[SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes

[leebizz at aol.com]

Hi all,

????I was doing a little research on the Ultima 2000 and found?the model was made only for?about 2 years in 1998 and 1999 before being replaced by the Nexstar series in about 2000.?Last night we had a little clear weather, so I put it together and worked with it a little bit.? It was a little difficult because no owner's manual was included.? I did a quick 2 star alignment and I got the GOTO to work, so it looks like we have a functioning telescope.? I also discovered there was?another eyepiece in it when it was packed.? The new eyepiece will be inventory item? #32.

32.?? 1 1/4" ?Celestron 32mm Erfle- fair condition

???? Bye for now,
?????????????????? Lee


-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Hawley <robhawley at earthlink.net>
To: 'Business list for SJAA board of directors' <sjaaboard at sjaa.net>
Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 7:53 am
Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Tom Frayne's 2 telescopes




>If weight becomes a problem, I'd recommend removing the finder and leave
>the Telrad.  They're easier to use, which is especially important for a
>beginner.
>

You need both a magnifying and 1x finders.  For the obscenely heavy 1980's
vintage scopes like scope 8 the incremental weight of a Rigel was not
significant.  Lighter weight scopes have closer tolerances.  

As I said try the Telrad on the scopes on the two scopes you suggest.  I
think they will be too heavy.  If so we will purchase Rigels for them.


Rob Hawley 



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