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Old 17-07-2010, 05:15 PM
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Screwdriverone (Chris)
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Originally Posted by barx1963 View Post
A coupla star parties back i met a fella who was a bit on the tall side. Had his 8" dob sitting on a milk crate. Got it up to his height and was very stable.
Yep, I did this too as I am 204cm, I made up a "crate" using old 4x2 scrap pine in a 30cm:40cm:50cm rectangular box which I can change sides on to provide the optimum height for the focuser on the 12" dob (which is 150cm long/high) so I can basically stand straight up when visually scanning the sky. MUCH better than sitting down and shuffling the chair around all the time.

I am surprised just how good the views are in my new 8" reflector compared to the bigger 12" dob...

Cheers

Chris
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