John_Prewer

I'm a bit late to this party. I've rebuilt the 8.5" Fullersvope Newtonian on its Mk3 mount that I got in the 1970s and purchased a Wildey mirror for it. A few years ago I also bought what I think is a 1970s Beacon Hill 4" Refractor on a Mk3 Fullerscopes mount that has had the RA & Dec shafts changed to stainless steel and is on a custom stainless steel tripod. The reflector has an RA drive which years ago I used for photography with a 35mm SLR and I'm looking forward to trying digital. The Refractor came with a great set of Fullerscope eyepieces and I've bought more on eBay to give me the Fullerscope full set of 6, 9, 12.5, 18, 25, 40mm Orthoscopics and the 20mm Erfle with duplicates for the two 'scopes. Right now I have plans to put these in an Observatory with a sliding roof that I should start building soon. Luckily the street lights go out late at night, which is a great inprovement on the 1970s.