Re: [ATM] Breathe through lightpath

[GARY FUCHS <gary@rcn.com>]

Hello,

I find it odd that erudite respected folks can study and describe at length - and that work will, and should be read and taken seriously -  details of tube currents, boundary layers, and all sorts of things that happen on or about the primary mirror and OTA and have an impact on observing, but this question, that seems no less important, is treated as less than worthy of serious consideration. 

Anyway, wouldn't a simple lightweight shield prevent the problem? 

Gary Fuchs



---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:09 +0000
>From: fundo@bellsouth.net  
>Subject: Re: [ATM] Breathe through lightpath  
>To: Don R Surles <Don.R.Surles-1@usa.dupont.com>,lopez@mv.mv.com
>Cc: Arjan te Marvelde <Arjan.te.Marvelde@hetnet.nl>,atm@atmlist.net,atm-bounces@atmlist.net
>
>You can try keeping your head above the optical path! <G>
>
>From: Don R Surles <Don.R.Surles-1@usa.dupont.com>
>
>> mother nature puts all sorts of obstacles in our astronomical viewing 
>> paths...fog, dew, heat, cold, atmosphere, layers of air currents moving in 
>> all directions, daily temp changes as day moves to night to day...and here 
>> on the east coast we even have a few critters named mosquitoes who like to 
>> crowd around the eyepiece.
>
>Hey...come down here to Memphis if you want mosquitoes.  They ain't big but they're numerous.  Even worse is Florida where they have multiple insecti to bother you...all night long.  Its so bad you have to keep a screen on the front of your car to keep the bugs from clogging the radiator.
>
>*****-----
>Dan F.
>Memphis, TN
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