From: "Frank Q" 
To: "John Sherman" , 
Reply-To: "Frank Q" 


Hi All
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From: "John Sherman" 


> > >If a 10" is no big whoop, what does that make my little
4.25" ??
>
> EVERY telescope mirror is important.
>
> If people looked down on someone making a small mirror, they would be
> stupid. Properly motivated, that person with the small mirror might make

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Well, that makes my 2.5 inch about half as big as the 4.5". I finally
put it together yesterday and last night I managed to point it upwards
between the clouds.

I managed to split alpha centauri - just, jewel box was a pretty sight as
were the clusters near scorpio. Omega centauri was a bright smudge against
a not so dark background (I live in a city where you can count the stars
with
the fingers on one hand).

Mars was a very bright little disk (magnification was about 30 - all I
could manage with a 20 mm Ramsden EP; er - yes, I'll have to rebuild my
optics arsenal again)!

But the moon was very spectacular probably because it just filled the field
of view - and there was just the tiniest hint of colour - due to the
eyepiece.

Anyhow, I'm back on the air again - so to speak

Cheers
Frank Q

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