[ngcles]

Hi Toc,

Originally Posted by toc

Well Im down the rabbithole - here is a video showing the restoration of the 24 inch refractor at the Lowell Observatory - I vividly recall this from Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRiK...ellObservatory

I was a bucket-list moment for me a few days before the eclipse on the 21st August 2017 to view with that magnificent 24" Clark refractor at Flagstaff (2,200m elevation) -- a flawless gem of a telescope (well except for a bit of chromatic aberration). Saturn at about x450 was utterly sublime. It is an outstanding visual use telescope. I would have loved to stay longer (than a couple of hours) and view more objects (we also looked at a few PNe) but we were on a schedule.

Unforgettable!

Best,

L.