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You have NO idea how true that last statement was.
I can tell you that the burn mark in my jeans was about 1" from a VERY tender spot. Greg was the one to first notice as he asked if anyone could smell something burning.
By the way the story is not really correct. although Mike at BT shop will tell you NEVER let the truth spoil a good story.
the truth is.
The offending scope that burnt my pride was Steve Paddies from Victoria. A 17.5" dob that by a strange quirk was the insperation for Ron Ravenerbergs own 17.5" dob. Ron had seen an article on steves scope and thought that it was a good design.
when we were at Kaputar with Ron recognised the scope and wanted the picture of everyone around that scope not Hector. And from there a legend was born.
Hector was purchased by me on recommendation from Ron. he advised me to get the mirror from Galaxy optics. This corespondance started as a result of Rons article in S&T on the constructrion of his own 17.5", which in turn was based on Steve's telecsope that burnt me and my pride.
Sounds like the twilight zone but its true.
You could almost say it started and finished with the same telescope.
This is one of my more unusual stories associated with an observing session.
Does anyone else have any strange and funny stories about there own observing experiences?
Andrew
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