Telescopes of Captain James Cook.

"Thomas M" wrote in news:Jtt1c.59905$A12.9134@edtnps84:


"Larry Brown" wrote in message
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In case you haven't seen the page about Captain James Cook. It took
me over two years to research this and find out what telescopes he
actually took with him. The answer came from a ship's manifest. You
can find the pages he
http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/cook.html
I have also added a page about fake antique telescopes.
I can't help wondering if the name Captain James T Kirk was taken
from Captain James Cook. Cook was a real explorer who went where no
man had gone before, after all.



I thought the SCT principle was much younger than that...its an F6
SCT in the article



It doesn't say an SCT. Though F6 does seem rather fast for a classical
cassegrain or similar.

Llanzlan

Llanzlan Klazmon The 15th wrote in
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"Thomas M" wrote in news:Jtt1c.59905$A12.9134@edtnps84:


"Larry Brown" wrote in message
...
In case you haven't seen the page about Captain James Cook. It took
me over two years to research this and find out what telescopes he
actually took with him. The answer came from a ship's manifest. You
can find the pages he
http://www.antiquetelescopes.org/cook.html
I have also added a page about fake antique telescopes.
I can't help wondering if the name Captain James T Kirk was taken
from Captain James Cook. Cook was a real explorer who went where no
man had gone before, after all.



I thought the SCT principle was much younger than that...its an F6
SCT in the article



It doesn't say an SCT. Though F6 does seem rather fast for a classical
cassegrain or similar.

Llanzlan


Reading some other sites. I conclude that the scope was most likely a
Gregorian.

Llanzlan.