No worries.
Stewarts supply (aircraft supply place) is also in Australia so you can do the Dacron coating if you want as well.
Still not sure if it will work with my scope as the tube is 1m long and at zenith the tube is 50 cm off the ground...so I would need to put the tray low down on the pier. Mine is a Schmidt-Newtonian.
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Originally Posted by DarkArts
So, I liked Nat's idea so much (well, her conveyance of it) that I've been messing about with the design of a Motel-o-Scope all day.
The design isn't finished yet, and differs a bit from the original, but all the required parts look to be easily available (e.g. from a certain big green hardware warehouse) and eBay in one case.
Total weight of the cover (the part a person has to lift) looks like it'll be ~10kg, so it's quite feasible.
And, after measuring everything, it looks like it'll cover a C14 on a G11 (or EQ8) with a few centimetres to spare.
Nat - thanks for posting - I think a Motel-o-Scope is the solution to my problem.  |