| Onslowe |
| (member) |
| 02/14/07 05:09 PM |
Re: Degree Circles
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Well the clouds broke and I gave it a try (no Azimuth circles working yet). In my Mag 4.5 skies using the 9x50 finder and Wixey angle gauge I easily found M78, m35,m36,m37,m38 and M1 !! The angle gauge was spot on every time, no messing about leveling the base of the Dob, justset the Alt and moved the Azimuth slowly around until the object came into view in my 25mm eyepiece (not the best eyepiece as it came with the scope). About 10 years ago I spent £400 on didgital setting circles for an Eq Vixen GP mount, loads more hassle with not much better performance compared to the £33 Wixey gauge. You know it makes sense to get one.
Cheers,
Onslowe