At 4:48 AM -0500 6/22/99, Danny & Donna wrote:
>Is the focusing of the Meade's Schmidt Cassegrains so problematic as
>some people said?
>--------------------
>For visual use, I found focusing at high magnification somewhat
>frustrating until I made a "Jiffy Focuser" (I believe the idea is from
>Bill Arnett's web site.) Best $1.00 I've yet spent on the LX200.

Thanks Danny :-) But I eventually got frustrated with the focusing
and got an NGF-S. It is a dream come true compared to the Meade
focuser. But the Jiffy Focuser is still a better deal for the money
:-)

http://www.seds.org/billa/jif/jiffy.html


Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/billa/
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." -- Richard Feynman

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