Bob Ayers has a site where that concept could work well... out here in the
San Benito County Mountains.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Jeff <jlc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> My 2 cents.. Those 13" coulter light bucket dobs were beastly, but great to
> observe with after I had used an 8" for about 2 years, and before I plunged
> into a 15".
>
> Here's a thought..
>
> Get an observatory somewhere ... Or..share space w/ FPOA?
> Store said telescopes at this location.
> Plan observing nights at the location.. Loanee then doesn't need to cart
> scope around.
> Plus, folks get to observe together!
>
> All that is needed is a decent sized storage locker that can be plopped
> down
> somewhere.
>
> Ok.. It was just a thought... I was imagining folks getting together with
> the loaner scopes, etc.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org
> > [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org] On Behalf Of Digvijay Lamba
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:21 PM
> > To: The Astronomy Connection
> > Subject: Re: [TAC] Loaner Telescope Program - question...
> > what 15 scopes?
> >
> > I have recently joing SJAA and borrowed a scope a 6" scope a
> > few weeks ago
> > and I find the program extremely valuable. It's allowed me to
> > jump in and
> > enjoy Astronomy before investing into it.
> >
> > Based on my own experience I would suggest that a basic sky
> > atlas/maps be
> > included with every scope. I just ordered one for myself from
> > Amazon but it
> > would have been great to have some thing cheap to work with,
> > may be even the
> > Free Mag 7 Charts, before I figured what the best charts/atlas are for
> > myself.
> >
> > Secondly, and I am not certain I am right about this, I think
> > you should put
> > up some text on actually maintaining an handling the
> > telescope. I am of
> > course assuming it is extremely fragile and treating it as
> > such. I have
> > created a temporary cover that I am storing the tube in. It
> > would be great
> > to have some direction there, and if needed a cover for the scope.
> >
> > Last suggestion I have is that if this is intended for the
> > beginners, I
> > think people who are not beginners are probably the best to
> > suggest which
> > scope to start with. I picked mine almost completely based on
> > suggestion
> > from other SJAA members.
> >
> > It is a great program!! On to Houge Park today.
> > -Digvijay
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