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Dear Fred,

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Fred Hebard wrote:

> I think Joel intended no insult here.

Of course, I know. Still I wanted to oppose in the strongest
way that anything I said on this list could be motivated
by any "nationalistic feelings", especially Russian ones:-)

> I would just as soon not reveal how much I paid for
> an inverting scope.

Can you reveal whether you really bought a separate scope?
I mean without a sextant?

> BTW, I believe it is 6x not 7x, according to one manual

There is something strange about it: my manual says 6x to 7x,
whatever this means.

> I've not tried to measure its magnification yet, and don't know how,

That's easy: measure the focus distance of the objective lens,
then that of the eyepiece, then divide one onto another.

> Joel has a good point that the box has the letters,
> "SNO-T," on it.  It
> is natural to then advertise it as a "SNO-T,"
> so that the buyer is not
> confused when he receives a "SNO-T" but had ordered a "SNO-T."

I have nothing to add to what I said.
What if a buyer orders "Tamaya" and then receives something where
the Japanese characters are written instead?

> In microscopes, various measuring devices are
> inscribed on glass disks

Yes, you can inscribe the wires on glass (in a Kepler scope!)
but not in a Galileo scope.
There is no difference, whether you inscribe them on glass
or put actual wires. Except that additional glass will absorb
additional light.

Alex.

   

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