From: Dale Eason 
To: Steve Houlihan , atmlist 
Reply-To: Dale Eason 


I have seen several scopes with the 45 deg mounting including mine
http://home.comcast.net/~doeason/eight_inchF8_.jpg
also Mel Bartels Trilateral scope appears to be that way.

I find it much easier to look into than when it was on the side.  It can be
a little bit of a problem when looking at the zenith but I don't do that
much. It it is still usable there as well.

I have put weight on the lower side of my mirror box to counter balance the
weight on the top of the UTA.

Dale Eason

-+- Steve Houlihan  wrote:
>
> I have looked through many scopes and looked at
> hundreds of photos on many
> websites.  In nearly every case the focuser/eyepiece
> is mounted on the side
> of the scope.  It seems to me that it would be a
> little easier on the neck
> if it was rotated about 45 deg around towards the
> top of the tube.  What are
> the tradeoffs and compromises of doing this.
>
> I see some scopes were this is adjustable by
> rotating the whole assembly.
> This is always touted as a very desirable feature.
> It just seems that is a
> variable focuser rotation is a good thing, then a
> good compromise for a
> fixed position would be about 45 deg above
> horizontal.
>
> Steve Houlihan
> Santa Cruz, California
>
> sho{at}starband.net
> http://sho.mystarband.net/
> http://www.surfnetusa.com/sho
>
>
>
>


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