On Apr 24, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Jamie Dillon wrote:
> And Kingsley's eyepiece set including ...
>
>> a 5 inch AP planetary
>
> What kind of adapter does it take to get something like that onto a
> focuser? You'd think it'd look formidable on the airport x-ray
> scans. Lotta
> glass. Thanks, fellas. DDK
I slipped the 5 inch AP planetary through security by cleverly
disguising it as a 5 mm eyepiece weighing just a few ounces :^)
Seriously, I was pleased that on 4 different trips through airport
security I only had to pull out and explain the 8 inch SCT and
eyepieces one time. Whenever a security brow would start to furrow
at the X-ray scanner, I would instantly show a picture of the
telescope from official company literature. That and some cheerful
banter about going to see the Southern Cross was usually enough to
head off a detailed pawing through of bags, scope, and eyepieces.
-David Kingsley
TAC's Golden State Star Party at Mount Lassen
July 11 - 14, 2007 http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org
Received on Tue Apr 24 21:24:14 2007