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 Set up on our other side was our buddy Steve. Pictured is his scope, a 6" Russian Maksutov-Newtonian. On Saturday night it easily held Jupiter and Saturn steady with a 5mm TeleVue Radian. In fact, it performed well with Steve's three other Radians, which he was lucky enough to win up at Stellafane this past summer. |
 Another nicely done scope was this large (5"-ish) refractor. You don't see too many homemade refractors around and this appears to be one of the best. Keith Love, the owner, has also built a Dobsonian around a set of 13.1" Coulter optics and a reproduction of Galileo's famous first telescope, which placed up at Stellafane two summers ago. |
 At left was one of, if not the largest telescopes there. This 20" Obsession will make you cry if you have a Dobsonian 10" and smaller...your mirror will look so small after inspecting the Optical Tube Assembly of this monster. All these commercially-made large aperture Truss-Dob telescopes exhibit quality craftmanship and this scope is no exception. |
 Another friend of our's, Rich, was busily describing his 18" Truss-Dob. This scope was constructed by Rich from an Astrosystems Tele-Kit while he waited for the Pegasus mirror to arrive. Since completing the scope Rich has added the Tech2000 Dob Driver and roller-bearings in place of teflon on all surfaces. What a scope! |
