Re: [APML]: LX-200 FIELD DE-ROTATOR

["Mike Regish" <mregish@map.com>]

Mike Regish
http://members.tripod.com/~mike534
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Vedeler <cvedeler@bio2.edu>
To: astro-photo@nightsky.com <astro-photo@nightsky.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [APML]: LX-200 FIELD DE-ROTATOR


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>The only problem I can think of for shooting the pole is if your camera
>can't fit through the forks.

Bingo!!
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>Chris Vedeler
>http://www.isomedia.com/homes/cvedeler/space.htm
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>At 03:28 PM 1/20/98 GMT, you wrote:
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>>  True, a wedge mounted LX200 will lose
>>the same sky around the pole, however this area is relatively sparse in
>>interesting photographic objects.
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>>Besides which, I don't feel comfortable unless I know that my telescope is
>>properly emulating the motion of the earth! :)
>>
>>Regards,
>>--Philip
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>>Philip Perkins  --  philip@astrocruise.com
>>51 27'N 1 36'W  --  Wiltshire, UK
>>43 54'N 5 32'E  --  Luberon, France
>>Astrocruise     --  http://www.astrocruise.com
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