Re: Sky Scout - 2nd Night

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:56:12 GMT, Chris L Peterson
<clp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:34:49 GMT, Mark Smith <emarksmi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Do you find
that you just use the Sky Scout without also referring to the sky
directly?

What sort of distance do you hold it at? In the marketing pictures it
looks like about 18", although I assume there is a wide range possible.


Well, if you look at item 2 at the top of this thread, you'll see that
I've been experimenting with the distance alot. The skies I've been
using the SkyScout with to date are pretty light polluted and I have
difficulty picking up objects through the viewfinder that I can find
easily otherwise. Unless it is VERY bright (jupiter, Vega, Deneb), I
have a hard time finding it in the viewfinder.

I wanted to experiment with eliminating one layer of glass. I don't
use the glasses at the eyepiece.
.