World largest amateur telescope record broken! MUST WATCH! (Thanks Junwei & Dave for the info )
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27301024
"It's also portable. I don't know if I mentioned that."
World's Largest Amateur Telescope!
World's Largest Amateur Telescope!
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Re: World's Largest Amateur Telescope!
Guess S&T mag will do an article on this 70" dob in the future..really pei-fu his ingenuity and hands on in designing such a scope..
I miss the place where stars shine bright, to gaze upwards in awe of the sight
Re: World's Largest Amateur Telescope!
Jay Eads' blog about Mike Clements' record-breaking 70-inch amateur telescope.
http://jaysastronomyobservingblog.blogs ... ector.html
http://jaysastronomyobservingblog.blogs ... ector.html
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.