Re: [ATM] Looking for information on a telescope design

[Stan Truitt <s.truitt@hawaiiantel.net>]

>Scott Ewart wrote:
>
>>  I've looked though Clyde's scope a few years ago and he's not
>>  deluding himself; it is excellent.  It really does work.  Sure there are
>>  design issues that need to be addressed, like the dual field, which I
>>  actually liked and could easily get used to.
>
>
>There's a thought - a built-in superimposed wide-field finder image - makes
>it easy to find the desired field of view and center it without having to
>look back and forth to a separate finder scope...?

Aloha Dave,

This has been a standard feature on Questars since the 1950s.  The 
finder toggles through the main scope's eyepiece with the flick of a 
mechanical switch.


A very convenient item,

Stan
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