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Old 20-04-2012, 04:10 PM
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Fantastic effort. It is a wonderful object isn't it, and you've done it proud with the DSLR from your dark skies Justin.

Guys, you can make a cheap but effective dew deterant for your Newt from cheap camping mat material at Kmart. About $20 a roll. Cut to give a 30cm'ish extension to your scope. slightly more open at the end away from the scope. Some heavy duty velcro on the join and some matt black paint inside and you're right to go. Just check it isn't visible through the eyepiece/focuser with your F4 FOV. Generally extremely effective if you put it on right from the start. Another Newt advantage IMHO - less need to run around with dew straps, controllers, etc.
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