Thread: Next time we complain about an observing night
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Old 09-01-2016, 11:57 PM
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Must have been 20 yrs ago, I ground my 1st 8" spherical mirror @ F9.7, mounted in 300mm poly pipe, mates from work & I took it out on the back of a stock holden ute which the scope poked up and out the back end about 2 feet -
I saw more heads turn in those 10 klms than in my whole life
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