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Old 06-09-2014, 01:15 PM
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Need help controlling vibrations in scope, please.

Hi all,

The scope I use for my lunar and planetary sketches is a 30 year old orange tube C8, and set it up in my backyard. Problem is the street in front of my place is an old concrete thing that was made to deal with military vehicles when the park across the road had WW2 barracks. So every single car that goes by induces vibrations in the fork mounted scope, and trucks and buses are even worse. And it's not like a ping on the scope that dies quickly, the vibrations are long lived as the cars roll past.

Anyone have suggestions on what I could do to help control these? Yes, the old scope is its own worst enemy, but it's what I've got.

Cheers,

Mental.
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