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This past weekend, I (along with a bunch of other members of our RASC chapter) did a bit of a camping/observing weekend. In exchange for sharing views through our scopes to the public in the campground, we got to camp for free. Good deal for us! I came to the conclusion that a big honking newt on a chrome plated mount pleases the crowds in the daytime almost as much as at night.

Rotating rings work well, too. I'd group the people in the lineup according to their height, and reset the tube for each height group. It was also the first time I'd done outreach using a tracking mount. I won't ever use an undriven telescope for this purpose again. It's great to have a dozen people in a row look at an object without having to say "hold on a second while I recenter the scope".

I find this gets annoying quickly when showing off Jupiter at 250x...

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Do you guys have a SCT there?

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-Robin

QHY CCD
My Astronomy Blog - http://www.astronomynotes.net
Meade 8" LX90 + LPI + QHY5 + Denk's Power x Switch S2 Diagonal
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