This has really got to stop… impulse bought a Clarkson 3 inch

[SuburbanMak]

EBay urges got the better of me and I’m expecting delivery of this c. 1890-1900 Clarkson 3 inch next week! 

Will be a bit of a project to get this one pointed skyward & doesn’t appear to come with astronomical eyepieces, if anyone has any RAS threaded EPs for sale let me know…

[Marvin Jenkins]

A thing of beauty to behold.

[ollypenrice]

That's lovely. Good decision!

Olly

[Mr niall]

Perfect companion for one of my favourite books!

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5726813W/In_starland_with_a_three-inch_telescope

[Pixies]

Jenham's Astro has a vid about a similar scope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHwtZ54cF48&ab_channel=Jenham'sAstro

 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by Pixies

[Oldfort]

3 hours ago, SuburbanMak said:

Will be a bit of a project to get this one pointed skyward & doesn’t appear to come with astronomical eyepieces, if anyone has any RAS threaded EPs for sale let me know…

DM sent re RAS thread

[CraigT82]

Beautiful! Does it focus using a sliding tube? I had an old Irving focuser that had a sliding brass tube section and it was surprisingly smooth and accurate.

[SuburbanMak]

18 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

Beautiful! Does it focus using a sliding tube? I had an old Irving focuser that had a sliding brass tube section and it was surprisingly smooth and accurate.

I think so yes - rough focus with the tube then a relatively small amount of travel on the R&P for fine focus. Looking forward to trying it. 

[Roy Challen]

Telescopes such as this are not impulse purchases, they are an example of the head agreeing with the heart.

Nice scope, btw.

Edited July 18, 2021 by Roy Challen

[JeremyS]

That sound was my Jaw dropping 👍🏻

[SuburbanMak]

3 hours ago, Roy Challen said:

Telescopes such as this are not impulse purchases, they are an example of the head agreeing with the heart.

Nice scope, btw.

You make a good point, it is in fact not quite accurate to describe it as an impulse purchase - more a quick decision to buy.  When I was at school a few of us cleared out an old darkroom to start a photo club - it had gradually become a physics-lab chuck-hole and buried deep at the back was a Broadhurst & Clarkson 3inch frac, brass with black crackle paint and on a “library mount”.  I was able to borrow it for a few weeks and despite the awkward mount remember some great views of the moon & Jupiter.  So I’ve actually been hankering after one for 35 years…

[Ags]

Lovely scope. It deserves an impulse purchase.