[ATMoB-discuss] Scope Querry

[Jeff Albro]

Frederick Montague wrote:
> Jeff,
> Yes I am using the scope at home and yes there is a ramp to the shed.  
> As for the Dob I have a 2 wheeler (6" Wheels) that I use to move it in 
> and out of the shed and I want you to know that is no small task. As for 
> the 8" that the base is a Steel column with three cast Iron horizontal 
> legs, and for years I've looked at that and asked myself,  how do I make 
> a dolly for that.

Check out JMI's Wheely Bars...  They even have a motorized system that 
should take no effort to move.  They work with tripods or piers.

This is as close to a direct link as I could get:

http://www.jimsmobile.com/wheeley_bars_data.htm#Tip-to-Tip

> There is more to it than just moving the scope that is driving me to 
> that celestron.  all my astronomical life I've used a telescope on an 
> equatorial head and been able to find my star fields quite handily.  at 
> my age again and with sky pollution I'm able to get the faint variables 
> like I used to. to answer this I made the Dob, but I find navigating the 
> fields with that telescope very difficult so I go back to the 8"


Nod.  Those Go-to systems are pretty snazzy.

If you do sell your scopes, check out:

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/

Free, very active, classifieds.  And you can specify pickup only.

-Jeff