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For Sale: Pluto telescope
« on: March 22, 2004, 11:55:59 AM »
For Sale: Clyde Tombaugh's 16-inch f/10 telescope!
The mirror was completed around 1944, and was hand-ground, figured, and completed by the discoverer of Pluto himself.

http://www.astromart.com/viewad.asp?cid=256963


A bit of history there, me thinks...

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Re: For Sale: Pluto telescope
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2004, 09:55:19 PM »
I've hand ground and figured a six-inch f8 parabolic mirror and I can tell you, it's hard and mentally demanding work.

Hand-making a sixteen-inch mirror would have required enormous effort and dedication. It's a prodigious task that few, if any, would attempt today. Pity none of that will figure in the eventual sale price, I guess.

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Re: For Sale: Pluto telescope
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2004, 03:11:38 AM »
Impressive!

And parabolic as well!

Have you stll got it?