Transporting a Newtonian

Chaps, Chappets

Having recently moved from a house with a lovely dark garden and
virtuall no light pollution to a house with street lights every where
and huge amounts of light pollution I now find myself having to lump
my huge Europa 250 into the car and to a dark site whenever i want to
observe.

Do you guys have any tips as to safe transportation, you see last
night i did a collimation before i left (to see how badly the scope
gets affected in transport) and by the time i got to the site (a mere
10 minutes away, driven very carefully) my collimation was miles out.

Surely there must be some way to protect the carefully made settings
whilst in transit(well Peugot to be accurate).

To add to my dismay the Peugot is a courtesy car while my SRI(really
hard suspention) is fixed.

Help Anyone Please!!!
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Hi

I've had the same problem. I padded out the boot of my car with two sleeping
bags and it works a treat. Oh and choose routes without speed bumps!

Hope it helps

Alistair
http://www.geocities.com/the_150mm_reflector


"Robert Geake" wrote in message
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Chaps, Chappets

Having recently moved from a house with a lovely dark garden and
virtuall no light pollution to a house with street lights every where
and huge amounts of light pollution I now find myself having to lump
my huge Europa 250 into the car and to a dark site whenever i want to
observe.

Do you guys have any tips as to safe transportation, you see last
night i did a collimation before i left (to see how badly the scope
gets affected in transport) and by the time i got to the site (a mere
10 minutes away, driven very carefully) my collimation was miles out.

Surely there must be some way to protect the carefully made settings
whilst in transit(well Peugot to be accurate).

To add to my dismay the Peugot is a courtesy car while my SRI(really
hard suspention) is fixed.

Help Anyone Please!!!
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| http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/astro/ |
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Alistair Thomson wrote:
Oh and choose routes without speed bumps!

Hope he doesn't live where I do, then. There's no way to get off the
development without negotiating several speed bumps.

Memo to self: don't get a Newtonian! :-)

--
Julian

"Julian" wrote in message
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Alistair Thomson wrote:
Oh and choose routes without speed bumps!

Hope he doesn't live where I do, then. There's no way to get off the
development without negotiating several speed bumps.

Memo to self: don't get a Newtonian! :-)

--
Julian

Yes, pretty much the same really, and a dirt track to negotiate!!!
Might chuck in the newt for a 5 or 6" refractor???

R

I lay the OTA across the back seat of my Ford Focus, with a cushion
underneath each end. I strap it in using the two passenger seatbelts.
My Europa 200 (f/6) keeps collimation very well indeed.

Which aspect of the collimation goes out? The secondary or the primary?
If it's the secondary, then ensure that the collimation results in three
screws that are all tight. If it's the primary, you should only be able
to get a piece of paper between the mirror clips and the actual mirror.

Is your primary mirror f 4.8ish. It's more sensitive to miscollimation than
my f6.

-Russell Healey

"Robert Geake" wrote in message
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Chaps, Chappets

Having recently moved from a house with a lovely dark garden and
virtuall no light pollution to a house with street lights every where
and huge amounts of light pollution I now find myself having to lump
my huge Europa 250 into the car and to a dark site whenever i want to
observe.

Do you guys have any tips as to safe transportation, you see last
night i did a collimation before i left (to see how badly the scope
gets affected in transport) and by the time i got to the site (a mere
10 minutes away, driven very carefully) my collimation was miles out.

Surely there must be some way to protect the carefully made settings
whilst in transit(well Peugot to be accurate).

To add to my dismay the Peugot is a courtesy car while my SRI(really
hard suspention) is fixed.

Help Anyone Please!!!
|--------------------------------------|
| http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/astro/ |
|--------------------------------------|

"Russell Healey" wrote in message
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I lay the OTA across the back seat of my Ford Focus, with a cushion
underneath each end. I strap it in using the two passenger seatbelts.
My Europa 200 (f/6) keeps collimation very well indeed.

Which aspect of the collimation goes out? The secondary or the primary?
If it's the secondary, then ensure that the collimation results in three
screws that are all tight. If it's the primary, you should only be able
to get a piece of paper between the mirror clips and the actual mirror.

Is your primary mirror f 4.8ish. It's more sensitive to miscollimation
than
my f6.

-Russell Healey

"Robert Geake" wrote in message
...
Chaps, Chappets

Having recently moved from a house with a lovely dark garden and
virtuall no light pollution to a house with street lights every where
and huge amounts of light pollution I now find myself having to lump
my huge Europa 250 into the car and to a dark site whenever i want to
observe.

Do you guys have any tips as to safe transportation, you see last
night i did a collimation before i left (to see how badly the scope
gets affected in transport) and by the time i got to the site (a mere
10 minutes away, driven very carefully) my collimation was miles out.

Surely there must be some way to protect the carefully made settings
whilst in transit(well Peugot to be accurate).

To add to my dismay the Peugot is a courtesy car while my SRI(really
hard suspention) is fixed.

Help Anyone Please!!!
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| http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/astro/ |
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Russell,

Yep, you got it, its a 250mm F4.8!

I think that is not helping me, it being such a fast scope,

make them more sensitive to collimation doesnt it???

I think its the primary, i have only doen the journey twice

now though you see. Im thinking it might be the actual getting

it in and out of the car thats causing the problem!

R

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:37:26 +0100, "Robert Geake"
wrote:


Yep, you got it, its a 250mm F4.8!
I think that is not helping me, it being such a fast scope,
make them more sensitive to collimation doesnt it???
I think its the primary, i have only doen the journey twice
now though you see. Im thinking it might be the actual getting
it in and out of the car thats causing the problem!

Try putting it in and not throwing it through the sunroof Rob!

Transporting a Newtonian is a lot like making love to a beautiful
woman. One hard bang and your view becomes totally distorted.

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote:

Transporting a Newtonian is a lot like making love to a beautiful
woman. One hard bang and your view becomes totally distorted.

LOL. Thanks, Tony.

Any tips for refractor transportation...

--
Martin

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:07:10 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:

Transporting a Newtonian is a lot like making love to a beautiful
woman. One hard bang and your view becomes totally distorted.

LOL. Thanks, Tony.

Any tips for refractor transportation...

My only tip is: refractors and gravity wells don't mix

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:37:26 +0100, "Robert Geake"
wrote:


Yep, you got it, its a 250mm F4.8!
I think that is not helping me, it being such a fast scope,
make them more sensitive to collimation doesnt it???
I think its the primary, i have only doen the journey twice
now though you see. Im thinking it might be the actual getting
it in and out of the car thats causing the problem!

Try putting it in and not throwing it through the sunroof Rob!

Transporting a Newtonian is a lot like making love to a beautiful
woman. One hard bang and your view becomes totally distorted.

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

wouldnt know what a beautiful looks like Pete!!!!
She looked gorgeous in the pub that night....Bloody Stella Artois

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