Telescope Reviews: Re: is my LS dew heater correct?

Hi Pepper

It looks like you've got the dew heater around the wrong end as the guys have already said.

When there is lots of dew, the front glass element (the corrector lens) loses heat faster than the rest of the scope, so dew builds up on the corrector and if fogs up.

The dew heater is intended to raise the temperature just enough that the dew evaporates and doesn't condense on the corrector plate.

Dew shields (like that on my NexStar 6SE) have to have a notch cut in them if the mounting bracket (as in the ETX-LS) or the dovetail (in the case of my 6SE) protrudes out of the side of the scope where the corrector lens is.

On my ETX-105, the dew shield screws into the front of the corrector (where the metal lens cap screws in), so it isn't a problem with the ETX-105 (or the ETX-90 or ETX-125 for that matter).

Hope this helps

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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