Hey,

I'm glad you like it. Like you said - manual calculations are a pain.

-Cary

>
> <Since I'm immersed in telescope mechanics / optical specifications etc,
> <on a daily basis I wrote a quick and very dirty Field Of View / Plate
> <Scale Calculator to help think about things. If any one is interested
> <in playing with it you can grab it from http://www.SciTechastro.com/fov.zip
>
> Gary:
>
> I found your program extremely useful. Nice job. Your values agreed with my
> painstaking manual calculations for a Starlight Xpress HX516 with an 8"LX200.
> a priori information about the FOV is critical for planning an evening
> imaging galaxies. Now I know which ones not to waste my time on. Thanks
> again...
>
> -Mike
> http://members.aol.com/mpcaligiur/astro.html

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