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Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.

12 in 39 years.

Best regards,
Bill

"Brian" wrote in message
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Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.

12 in 39 years.

Best regards,
Bill

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.

Brian wrote:

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.

Three in two years. First two may not count, though. The very first
one (60mm Tasco) I got from a garage sale, just to see what it can do.
The second (70mm junky refractor) was also from a garage sale - as an
upgrade of the Tasco. I got "hooked" and last year I got my third
scope, this time a "real" one - 8" Orion on EQ mount. It should be
sufficient for several years at least, I hope, :-)

- Alex

Brian wrote:

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.

Three in two years. First two may not count, though. The very first
one (60mm Tasco) I got from a garage sale, just to see what it can do.
The second (70mm junky refractor) was also from a garage sale - as an
upgrade of the Tasco. I got "hooked" and last year I got my third
scope, this time a "real" one - 8" Orion on EQ mount. It should be
sufficient for several years at least, I hope, :-)

- Alex

Brian wrote:
Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.

Well, let's see. When I was about 10, I made an f/30 refractor for
myself using seconds from Edmund. About 10 years ago, my wife bought
me a 4-1/2-inch reflector. About six years ago, I bought myself a
C5+. About three-and-a-half years ago, I bought myself a used Ranger,
and about two-and-a-half years ago, I bought myself a Starsplitter
10-inch f/6 truss. So I've bought three consumer scopes, I bought
the pieces to make a fourth, and I've received a fifth as a gift.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Brian wrote:
Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.

Well, let's see. When I was about 10, I made an f/30 refractor for
myself using seconds from Edmund. About 10 years ago, my wife bought
me a 4-1/2-inch reflector. About six years ago, I bought myself a
C5+. About three-and-a-half years ago, I bought myself a used Ranger,
and about two-and-a-half years ago, I bought myself a Starsplitter
10-inch f/6 truss. So I've bought three consumer scopes, I bought
the pieces to make a fourth, and I've received a fifth as a gift.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

In article , "Brian"
wrote:

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.



Let's see, in order:

1) 2.4" Unitron Altaz
2) 3" Unitron Equatorial
3) 8" Cave Classical Cassegrain
4) Questar 3.5 Astronomical (still have)
5) Second Questar 3.5 Astronomical
6) Quantum 4"
7) Quantum 6"
8) Second Quantum 6"
9) 6" f/9 AP Starfire (still have)
10) 4" Unitron Photo Equatorial/pier & mechanical drive
11) 18" Obsession (still have)
12) TV NP101 (still have)
13) Coronado MaxScope 60 (still have)

My first real scope (2.4" Unitron) was bought for me in 1952 by my mom &
dad. The next I paid for with earnings from a paper route. My very
favorite is the AP.

Starry Skies,
Rich

In article , "Brian"
wrote:

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.



Let's see, in order:

1) 2.4" Unitron Altaz
2) 3" Unitron Equatorial
3) 8" Cave Classical Cassegrain
4) Questar 3.5 Astronomical (still have)
5) Second Questar 3.5 Astronomical
6) Quantum 4"
7) Quantum 6"
8) Second Quantum 6"
9) 6" f/9 AP Starfire (still have)
10) 4" Unitron Photo Equatorial/pier & mechanical drive
11) 18" Obsession (still have)
12) TV NP101 (still have)
13) Coronado MaxScope 60 (still have)

My first real scope (2.4" Unitron) was bought for me in 1952 by my mom &
dad. The next I paid for with earnings from a paper route. My very
favorite is the AP.

Starry Skies,
Rich

Hey all. I'm curious how many telescopes you all have purchased for
yourselves over the years of your observing.
I've bought one.


Hi:

When I was younger, in the military, in college, etc., I pretty much limited
myself to one or two--my Edmund 4.25" Palomar Junior, and whatever C8 I was
infatuated with at the time. I guess I've been pretty conseravative over 39
years of observing (compared to Chas, anyway). Maybe 15 - 20 all told (I've got
9 at the moment ;-) .



Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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