Re: Frosty the telescope

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From: Bruce Watson
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:55

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In article <1jgr7eINN11f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu| clv2@po.CWRU.Edu (Clayton L. Van Doren) writes:
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|my dealer.  I brought it in and gently warmed and dried it
|with a hair dryer, with the scope pointing up and the visual
|off (to let the cold air inside the scope out.  I warmed and
|dried all of the optics the same way.  Is this a safe method?
|Does anyone have any other suggestions?  
|
I would have brought the telescope inside and let it warm to a temp
above freezing slowly -- the same with dew.


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Bruce Watson (wats@scicom) Bulletin 629-49 Item 6700 Extract 75,131

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Subject: Re: Frosty the telescope
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