[Chaos-l] Getting Ready for Vacation

[Robert Nielsen]

Matt,

You may want to wait until *after* you go to the outer banks to clean 
off the scope ... the one (and only) time I brought a scope to the 
coast, there was a little bit of salt(?) that got on the scope and 
optics.  It came off easily ... and I wouldn't let that keep you from 
bringing the scope with you ... but you'll probably want to clean it 
again when you get back.

Jupiter right now is REALLY, REALLY good ... large, and you can see a 
lot of detail on it.  On Wednesday night (actually Thursday morning) 
there is another set of moon occultations and transits and shadows 
involving Jupiter ... it would be cool to see that and show it to your 
kids, although the fun starts around midnight.

Robert

matted wrote:
>
> Hi everyone -
>
> I am getting ready for a long-awaited vacation in a week - off to the 
> outer banks.  I've never seemed to have luck with clear skies out that 
> way, but thinking of bringing my smaller Meade ETX-90 with me which I 
> am still borrowing.  Do you think it is worth bringing, or just stick 
> to the binos?  The rental house has a deck on top of the house, which 
> I'm thinking would make a great place to setup a scope.  Just no room 
> in the car for my 10" dob if I want kids to come.
>
> Does anyone in the area service scopes?  Perhaps not in the next week, 
> but I would like to get it collimated as it is off by enough to tell a 
> difference - and I understand aligning everything on a Mak is a job 
> for a professional... and as long as it's getting serviced, perhaps it 
> should be cleaned, and get the goto-gears cleaned or such (they are 
> slipping so the goto does not work properly).  I tried emailing the 
> folks at "Big Bang Astro" but they never reply.  Also, any clue how 
> much a job like this would cost?  I'd like to return the scope in 
> better condition than it was loaned to me, but obviously cant spend a 
> fortune on it.
>
> -Matt
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