Re: [APML] A small dew question

[Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom &/or Elizabeth Skinner <dateach@va.prestige.net> writes:

    Tom> Definitely keep the shield.  In addition to cutting down on
    Tom> dew formation, it helps keep out spurious light.

    Tom> Also, it makes your telescope look much bigger.

<LOL> Yes it does.  During my last outing I had a home-made resistor
chain to try to heat the corrector plate on my Mak-Cas.  Dew was
forming anyway (it would seem that I had some problems with basic math
of the form P = I V).  I tore up a cardboard box and used duct tape to
hold it in place.  The scope suddenly looked massive; especially in
the dark where you couldn't tell it was just an ugly piece of
cardboard.

Oh, and the dew cleared off, too :-)

roland
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