HAsun

Hello, I know that this is a very old thread, but does anyone know if "ASTROVELO" is still an active observer ? I would like to correspond with him regarding the Cooke telescope that he has or had. Or does anyone the whereabouts of this Cooke scope, if he no longer has it ? I know that this is a long shot, but I thought it would be worth a try. He dos not appear to have posted anything on here since 2016. I came across this thread whilst doing an internet search on Early triplet lens telescopes. Any info that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Patrick

Hello, I have 4" f15 brass and black refractor. It has a very good lens. I have used it up to 380 x when looking at Jupiter last year in good seeing, bit of a dim image though ! It rides on an old Cooke equatorial mount.

Hi, I have a 4.25" Wray refractor on a Cooke equatorial mount and mahogany tripod that I am currently using in my observatory. I also own a 5" Cooke refractor on Cooke equatorial and iron column with a weight driven clock drive. That 70mm Ross scope on this forum is a very nice scope I must say. HAsun.

A very nice scope you have there. I have a number of antique brass telescopes myself. If you ever want to sell this scope I would be very interested I it. Not that you ever will though !