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Theodolite Shots at Night [was Long Range Desert Group]
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Feb 3, 10:58 -0600
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Feb 3, 10:58 -0600
I found this post from Paul Hirose valuable. This is indeed a pleasure of using interest group lists. Thanks Brian W He wrote illuminating [theodolite] cross hairs. >One old surveyor's trick for making Polaris observations at night is >to hold a flashlight just outside the field of view and shine it into >the telescope objective lens. > >You can also place the tip of your index finger, illuminated by a >flashlight held in the same hand, so it protrudes into the field of >view. I like this method a little more, but either one is quite >effective for making the reticle visible without washing out the star. > >Many theodolites have a small "lollipop" in the telescope, easily >visible through the objective lens. It's made of thin metal and is >normally turned edgewise. For crosshair illumination, you turn the >lollipop 45 degrees. That causes its round tip, at the center of the >telescope tube, to intercept a light beam supplied through the side of >the tube and deflect it back toward the reticle. The light comes from >the circle illumination optics, so the lamp and power source need to >be operating. Or you shine a flashlight into the illumination port. >... >paulhirose@earthlink.net (Paul Hirose) Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!