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Re: ATM Counterbalancing a Dobsonian

To: Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: ATM Counterbalancing a Dobsonian
From: lowther@att.net
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:52:01 -0400
CC: Mark Rice <mark@codewayb.demon.co.uk>, atm@shore.net
References: <000201c0c1b4$e71aef30$150006c0@MARKWORK> <0GBK00K6DV8KRH@mta8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>
Reply-To: lowther@att.net
Sender: owner-atm@shore.net


Michael Lindner wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:53:47 +0100, Mark Rice said:
> >
> >  A cheap and cheerful method I use ...
> 
> I was waiting to see if anyone would list my two methods. On my 6", which you
> can see at http://home.att.net/~mikel/scope/scope.html I have the tube held by
> a cradle that opens like a clamshell so I can slide the tube forward or back to
> balance. 

Not to mention rotating the eyepiece.

-- 
Ken Lowther
Youngstown, Ohio
http://www.atmsite.org

References:
- ATM Counterbalancing a Dobsonian
  - From: "Mark Rice" <mark@codewayb.demon.co.uk>
- Re: ATM Counterbalancing a Dobsonian
  - From: Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>

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