Re: [ATM] Time for a "new standard" ATM telescope project?

[David Weinshenker <daze39@earthlink.net>]

"Eric S. Johansson" wrote:
> Truth be told, my ideal telescope is a schupmann but my
> chances of ever owning one let alone finding a place to mount it is vanishingly
> small.  what ever scope I end up using for planets, I would love to have one of
> those color correction devices that function like the schupmann's color
> correction controls.  You don't know how sweet those controls are until you
> spent an evening working with them and learning how they affect your ability to
> see detail and color on a planet.  Oh baby I am so spoiled.

I keep seeing references to the Schupmann configuration, but I'm not
yet at all familiar with the details: you're saying there's a way to 
mechanically -adjust- the chromatic characteristics of the telescope? 

-dave w
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