From: "John Sherman" 
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Reply-To: "John Sherman" 






Hi Peter,

> other environmentally friendly way - high tech, low tech, or folk
remedies -
> to keep insects away from people and scopes?


Yup, those spider webs can sure gum up your diffraction pattern...

Try closing the tube up tight. A plastic cup fills the focuser, shower caps
cover the ends. As to keeping insects away from people? Right now I still
have a bunch of big welts leftover from last weekend's views of Mars. This
is in spite of the 100% DEET that I used. (My friend used so much DEET that
you can now see his footprints in the asphalt where he was standing when he
applied it)  So if you find an environmentally friendly way, please share
it.

Thanks,

John

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