[SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes

[Rich N]

> Rich mostly expresses my sentiment as well.  
> 
> However, I believe a fast slew significantly helps a motorized scope's
> usability. I would list at least as "highly desirable".  Even with my Meade
> GPS I was frequently slewing especially during initial alignment.  
-snip

Sorry, I don't see that slewing at 8x or faster is any help if the scope can
be moved manually and the DSCs don't get lost by moving the OTA manually.  

The Orion Dobs with DSCs are moved manually.

Rich

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sjaaboard-bounces at sjaa.net [mailto:sjaaboard-bounces at sjaa.net] On
>>Behalf Of Rich N
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:02 PM
>>To: Business list for SJAA board of directors
>>Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
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