Re: Observatories in practice

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:35:05 +0100, "Lilian"
<Lilian.Hobbs@nospam.dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>You can put the Meade telescope into sleep mode but I don't see the point. I
>simply align my telescope on a single bright star and I am off. It takes me
>less than a minute. Since my main interest is CCD work I get the star
>aligned on the centre of the CCD chip anyway.

>Lilian

Lilian - don't you ever look for Mercury or other planets etc in full
daylight or bright twilight ? :-) Can't do that without a sleep mode
dongle.

But another benefit-it gives a few watts to keep circuit board
dew-up at bay especially in winter.

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Maurice Gavin	Re: Observatories in practice On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:35:05 +0100, "Lilian" <Lilian.Hobbs@nospam.dsl.pipex.com> wrote: >You can put the Meade telescope into sleep mode but I don't see the point. I >simply align my telescope on a single bright star and I am off. It takes me >less than a minute. Since my main interest is CCD work I get the star >aligned on the centre of the CCD chip anyway. >Lilian Lilian - don't you ever look for Mercury or other planets etc in full daylight or bright twilight ? :-) Can't do that without a sleep mode dongle. But another benefit-it gives a few watts to keep circuit board dew-up at bay especially in winter.