Re: ATM Scope-on-Trailer

[akkana@best.com (Akkana)]

Nick Liepins writes:
> My idea is to build a 
> kind-of traveling observatory by welding a pier, latitude adjustment, 
> etc. on top of a small trailer.
> 
> I recall reading in Sky and Telescope's ATM section, many, many years ago 
> about a person who had done that.  Some details were included and even 

Well, there was (if I correctly remember the name) Jeff Schroeder,
who built a monster refractor (11"?) and transported it with one end
of the tube in a cradle on top of his subcompact hatchback, and the
other end supported on a pier attached to a small trailer.  His
setup was featured in S&T sometime around, I'd guess, late '80 or early
'81.  I don't remember whether the trailer was used for observing as
well as transportation.

        ...Akkana