Those Pretty Telescopes

[Alien 13]

10 minutes ago, Space Hopper said:

Looking through this beautiful assortment of telescopes on this thread, i asked myself  "what no Questars" ?   BUT THEN I FOUND IT ☺️

Its just a beautiful work of art isn't it ??

 

Here is another...

In my view the prettiest and finest scope ever made.

Alan

[markse68]

For some reason when i see Questars I think of Kirby vacuum cleaners 🤔😱

[Alan White]

2 minutes ago, markse68 said:

For some reason when i see Questars I think of Kirby vacuum cleaners 🤔😱

Thank goodness I am not alone in that thought, always thought it was just one of my random thoughts….
clearly not 😀

[Franklin]

1 minute ago, markse68 said:

For some reason when i see Questars I think of Kirby vacuum cleaners 🤔😱

I think of 70's/80's Sky and Telescope magazines and lots of $$$$$.

[JAC51]

On 19/11/2022 at 15:02, Sunshine said:

my eyes struggle with reading the decals but this just screams Tak, I have no idea what model this is but I agree it looks really nice!

It’s a dilworth relay  which gives an upright non inverted image when used straight through.

https://britastro.org/forums/topic/dilworth-not-cassegrain

There is some mention of these on cloudy nights apparently few where made?

[Space Hopper]

14 minutes ago, Alien 13 said:

Here is another...

In my view the prettiest and finest scope ever made.

Alan

Gorgeous 🔭👍🏼

[glafnazur]

37 minutes ago, Alien 13 said:

Here is another...

In my view the prettiest and finest scope ever made.

Alan

This gets my vote, beautiful scope.

[niallk]

Wouldn't kick this scope out of bed 😂  All $78k of it 😯

I love my little LS50DS. I do think it looks pretty - beautifully machined, but it's more than skin deep: how these marvels are engineered on the inside / the physics of how they work is their real beauty, imho!! 😍 

Edited November 20, 2022 by niallk

[HollyHound]

I still miss this beauty… something about that colour scheme, solid build and weight… just oozes… “weapon” 🤣

[Ratlet]

4 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

I still miss this beauty… something about that colour scheme, solid build and weight… just oozes… “weapon” 🤣

Mmmm.  Nice wooden tripod, sleek black lines.  Neo-luxurious stylings.  

Stella-mira make a lovely scope.  I won't even give it bonus points for me not having to pawn both my kidneys to afford it.

[Stu]

4 hours ago, MalcolmM said:

Love the last one! What is it?

Malcolm 

It’s a Carton 60mm f16.7, very nice.

[Ibbo!]

7 minutes ago, Stu said:

It’s a Carton 60mm f16.7, very nice.

I had a 102 f13 which had a bad accident 😭

[badhex]

Very much enjoy the combo of my 102 F7 ED, Scopetech Mount Zero and Gitzo 5 series. 

Edited November 20, 2022 by badhex

[Mandy D]

I know it's not yet completed, so maybe not a real contender, but the ELT is droolworthy. This picture, which compares it's size to the Ross Telescope (72 inch refractor) shows the sheer scale and beauty of it. Image used with permission, from https://elt.eso.org/public/images/eelt-rossetelescope/

 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Mandy D

[Swoop1]

Sacrilege time but, I have yet to see a pretty telescope.

I have seen many scopes that, to me, look stunning but, pretty is not a word I would use.

A classic James Bond Aston Martin is a droolingly stunning machine but, pretty it ain't. 

[Nyctimene]

The beauty queen of my five Dobsonians, the 12" f/5 Hofheim Instruments traveldob:

A slender lightweight (12 kgs in toto), now out of production. Baltic birch plywood, stained, in combination with aluminum parts. Shown here the first version with metal altitude bearings; later improved by substitution of wooden bearings milled hollow, so less prone to vibrations.

As I wrote in an earlier post, a somewhat "sensible plant", but very capable. Spotted Neptun's moon Triton with it.

Stephan

[L8-Nite]

On 19/11/2022 at 16:38, Andy ES said:

Fantastic, does it come with a shiny silver jump suit to wear when using it?.😂

No, just with custom colour coordinated observing apparel. 

[Andy ES]

6 minutes ago, L8-Nite said:

No, just with custom colour coordinated observing apparel. 

Outstanding! more for when you’re in California than Wales maybe? 😂

[L8-Nite]

On 20/11/2022 at 19:37, Space Hopper said:

No, its the Questar 7.

My thoughts echo Mike D's : someday (who knows)

I'm just imagining it on an AZ100. The Q7 on one size and my 140 refractor on the other...........😛

 

It was my retirement present to myself with my Wife's blessing, as she thought it would be a safer option for me than a motorcycle or sports car.  

[L8-Nite]

1 minute ago, Andy ES said:

Outstanding! more for when you’re in California than Wales maybe? 😂

Yes, a good observation there Andy.  I also brought my redneck tractor coveralls here for cold weather.  😁

[L8-Nite]

On 20/11/2022 at 08:18, Stu said:

A random selection of some of the better looking ones. All non Taks for those of a delicate disposition 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loving the Telementor on the Unitron mount. 👍 🙂

[L8-Nite]

On 20/11/2022 at 08:59, Chaz2b said:

Does those legs automatically deploy before touch down?!

But of course, and once stabilized, the OTA starts to begin docking procedures. 

[DaveS]

When I saw the title of the thread I read it as "Those pesky telescopes" 😱😂

[DaveS]

Having looked through this thread I see plenty of elegant or beautifully engineered telelscopes (The Great Weatherall being the best), but no telescope that I would call "pretty", apart, possibly, from the Porter Garden telescope.

And a lot of posts showing off all the telescopes people own, which isn't the point.

[markse68]

2 hours ago, DaveS said:

but no telescope that I would call "pretty"

 

16 hours ago, Swoop1 said:

I have yet to see a pretty telescope.

Ah- I guess pretty is in the eye of the beholder. Here's one for you 2- flowers are pretty so this must be too

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/flower-power-starshade-unfurls-in-space

Mark