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Skylight Telescopes AR101/15
Back in 2006 Richard Day began Skylight Telescopes, London, making some magnificent refractors in style of the classic 18th and 19th century makers like Wray, Broadhurst, Clark et al...
This is one of only two all brass 101mm F15 versions that were sold. This one was made in January/February 2015 and sent to the Colony in March of that year... There is a third all brass version, albeit sans optics, that Richard kept for himself. The optics were supplied by TeleVue and are a fully coated achromatic doublet specifically designed for Skylight Telescopes.
Optics: TeleVue 101mm F15
OTA: Full brass construction
Focuser: Starlight Instruments Feathertouch FTF2535HD
Mount: TeleVue Gibraltar5
Tripod: English Oak by Skylight Telescopes
Finderscope: Custom brass tube with brass Plössl eyepiece
Diagonal: Baader BBHS Sitall 2"
Richard also made 60mm versions as well as several custom ones including one 8.5" F12 behemoth.
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