To begin with when I am at SPOC I am usually occupied operating the Grim. Be careful evaluating what you think is accessible, I find few people have a clue. Evaluating it based on Deloy would also be a mistake, his seated position is very different than mine. Manual wheelchairs are much less hampered by curbs (and set much lower) than powerchairs, I would say if you think Winchester Park is disabled friendly you are mistaken.
With all the power cords etc it is best that I stay off the field. Dan you were not a member of SLAS when I was able to goto private events and bring my scope, and really I am not in astronomy to satisfy your expectations. Jupiter on the horizon, give me a break. I looked through Steve's refractor, Ray's dob and Roger's 10" dob.
BTW I had forgotten about the access issue but if you had been able to motor accross the lawn to it Ray's eyepiece was at a comfortable seated positon when the moon came over the hills. Dob's are convenient for items at low altitude, moreso than GEMs on a tall pier. DT
From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] combined reply
Looked at Neptune and Uranus though. BTW how many scopes did you look at Jupiter through?
and quoting Larry's t-shirt "They got pluto, Uranus is next"
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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