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.

On ‎04‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 12:27, Cosmic Geoff said:

Yes. Here's a picture of it on the AZ-4.

 

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 !