Davey-T Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) My sister and hubby off on the midnight tour of this Dave Edited February 5, 2020 by Davey-T 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien 13 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Nice, that counterweight doesn't look anywhere big enough though... Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Am I reading that right? An 18" refractor?? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 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 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Awesome, how do they stop tube sag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lloyd Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Superb classic large frac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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