Re: [ATM] Telescope Focusing at Public Events

[Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org>]

Quoting Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>:

> I have wondered how on earth people get away with
> low-profile focusers when the various eyepieces may
> themselves focus at widely varying positions. Also, if
> you ever look at stuff relatively close by (say, 100
> yards or so instead of at infinity) the focal point
> may need to change by several inches.
> Do people with those low-profile focusers only buy
> parfocal eyepieces, or do they put in rings on each
> eyepiece to backfit them so that they don't have to go
> very far when focusing them?
>

All of my eyepieces focus fine with the low profile.
55mm to 9 mm

Ken

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