(ATM) Re: atm modifiy dobs

Stephen Tonkin (astro@aegis1.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 08 Aug 1995 21:58:19 GMT

In message <9508081554.AA02616@argus.COS.eld.ford.com> Stephen Dillinger writes:

> marathon sessions at the guiding eyepiece. For these length exposures you
> don't really need declination corrections if your polar alignment is good.

HTF do you get decent polar alignment when the only way of adjusting the pier is by placing some sort of packing under it's feet? Sorry to go on about it, but these over-sized toilet-paper tubes mounted on unadjustable jelly seem IMHO designed to make astronomy seem difficult.

Clear Skies, Steve <sft@aegis1.demon.co.uk>