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Why not drape netting with draw strings, much like a window blind configurationthat opens with the roof and a hole for the OTA to poke through that has an elastics material surrounding the hole. With enough slack it should slew with the scope quite easily. Have I done this ? God no! Will I try it when mu Obs. is finished, absolutely!

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Yes...that was exactly the idea I had.

I really do not see why it would not work.

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It would be impossible for me, with my low walls. I'm all over my Dobservatory, reading charts in one corner, getting eyepieces out of my case in another corner, etc. I'm too old to crawl around all night on my knees

Going to all this trouble would defeat the purpose of my Dobservatory, of simply walking in, removing the turn buckles, hitting a button & start observing; especially when a simple little device such as the ThermaCell does the job. I'm lazy, even bought a second ThermaCell to use while sitting on the deck, so I wouldn't have to walk a few feet down & get the other one!

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Carol


AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Pentaxes; 5XW, 7XL, 10XW.
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
TV Panoptics; 22, 35

DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2

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