By the way the scope when finished will have aboard at all times 2 eyepieces, barlow, star chart and what ever else I can think of to simplify the grab and go experience.
There
was a few main features I had to incorporate in to the project to achieve
my goal, one was the ability to retract the front portion of the scope in
to the lower half for easy handling purposes, as you know there is nothing
worse then bashing through doorways with some cumbersome tube assembly
when you want to grab and go observing. From the beginning I was a little
concerned about (mechanical, optical) alignment being repeatable but soon
found my simple locating design to work flawlessly allowing the package
to be easily handled and reliably set up. Another feature of the scope was
that it be carried as a complete unit to my vehicle, with no other components
to cause you a second trip in and out of the house. The last and most important
of coarse was the scope go in to operation with the tightening of
only one knob.
