Patrick, Answer #1: It looks as if the tripod in picture #1 is the portable setup for the observatory scope. Answer #2: The battery pack is the portable power supply for the scope. It doesn’t keep the scope going for too long, especially if it’s cold. My ETX-LS scope has this battery pack. I don’t ever use it. The battery pack fits into the left fork. There should be a plastic cover for the left fork to keep the battery pack from falling out. Maybe Boyd lost the cover and broke the tabs that hold the battery pack in place. It’s easy to do. Answer #3: I’m not familiar with this particular tripod from Meade. However, the base looks too small to accommodate the scope in photo #1. On Jan 18, 2015, at 22:31, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Several pieces of astro-equipment were recently donated to SLAS by Boyd McNeil's estate and we need some information from those who might be familiar with some of them.
The scope in Boyd's observatory is on a wedge and pier as show in the following picture #1. If we remove it from the wedge will the scope work with the tripod and wedge also shown in the picture: 1) http://slas.us/slasbooks/mcneil/tripodwedgesscope.jpg
Anyone familiar with this scope? What is the purpose of the battery pack? 2) http://slas.us/slasbooks/mcneil/scopebatteries.jpg
What is this tripod off of? Could it be used with the wedge currently in Boyd's observatory (picture #1 above)? 3) http://slas.us/slasbooks/mcneil/oddtripod.jpg
BTW, SLAS was also given a couple of largish Newtonian OTAs on German equatorial mounts, a fork are and drive off of the scope Meade destroyed and a small refractor. The plan is to assemble all of the scopes once the weather warms and then determine what to do with them.
Any help much appreciated.
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