Re: ATM Eye relief

[ScifiGuy <scifiguy@pacbell.net>]

One could go to their optometrist and ask them to make a glass monocle
(it's got to be less expensive than a pair of glasses).  Then, send the
monocle out for multi coating.  A monocle could be worn in the traditional
way, close to the eye (eliminating eye relief/positioning problems), or
could be mounted on a clip at the eyepiece, as Dwight suggests.

By the way, I wear soft disposable contacts about 99% of my waking hours.
I have minor problems when observing--mostly due to the contacts drying out
for lack of blinking (the image blurs, and the focuser needs to be
readjusted).  The solution in my case is to always carry rewetting drops,
or remove the contacts for the viewing session.

--Mike Selfridge

At 09:57 AM 7/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
> Seems like there is a business opportunity to some enterprising
>lens grinders. Make a small lens that can be clamped on
>over the eyepiece ( something like the small diffraction gratings
>I've see advertised for outrageous prices ). These could
>be full corrective for the specific users. One could have
>some bumps that could be felt by hand to align for astigmatism.
> This wouldn't help the casual viewer but for those that used
>telescopes regularly, it would be great. I would think that one
>might be able to take old glasses and cut them down into
>such lenses.
> The other issue would be putting some good coatings on
>them. Most eye glasses don't have coating because they
>would be too hard to keep clean but these are treated as
>essentially the same as a filter or eyepiece.
>Dwight