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Old April 22nd 08, 11:35 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris.B
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Look at the height problem from a completely different angle and you
end up with an adjustable height chair.

I use one with my refractors and find I can see far more detail when
perched than when standing up or crouching.

Have a look at Yahoo Groups: Telescope Observing Chairs. It's a small
group with relatively low activity but full of good ideas.

Their gallery will save you reinventing the wheel. (or the observing
chair).

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telesc...guid=100228709
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Old April 23rd 08, 02:53 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Dan[_5_]
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:35:52 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B"
wrote:

Look at the height problem from a completely different angle and you
end up with an adjustable height chair.


I actually have made one. However, even with the chair, it is usually
pretty low down while doing normal observing, and being tall it is a
pain to get in and out.

I wanted to be able to use my chair one some of the higher settings

 




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