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Re: SNO-T sextant Galilean telescope
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2023 Jan 16, 03:50 +0000
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2023 Jan 16, 03:50 +0000
Bill Morris recommends filing the fork on the telescope, which is the right way to go. But if you want something very quick to start with, you could apply a few layers of masking tape to shim the bottom parts of the telescope fork. A layer of 0.5 mm or so will tilt it a few degrees. You can check it with your ruler (or a sheet of paper or card stock, which are generally quite square and would offer a longer baseline on the sextant frame). It will give you a hint as to how much to file---sneak up on it slowly.
Cheers,
Peter
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On Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at 7:00 PM, Tibor Miseta <NoReply_Miseta@fer3.com> wrote:
On Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at 7:00 PM, Tibor Miseta <NoReply_Miseta@fer3.com> wrote:
See this post from Bill Morris's excellent blog:
https://sextantbook.com/2020/10/28/mending-a-1975-sno-t-sextant/
Best regards:
Tibor
