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Subject: Re: [M]: Re: LX200 collimation help
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Dec 21 00:28:47 1998

While you're here, how about checking out the Astronomy Book List ?

At 11:37 PM -0500 12/20/98, Shay Walters wrote:
>...Are the 8" and 10" LX200s different in this respect from the 12"?
> I have no
>way to fit an eyepiece to the telescope without using the diagonal. At
>least no way I've noticed.

Right. You need a little tube with SCT threads on one end and a set
screw to hold an eyepiece in the other. Can be either 1.25 or 2
inches. They're cheap. But that's the easy part. The hard part is
getting your eye in position to see thru it when the scope is pointed
high enough for decent seeing :-(
---
Bill Arnett "Quantum Mechanics:
Emerald Hills, CA 37N 122W the dreams stuff is made of"

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