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Prima Luna
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Dew Zappers
      #3069611 - 04/27/09 12:02 AM

Last night I was up in the mountains (Anza OCA site) and after about 4 hours of viewing I noticed my views weren't that good anymore due to frost.

What do you guys use? What do you recommend?

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Meade ETX-125AT w/UHTC & Tripod
Celestron Regal LX 10X42
7mm TMB Planetary
9mm TMB Planetary
26mm Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl
35mm Orion Ultrascopic
2X Barlow Orion Shorty
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TeleVue TAC-1003 Air Chair
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jgraham
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Re: Dew Zappers new [Re: Prima Luna]
      #3069620 - 04/27/09 12:06 AM

I use an unheated dew shield made from a soft black foam rubber sheet material I bought at a craft store. If you make them long enough they work very well.

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Homebuilt scopes from 4.25-16.5"
Meade LXD75-N6/SN6/SC8, DSX-90, ETX-60BB, ETX-125PE, DS-2130
Orion StarBlast, BinoViewers, Coronado PST
Rebel XT/XTi, DSI Pro (I, II, & III), DSI, LPI, Electronic Eyepiece, Phillips SPC900NC
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Arthur Dent
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Re: Dew Zappers new [Re: jgraham]
      #3071093 - 04/27/09 05:12 PM

I'm lucky in that my primary observation site is my rear patio with external mains power. I use a hair-drier to give the optics a quick blast to remove the dew (plus I also use a long home-made dewshield with internal flocking.

Art

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Meade ETX105 (a nice "Grab & Go" scope) & Celestron NexStar 6SE with Bob's Knobs.

Various EP's from 6mm to 26mm, Baader Hyperion 8-24mm Zoom, a 2x Barlow, 2" diagonal and 7Ah PowerTank.
MRF and Antares 8x50 RACI finder scope - both for the 6SE's OTA, whilst the ETX gets a plain RDF.

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