[SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes

[Rich N]

A couple of comments about DSCs and GOTO:

1. not all scopes, SCT included, have to have either DSCs or GOTO to be useful
    in our loaner program.  However, a Telrad is a big help on SCTs.

2. with DSCs that don't get lost when the OTA is moved manually, you don't
    need an 8x or faster slew.  You can slew by hand.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Hawley" <robhawley at earthlink.net>
To: "'Business list for SJAA board of directors'" <sjaaboard at sjaa.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes


> It sounds like there may still be some hope for the scope even though it's
> initial condition seemed poor.  If the optics are satisfactory, the scope
> tracks, and has something like an 8x slew then we can use it.  Having an
> object database is a plus, but I do not see that as a requirement.  
> 
> We may want to touch up the rust and do some repainting.  I would need to
> get some pictures so we could build the web page for it.
> 
>>Should I post the list here or email it directly to you or Gary?
> 
> You could just post it here.  I maintain an inventory of the accessories as
> a part of the scope database.  That is available to Gary whenever he needs
> to prepare the overall inventory.
> 
> 
> Rob Hawley 
> 
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