[AZ-Observing] Re: Argo Navis and my scope
- From: "bobe" <bobe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Matt Luttinen" <mluttinen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:53:12 -0700
Hi, Matt,
Thanks a bunch for the pics, link, and docs - much appreciated. I'm still in
the research stage regarding DSCs for Dobs. My interest has been recently
heightened since this last week-end when Dr. Harold Corwin and his wife visited
us at our Prescott getaway house for a couple of days/nights, and we poked
around the sky with my 16-inch Dob, and 8-inch GPS NexStar, investigating some
of the NGC and IC puzzles. We had to do some fancy star hopping with the Dob,
which of course ate up precious time. We could have been more efficient if the
Dob had had DSCs, ergo my sudden intense interest :-)
BTW, that's a really nice looking 14.25-inch Newtonian!! - I've not seen an F/7
14.25-inch one before - very cool!
Again, Thanks
/Bob
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From: "Matt Luttinen" <mluttinen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:16:59 -0700
>Bob,
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>I have attached some pictures of my scope. I have found it not so easy to
>describe! Technically it is a 14-1/4" f7 Newtonian on an
>alt-az mount similar in design to the Giro.
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>I have also attached a word doc I originally posted to the Argo Navis egroup
>that gives the lowdown on the scope's details.
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>I'd be happy to answer any questions you have concerning the Argo Navis. Quite
>simply, it is the best $ investment I have ever made
>in a scope. It is accurate on my ATM project. I imagine it would be dead
>accurate on a Dob, which would likely have less flexure
>issues than my scope. I also wonder how orthogonal my optical axis is, which
>(if not aligned) causes pointing accuracy to degrade
>near the zenith. I am still looking at this issue.
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>Check out the egroup at:
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>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/argo_navis_dtc/
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>Loads of info can be found there.
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>Regards,
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>Matt
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