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Originally Posted by Kokatha man
Great pics Deeno - I only hope that the owner has some AA interest and appreciates its worth and provenance: or at least it ends up in the hands of someone who does!
Yes, agreed.
I did express my own concerns over the possible historical importance. It would be interesting to find out where its original home was. He had said he had pulled it out of a three story home of a deceased estate and had intended to build an observatory for it.
Reminds me of the one shown on CN that came with a Cooke & Sons 4" or 5" achromatic triplet objective - being me I'd have loved to have seen images of the refractor: these Victorian era scopes and mounts were works of real art/craftmanship to behold: a combination of casting, machining and hand-crafting excellence. Wonder about its performance....?
Regards, Darryl.
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He also has a portable mount for the Grubb 4" refractor and claims he has some very sharp views through it
Cheers
Deeno