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ASTRO: Stellafane people: John S and me
The guy on the right in the white hat and black shirt is me (looking
skeptical). The guy with the beard, looking "contemplative", is John Stiles, owner of Optical Guidance Systems (www.opticalguidancesystems.com). The other guys are John's sons. The topic of discussion at the time was the future of the RC Cass and the "big Dob" in the era of no Pyrex and Meade RCX's. John makes and sells classical and RC Cassegrains from 10-inches (tube = $14,000) to 40-inches (scope = $738,000), plus other specialty items. He's also a Tak dealer and sells modified Tak mounts using the Bisque drive hardware/software. He also sells Bisque mounts, SBIG, Televue, his own mounts, etc. I use an OGS 20RC at Kopernik and I own an OGS 10RC. John and his sons spent most of Saturday night observing with me thru my Obsession 20. The guy who makes 40-inch RC's didn't bring a scope to Stellafane!! However, in prior years he's brought a 6-inch Tak APO and a 12.5RC, among others. He let me borrow his Tak 106 one year when he had to leave early. George N PS: None of this is intended to say that I think OGS is better than RCOS or Meade. I've never used the latters' RC's, but many people report being very happy with them. |
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