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Old 19-12-2018, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Granada View Post
I've never heard anyone say this before. In fact I've only heard & read great things about it like how large and complex the telescope was, and what an engineering feat it had been at the time. Source: ASV and TGMT book by Richard Gillespie
H.C. King - The History of the Telescope. pp265-7. includes a quote from G.W. Ritchey regarding the lack of success for this instrument.
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