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Old 19-12-2018, 09:33 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
A distant memory says the original speculum mirror was the source of many of the scope's later issues. I'd be interested to read any commentary on this.

Peter
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