Sky and Telescope sells it for about $25. Well worth the money as
you'll come away with a much better understanding of what constitutes
a good scope versus a bad one. The direct URL is
http://www.skypub.com/catalog/atmscope.html

M.

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 10:53 AM
> Subject: [M]: Re: RE: Artifcial Star Test
>
> I keep seeing references to Suiter's book but I have not been able to
> find
> it. I also haven't spent alot of time looking but then what are
> friends for?
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 7:53 AM
> Subject: [M]: RE: Artifcial Star Test
>
>
> >It's really hard to say how valid your test is without any details.
> >Did you use Suiter? How big were the pinhole(s) and how
> >far away did you put them? What kind of scope were you
> >testing?
> >
> >M.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 12:29 AM
> >> To: 'MAPUG'
> >> Subject: [M]: Artifcial Star Test
> >>
> >> I have just conducted an artificial star test on my ETX and LX-200
> 10"
> >>
> >> since I have nothing better to do due to the weather. Both tests
> >> provided
> >> nearly perfect patterns (according to the LX-200 manual).
> >>
> >> The test was conducted by poking small holes in a piece of aluminum
> >> foil,
> >> taping that foil to a piece of cardboard (with larger hole cut
> out),
> >> placing a bright light behind it and doing the test in the book.
> (I
> >> saw
> >> this test mentioned here and on a few peoples web site, but can't
> >> remember
> >> who, sorry if you are reading this).
> >>
> >> Now I am very excited about the results, but I was wondering how
> good
> >> of a
> >> test this is. I saw a few people that just commented about this
> type
> >> of
> >> test, but has anyone had an experience where this test showed
> >> contradictory
> >> results to other tests?
> >>
> >> I also wondered whether a person with an astigmatism would be able
> to
> >> conduct this test? Or would it depend on how bad their eyes were?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Peter
> >
>

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