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Originally Posted by Galactic G
Oh...and I'd love to know who made Rev. Bob's 16" telescope in the early 80's?
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(This is to the best of my memory from email communications with him)
It was a Meade Starfinder 16" equatorial. I believe he later had the mirror refigured in the USA. The original tube is now on a Dob mount.
The smaller of his scopes, and the one he is peering through outdoors in the Catalyst story has a 12" F4.8 mirror I made back in 1987. He used it mainly in the years where location limited him mainly to a balcomy for searching. I think he made 6 discoveries with that one.
Bob also has use of a 30" F4.5 Starsplitter dobsonian bought with a government grant , located at Linden , but I believe the scope has been problematic opto-mechanically and they could never build a roll-off shelter for it due to zoning regulations.