[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars-Moon Conjunction - Now Pickering Scale
- From: "Tom Polakis" <polakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Reply-To:az-observing"@freelists.org
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:23:04 -0600
Bill Wood wrote:
> refractor. The smaller the scope and/or shorter the f/l, the better the
> seeing looks. I don't know whether aperture or focal length is the more
> important factor.
Definitely aperture. The larger scope produces a smaller disc, which is
more sensitive to seeing. This aperture dependence is the problem with
the Pickering scale, even though it works well for a given aperture.
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