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["George Kolb" <gkolb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Russ,

Are you up to Vekol observing this Friday or Saturday night?  It doesn't 
look like I'll be doing the long trip to the Chiricahuas.

George


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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:27 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The LXD's


> Stan,
> I have the 8 inch SN on the LXD55 mount. The mount has been working fine
> without any modification. I still don't think I have the scope properly
> collimated however.
> Russell
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> I do not know what to expect in image quality from an f/4 LXD
> Schmidt-Newtonian. I have read, for example, that coma is about half
> that of a Newtonian, but I do not know what half would look like in an
> actual field of view. Probably the best way to find out if mine is
> performing as expected is to get together with other owners of LXD's and
> see how their system performs. If there are any other owners of LXD's
> that may be at some future star party please let me know and I will try
> to attend. I plan on being at the 5 Mile Meadow this Saturday.
> Stan
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