Re: ATM DOB: A little past vertical?

["Jim Miller" <jim@jtmiller.com>]

I should have mentioned that this DOB will be set atop a Osypowski EQ
platform and therefore tracking won't be an issue.  I was thinking more
about improving acquisition.  Maybe it's not worth it...

jtm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <jim@jtmiller.com>
To: "ATM" <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: ATM DOB: A little past vertical?



I've got the opportunity to make my DOB rockers capable of going a little
past the zenith.  The mirror is RTV'd to the cell so I don't need to worry
about a sling.  Is there any reason not to go say 5 degrees past to minimize
the DOB hole problem?  Would a DSC get confused by this?  I'm using the the
Sky Commander due to its support for equatorial platforms.

tnx
jtm