Re: [APML] OT: Scope Project Help

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

You'll just need an extension tube. I have to use them on both my newts
for visual use. You can get them from Lumicon. Get a 2" with 1.25" adaptor.
Bobby Middleton



----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Barbee
> Hi all,
>
> I placed my primary back in it's old tube today, in the position required
for
> the "film plane". We have great seeing here right now, so went out to
enjoy if
> for a while, and found that with my focuser extended all the way, I still
had
> to "remove the eyepiece" and hold it 1 to 2 inches above that. Am I
missing
> something in theory here, or just a component? Right now I have only the
2" JMI
> Crayford focuser in, and when I did my calculations, I have figured in for
the
> camera, newt ez guider, and 1/2" exta back focus. I suppose that I'm out
of
> luck until I get the ez guider, but I'm unfamilier with what will hold the
> eyepiece for normal viewing?
>
> Any ideas would sure help, I'm feelin dumb again! :o)
>
> Scott B.
>
>
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