Re: Big Dobs on EQ mounts

From: John R Pierce (pierce@No-Spam)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 23:24:26 MST

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    >So, my question for the vast collective knowledge of the group is: Has
    >anyone seen or done a big Dob on a real EQ mount? Details?

    that wouldn't be a Dobsonian Mount, it would be a Equatorial Mount. The
    scope itself is a newtonian design. The 'dobson' part refers to the plywood
    rockerbox alt/az construction techniques...



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