Re: [TAC] OR Fri & Sat from Lick

From: rnapo ^lt;rnapo_at_znet.com>
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 03:34:48 MST

> Telescope Astro-Physica 155EDFS (155mm f/7)

If someone should read this report much later and not know
what a 155EDFS is, it is an APO three element refractor.

>
> Friday
>
> James Turley and I were the two lone volunteers with telescopes at
> Lick to support the concert and observing program for the public.

-snip
> moon for an extended time I switched to my Zeiss binoviewer and the
> 6mm Zeiss Abbe Orthos. This combo gave about 226x. The binoviewer
> adds about 1.25 to the magnification of the eyepiecs.

I should have said you mutliply he magnification of the eyepiece/telescope
combo by 1.25. The Zeiss binoview has a 1.25x Glass Path Corrector designed
by Roland Christen to improve the image when using the binocular viewer.

Rich

>
> It was a fun weekend even with a huge moon lighting up everything.
>
> Clear skies,
> Rich
>
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 30 03:35:00 2004


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