RE: ATM DOB: A little past vertical?

["Curran, Marty" <Marty.Curran@echostar.com>]

	I just got finished building a pair of 10" binoculars and I can say
with great enthusiasm that a titch past vertical is a great help. I didn't
go more than a few degrees but it makes all the difference in the world. It
might be because the binoculars are a bit harder to aim (try going from 2
reflections to three ... my star hopping sucks right now).

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Miller [mailto:jim@jtmiller.com]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:40 PM
To: ATM
Subject: Re: ATM DOB: A little past vertical?



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