In general, as you noted, the charms are designed to avoid private areas of the home (and as you may know, various areas of Hogwarts have additional protections as part of the initial design of the castle.)
These telescopes do have some uses - and they are definitely quite enjoyable to work with. However, they do often have some distortion at distance - partly because more of the cost goes into the charm work than into the lens shaping, and partly because of some reactions between competing charms. Which is why for precision measuring, astronomers still end up out in the cold and dark, and using telescopes with only limited and well-tested charms.
On the other hand, as I'm sure you'll discover, there are a great many things that can be done more comfortably with one of the models such as you've gotten.
I have heard good things about the latest models, and the catalogues on my desk are promising that they've solved some of the issues with distortion. Once Mr Dawlish has approved your use, I'd be interested in seeing it in more detail if you're willing.
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Date: 2010-11-20 02:35 am (UTC)In general, as you noted, the charms are designed to avoid private areas of the home (and as you may know, various areas of Hogwarts have additional protections as part of the initial design of the castle.)
These telescopes do have some uses - and they are definitely quite enjoyable to work with. However, they do often have some distortion at distance - partly because more of the cost goes into the charm work than into the lens shaping, and partly because of some reactions between competing charms. Which is why for precision measuring, astronomers still end up out in the cold and dark, and using telescopes with only limited and well-tested charms.
On the other hand, as I'm sure you'll discover, there are a great many things that can be done more comfortably with one of the models such as you've gotten.
I have heard good things about the latest models, and the catalogues on my desk are promising that they've solved some of the issues with distortion. Once Mr Dawlish has approved your use, I'd be interested in seeing it in more detail if you're willing.