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(meteorobs) Re: Telescope for meteror bserving
Robert,
The "NAMN limit" is not gospel but rather a guide to help telescopic
observers be successful. Your setup sounds good to me especially with a
field of view of 3 degrees. Now you just need clear skies to observe!
Bob Lunsford
Robert Gardner wrote:
>
> I have a 6" f.5 refractor with a wide angle Erfle 65deg. WFV giving over
> 3deg. on the sky. The aperture in centimeters times 1.4 is over 21.
> This exceeds the NAMN limit of 20 by a small amount. I am wondering if
> this telescope would be useful for observing meteors despite this
> discrepancy in criteria. Though I am not yet experienced enough in
> visual observing, I was thinking of possibly preparing this scope so
> that I can use it when I feel competent enough. Though it has a
> mounting that can be polar without a drive, I usually swing the polar
> axis down to use it as an az-el mount. This avoids the gimbal lock near
> the pole, and at this low power it doesn't need a drive in normal visual
> use.
> I would be interested in any response from anyone on the net that
> has experience enough with telescopic meteor observing to evaluate my
> data on this scope.
>
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