John Dobson has died

[astroron (Ron)]

Just seen this on face book from Celestron Telescopes.
John Dobson has gone to the great observatory in the sky .
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...2251477&type=1
RIP John
Cheers

[h0ughy (David)]

Sad news indeed - but on a brighter note look at the influence he made - probably not forgotten for a long time

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Sad news indeed - but on a brighter note look at the influence he made - probably not forgotten for a long time

Too True Dave, he brought the hobby of astronomy to the guy/girl in the street and also made it easier for the average person to own a reasonably large telescope for not a large financial outlay.
Cheers

[Lee]

RIP John. He was a true living legend....

[peterskye (Peter)]

Having built a "Dobs" myself, & having seen the number of commercial "Dobsonians" available, it will be a long time before he will be forgotten. Certainly he will be remembered far beyond my lifetime. Vale John!


Peter

[gary]

He had a larger than life personality and he will be missed by amateur astronomers
the world over.

[inline_online (Dan)]

That is indeed sad news for the astronomy community and also for the many thousands of the public that he reached.

[venus (Lydia)]

RIP John Dobson.
NYE I had some astronomy friends over and we watched a documentary on
this amazing individual, his love for astronomy really shined and the Dobson telescope will live on....

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

Sadly, I've just heard on the interwebs that John Dobson has passed away...

RIP to a true innovator and and a great loss to the world of Astronomy

Davin

[OzStarGazer]

Sorry to hear that... I certainly owe a lot to him (my scope is a Dobsonian).

PS: The Wikipedia says he died on January 15, 2015. If you have a Wikipedia account maybe you can correct that.

[PeterM]

Would love to be in earshot of the discussion John and the late Nick Williams are now having over the quality of Nicks old 6 inch dob mirror.....ahhhhh memories, both of you are sadly missed and never forgotten. RIP

[Larryp (Laurie)]

I remember meeting him when he first visited Australia, and he gave a talk at Sydney University one evening. He was certainly an engaging personality!

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by PeterM

Would love to be in earshot of the discussion John and the late Nick Williams are now having over the quality of Nicks old 6 inch dob mirror.....ahhhhh memories, both of you are sadly missed and never forgotten. RIP

Peter,that was a sad time for Nick
As you say both are sadly missed.
Cheers

[GrahamL]

Sad news Ron .. what a lasting legacy he leaves to astronomy though

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by GrahamL

Sad news Ron .. what a lasting legacy he leaves to astronomy though

True Graham, Every time I use my 16," is his legacy.
Cheers

[John K]

This is very sad indeed. RIP John Dobson.

22 years ago I remember reading an article about his telescope design together with the telescopes others had built using his principles and then building my own Dobsonian.

Interesting reading more about his life amd philosophy here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Do...eur_astronomer)

[mr bruess]

John Dobson. his death is like a supernova explosion where his life temporarily outshines all others in achievements made to the telescope and astronomy.
Like a true monk he never patented or made money from his dobsonian design telescopes.He was truly about bringing astronomy to the masses and be cost effective as possible by using common everyday things to build telescopes.
he lived a very long life.

[RobF (Rob)]

RIP great man.

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

I have owned/built 4 Dobs now of various sizes and IMHO Johns idea is the greatest single boon to amateur visual astronomers in the last 100 years. That may be a big statement but his influence is undeniable when you go to a star party and virtually all he visual guys are using dobs.

RIP John Dobson

Malcolm

[manny]

R.I.P. John Dobson and thanks for the Dob.