Thread: Where do telescopes go to die
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Old 13-03-2010, 10:55 AM
el_draco (Rom)
Politically incorrect.

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Telescopes die?
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Originally Posted by TrevorW View Post
Over the last 400 years there has been a proliferation of telescopes made and moreso with the growth and commercialisation in the last 40 but I've often pondered where have all those telescopes gone

the 6" Newt I built 25 years ago
the 4" Meade SCT I owned 20 years ago
the 4" Newt I owned 15 years ago

Is there a graveyard for all those old scopes not just mine but many with far larger and better mirrors/lens or are they stripped the good parts used again or discarded like so many other precious things of the past, lost for all time in the flotsam and jetson of mankind never again to see the light of the night sky
Good telescopes don't die... Klingons steal them and on-sell them to Vulcans!
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