PM
Hi Shevvy,

YOU'LL KEEP!!!!
Just wait till next year:putz: :lmao:
Ps. You too Radar!! (link, what link)
come in spinner.

AstroTasmania
April 2nd, 2007, 06:41 AM
Hi All,

I was easy on you all for a first time round!

I think a few people will have been "Caught" with this one,

Cannon's latest DSLR camera looks like it is going to be amazing for
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> > Jerry

Clear skies...

Radar
April 2nd, 2007, 10:37 AM
Hi Shevvy,

YOU'LL KEEP!!!!
Just wait till next year:putz: :lmao:
Ps. You too Radar!! (link, what link)
come in spinner.

:Chessy_Smile:

That was a good one.

The Zero D was a good one to. http://www.astropix.com/wp/

Duncan
April 2nd, 2007, 02:59 PM
yeah you got me good.:welldone:

Radar
April 2nd, 2007, 04:47 PM
Duncan I was just thinking (which isn't often), that you would be quite close to wakaleo who is based 2000kms North of Moreton bay? Would that be right?

Duncan
April 2nd, 2007, 06:00 PM
G,day Radar,
Maybe that should be "whatlink":welldone: .
I think i recall him being at Mackay which would put him 700-800klm south of me.But i might be wrong there too.
Still havent sold my music gear either,getting to be a pain. Ahh well still the binos.:thumbsupmate:
Cheers,
Duncan

Duncan
April 2nd, 2007, 06:20 PM
Sorry about that. He is well north of me, about 250klm as the crow flies.If my memory is right he's at bloomfield river so would be closer to Cooktown on a map.
Cheers,
Duncan

AstroTasmania
April 3rd, 2007, 07:11 AM
Hi,

Just picked this out of my email intake to-day!!

Yeah, I got one of these last week. It's not any good though.
Every time I put it down somewhere I can never be sure if it's
going to be in the same place when I want to pick it up again.

The other problem is that the quantum singularity gravitational lens
sucked in my laptop. Supposedly, the information I had stored on it
can't be destroyed, but I still have no idea how I'm supposed to get it
back out again.

-Sean (in Idaho)

Clear skies...

wakaleo
April 3rd, 2007, 11:22 AM
Duncan I was just thinking (which isn't often), that you would be quite close to wakaleo who is based 2000kms North of Moreton bay? Would that be right?


Sorry about that. He is well north of me, about 250klm as the crow flies.If my memory is right he's at bloomfield river so would be closer to Cooktown on a map.
Cheers,
Duncan

Gidday lads. Flash up GoogleEarth and plug in Latitude 12º 27' 13.36"S Longitude 142º 38' 18.08"E to have it take you to my location. This puts me about 750 Kilometres north of you Duncan and around 500 Km north of Bloomfield River. In the sticks, as they say!

Duncan
April 3rd, 2007, 11:50 AM
Hey Wakaleo,
At least you've got good fishing and crabbing up there when it's overcast.:thumbsupmate:

Duncan
April 3rd, 2007, 12:17 PM
OK, so you are near Morton telegraph station. Whats the name of the station or property you are looking after. Curiosity has got the better of me.
Cheers,
Duncan

wakaleo
April 3rd, 2007, 12:24 PM
OK, so you are near Morton telegraph station. Whats the name of the station or property you are looking after. Curiosity has got the better of me.
Cheers,
Duncan

Near Moreton! I manage the place as a camping ground! Check out www.moretonstation.com.au

Sorry for this off-topic stuff Radar.