Re: ATM 16" binoscope project

["Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey@amd.com>]

>From: "Mel Bartels" <mbartels@efn.org>
>
>>>> Am I nuts, or naive, or both? Comments, advice and recommendations
>welcome.
>
>I think a 16 inch binoc would be wonderful.  If I were grinding/building the
>scope, I'd worry as much about the mechanics and alignment as the actual
>grinding.
>
>Mel Bartels
>

Hi
 Of course your nuts but I agree with Mel. Keeping
two telescopes pointed to within a few hundredths
of a degree is an interesting problem.
 One of the biggest trouble I have at our viewing
nights is to convince those that "Know what they
are doing" not to grab the ends of the OTA's and
use only the handle provided. Systems like Bruce
Sayre's may be able to handle this but ours is
gravity located and not locked like his.
Dwight