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Article #3346Re: Comments from MEADE about SCT's
From: LABBEY
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:12
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:12
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Re-coating a lens will improve its light transmission, and nothing else. It will NOT improve performance on the planets. Furthermore, it is a dangerous process, involving high temperatures. There is some danger that the lens will break. Besides, the price you mentioned is a considerable percentage of the price of a new scope. Forget re-coating. What you see on planets is mainly determined by the number of hours you spend at the eyepiece. Join the ALPO and make sketches. In two years you will be up there with the best of them. Oh yes, one other suggestion for viewing planets. Buy an f/8 Newtonian. Lenny Leonard Abbey, F.R.A.S. Georgia Tech Research Institute Atlanta, Georgia, USA labbey@gitvm1.gatech.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!gitvm1.gatech.edu!labbey Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology-Office of Information Technology Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:12:22 EST From: <LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET> Message-ID: <93021.031222LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET> Newsgroups: sci.astro Subject: Re: Comments from MEADE about SCT's References: <C16B9F.ADx@boi.hp.com> Lines: 19