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Richard Casady Richard Casady is offline
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Default Boat telescope 2.0
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:21 -0700 (PDT),
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Progress while waiting for Fay to go away. Finished rough grinding
yielding a focal length of 24" (this is a 100 mm diameter f 6 mirror)
and finished the #120 grit and have started on the #180. My
magnifications will be a low of 15 X an a high of about 30X.

You can get a four inch refractor with a solid equitorial mount under
500 bucks. Eyepieces for anything cost the earth, it seems.

Casady
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