"he had to be down on his knees because the object was almost straight overhead".
is this an advantage or disadvantage of big refractors? That is one tall pier. Needs a ladder to put it in cradle, looks like C-Spine injury waiting to happen. I am often amazed at uncomfortable user positions people tolerate with their scopes. The best view of jupiter I have ever had was with the 16" at SPOC on a foggy night. It was the only thing you could see but the view was so great you just did not care.
Jupiter was behind the trees for Steve and Eric. Semantics count and are duly noted!
----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel turner" <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:09:54 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] combined reply
Too many msgs for me to reply to all that are of interest to me.  And a picture is worth ... well you know.  So here is my take on the ease of use issue.  http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4693  Note it takes two guys and two ladders to set this turkey up.  I wish I had a picture of Steve trying to find Alpa Hercules last Saturday. Besides the problem with the pointing computer he had to be down on his knees because the object was almost straight overhead. You know, up in Dobson's Hole.   Also someone mentioned octogonal wooden tubes.  http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4690  All I'll say about it at this time is it ain't no refractor.   Also Joan, Eric and Steve would have seen that the best view of Jupiter on Saturday was through Ray's 14 dob. If you had bothered to look.  DT _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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