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From: GMS@psuvm.BITNET
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: re: large Dobsonian telescopes
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 21:41:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  2 21:41:31 1985
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>>                      ... I have noticed several light weight large
>>aperture reflectors described in the pages of Sky and Telescope. Does
>>anyone know about any commercial versions of these monsters, or do they
>>only appear at Stellafane and Riverside?
>
>Coulter Optical Company makes humungeous "Dobson"-style altazimuth
>Newtonian reflectors.  They work and are good values.  The thirteen-inch
>Odyssey I is common at star parties in the San Francisco area,and widely
>respected as a deep-sky instrument.  It's about as large as one human
>being can conveniently haul around and set up.  The ten-inch version is
>substantially more portable.
>
>(I have no financial interest in Coulter.)
     
I have no financial interest in Coulter either, however you forgot to
      mention that they also make 17.5-inch and 29-inch models.  These
      are really big, and although I've never used one myself I've
      been told that they are really good for deep-sky objects not
      requiring much magnification (with respect to the aperture, that
      is -- the classic problem with an RFT).
     
      Check out 'Sky & Telescope' or 'Astronomy' magazines for an ad and
       address.
     
(I certainly wish *I* had one!!!!)
     
Gerry Santoro
Penn State University
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