Leaving the scope outside?

[craigfoot]

Is it a bad idea?

Due to limited storage space I've been leaving the scope setup outside in the garden, with the tube pointing towards the ground and a cover over the whole thing.

My eye pieces, rigel and finder scope are all brought inside.

Anything I should be aware of or consider?

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[brantuk]

"Anything I should be aware of or consider?"

You may get some creepy crawlies in it. And it needs an all weather cover (expensive) which is well ventilated. Do you not have a shed or a garage or something? It would be preferable to bring indoors unless you have an observatory. But it's not exactly the largest scope - actually it's one of the smaller ones and would fit nicely in the bottom of a wardrobe. Hth

[triton1]

I would also worry that it won,t be there in the morning

[craigfoot]

I did buy a special cover for it. . Maybe I'll have to see about getting the tube some shed space :-)

I was more worried about condensation I think rather than it being stolen or the odd spider :-)

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