[AZ-Observing] Re: Scope Color

>
> Thanks, Rick ... I always try to over analyze everything, which is  
> why 14 years have passed since I started building my 16" (which  
> will be done this spring if I can get past the mirror cell  
> decision).  Brian's idea of going with a nicely polished aluminum  
> tube is a good idea and one Spooner employs.  Also Jenn's black  
> felt idea gave me the idea to use left over flocking paper for the  
> area.
>
> Much like how fans are now a big deal to stablize optic  
> temperatures or disrupt boundry layers, tube color could be the  
> next big development in ATM!  (I haven't decided if I'm joking or  
> serious about that.)
>
> -FRANK
>
> P.S.  I wonder how many other people have their telescope(s)  
> named.  I've been considering "Little Geek" and "Big Geek"  
> referencing James Cameron's movie "The Abyss".  But somehow those  
> titles are maybe too tongue in cheek.
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Rick Tejera wrote:
>
>> I always liked Jenn's solution on Magpie (And you thought Gert was  
>> an odd
>> name for a telescope)
>>
>> She glued a piece of black felt to the eyepiece area to reduce  
>> glare. Simple
>> yet effective. Gotta admit, Frank, you're the first person I've  
>> hear looking
>> for a quantative study on this.

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