Lucky girl

[Davey-T]

My sister and hubby off on the midnight tour of this 

Dave

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2020 by Davey-T

[Alien 13]

Nice, that counterweight doesn't look anywhere big enough though...

Alan

[maw lod qan]

Am I reading that right?

An 18" refractor??

Wow!

[JamesF]

1 hour ago, maw lod qan said:

Am I reading that right?

An 18" refractor??

Wow!

18" with a focal length of about ten and a half feet according to one source I found.  And it wasn't even the biggest Brashear made, which was apparently 30" diameter.

James

[Davey-T]

Sister has got the hump now as the gumf for the tour said no cameras allowed so she didn't take hers then they were fitting folks DSLRs to the scope and taking pictures for them 

Dave

[tomato]

Awesome, how do they stop tube sag?

[Dave Lloyd]

Superb classic large frac.

[DaveS]

22 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Sister has got the hump now as the gumf for the tour said no cameras allowed so she didn't take hers then they were fitting folks DSLRs to the scope and taking pictures for them 

Dave

I think I'd have got more than just the hump over that.