Re: ATM Stripped Down eyepiece

[Kevin Whitefire <chaosopher23@yahoo.com>]

Go with a Kellner.  It's just a finder, and those
Plossls can get heavy.  Kellners are a little cheaper,
too.

If you really want to go light, get a cheap telescope
at the local department store and use the lowest power
eyepiece it has with a .965" focuser that's probably
standard equipment on the toy.

Kevin of Eastern Iowa
Seeker of the Darkness

--- Marco Miglionico <marco.pm@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello List.
> 
> I have recently found a source of inexpensive 4in
> newt. mirrors
> with 1in diagonals. The F.L. is 865mm (F8.65). 
> 
> I want to use this as a finder, with a 40mm Plossl,
> but don't want the 
> weight of the 40mm eyepiece. The finder won't even
> have a focuser.
> SO does anyone know of plans for a commercial 40mm
> plossl that has
> been stripped down to a bare minimum, or know of any
> commercial eyepieces
> that can be modified in this way?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marco Miglionico.
> 
> 


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