I am aware of that. Thanks for the clarification though.
What I was trying to say is that it was a catadioptric scope and judging by
the way the CO looked on the objective, I was guessing it was a Mak Cass.
Sorry for being so cryptic.
rdc
----- Original Message -----
From: "P T Chambers" <ptchamb@No-Spam>
To: "Richard Crisp" <rdcrisp@No-Spam>; "The Astronomy Connection"
<sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] A Large Aperture Very Transportable Refractor
> Hi Richard.
>
> Catadioptric simply means it uses both lenses and mirrors. SCT, Mak,
> Schmidt Newt, etc.
>
> ---------
> Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
>
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Richard Crisp wrote:
>
> > the caption below one of the images says "catadioptric lens". I guess
that
> > means it is a Mak-Cass?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Natscher" <natscher@No-Spam>
> > To: "[TAC]" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:04 PM
> > Subject: [TAC] A Large Aperture Very Transportable Refractor
> >
> >
> > > While surfing around on the E-Bay, I bumped into this item for
> > auction---"a
> > > night vision telescope", E-bay item #2974438369. Take a look at it.
It's
> > > about the shortest larger aperture refractor that I've ever seen. Talk
> > about
> > > portability! Rich N., check it out. I bet even Astro-Physics can't
make
> > one
> > > this short.
> > >
> > > Peter Natscher
> > > Monterey
> > >
> > >
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2974438369&category=2995
> > > 5
> > >
> >
> >