Herstmonceux

[Trevor]

Just back from Herstmonceux after spending a great evening with Robin, Steve and Graham.

We had the pleasure of playing with the Yapp 36 inch F/15 cassegrain not normally open to the public for viewing.

Now I know how it all works and looking forward to more time with this baby.

I thoroughly recommend attending their Open Evenings.

[Beyond_Vision]

Wow, now thats some serious apeture .

Sounds like you had a fantastic time

Regards

Kevin

[MikeP]

Crikey, didn't know that was there or that they had open evenings. Thanks for sharing.

Mike

[steppenwolf]

Well done Trevor, glad you got some hands on.

[Trevor]

Steven having a nose through the 36 inch………….

[Stephen Green]

Hi Trevor it was a great evening

Stephen

[robindurant]

Yes very enjoyable, I took my Grandson Alex 11 and he was instantly converted to a future Astronomer, As he said about the big Telescope when it was moving "it a bit bigger than your Goto Granddad"

Another pic of Steve Green and Alex.

Robin

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[barkis]

Are you simulating observing Trevor, or were you actually looking at something.

I would guess the former, seeing as the place is well lit.

Ron.

On second thoughts, the light could be camera flash. A great way to kill dark adaption.

[Trevor]

Hi Ron

Yep the first picture was as the dome was closing at the end of the session.

The photo below was when viewing Jupiter if you look closely you can see the reflection in my eyes it was very bright, I was on the phone to Bern (Modernastronomy) at the time lol.

Trev.

[barkis]

Yes I can see both eyes illuminated Trevor, must be bino. viewer in there. I was looking at a reflection on the dome wall. It must be from the flash reflecting of something on the scope. I was thinking at first it was a Jupiter projection, but thought twice about that.

The only large scope I have seen was at The Greenwich Observatory a few years ago.

It must be such a buzz actually getting a look through something like that.

Thanks for the pictures, and the explanations.

Ron.