Your right..I am the hands on type. Made one last night from blue poster board. Fits like a glove. Had a great session last night with my new rig. Got the Ring Nebula!( in Lyra) a small donut in the sky.sickle666 wrote:Sorry, Tim, I meant the end pointing towards the sky. That's where a dew shield is applied.
Dew shields are also excellent light baffles & can enhance contrast on moonlit nights when light scatter from a full or near full moon can wash out your image contrast.
A construction paper one only has enoug integrity to hold up one night at a time, but it's so cheap you can make em dozens of times before you equate the cost of a commercial dew shield.
Of course, once you buy one, that's that.
You choice, but you're the hands on type if I know anything..There's other materials besides construction paper you can use. All you need is a strip of velcro on both ends & make sure the material is cut to the exact length of your outer tube's diameter & badda-boom-badda-bing, you're done
EDIT: actually just did one better. i found an old bucket. Cut out the bottom, cleaned it up, and it fits perfectly over the apature of my 6EQ. Guess I can call my scope a "Light Bucket!!"
Looks kinda funky. Maybe I can paint it black sometime to fit in with my black scope color.But,..IT WORKS!
TC