Re: FA* 600 4.0 ... Telescope Tripods

2001-09-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 18:56:06 +0800, dave o'brien wrote: > >I haven't tried that, but I'm going to try a surveyor's tripod > >(aluminum) the next time the moon is full, about a week from now. I've > >also managed to get two 2X-S t/cs for good prices lately, so I'm hoping > >to get much better 2/3

Re: FA* 600 4.0 ... Telescope Tripods

2001-09-02 Thread dave o'brien
A scroll of mail from "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:19:11 -0400 Read it? y >I haven't tried that, but I'm going to try a surveyor's tripod >(aluminum) the next time the moon is full, about a week from now. I've >also managed to get two 2X-S t/cs for good prices lately

Re: FA* 600 4.0 ... Telescope Tripods

2001-08-26 Thread Grigolia
Just a thought, but has anyone tried using quality telecope tripods with these long lenses? These tripods are designed to render star images as sharp points of light. Quality telescope tripods might cost more but they'd give rock steady support. (If we have any astrophotographers on the