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A small portable scope, Jeff Marston

A small portable scope

A small portable scope, Jeff Marston

A small portable scope

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A silly title for such a huge scope. Some of you might remember the video a member of Cloudy Nights did with the same title. He used the words girly men and maybe a few others to people who complain about moving big scopes. To be fair, a 50 pound, fat scope can be a little hard on your back if it isn’t healthy. I have been lucky that my back has been mostly healthy recently so my C14 isn’t that difficult for me to move around.

I use it for visual at star parties. It is a really great scope for that. As long as I keep it well collimated the views are bright and crisp. I almost never use anything other than a 40mm eyepiece. I have thought about trying imaging with it, but haven’t worked up the courage to try it. Even with a .7 focal reducer the focal length is nearly 3 meters. At some point I am going to go for some galaxies with that big scope.

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A small portable scope, Jeff Marston