Telescope
catalogs of yore: Unitron, The Optical Craftsmen,
Criterion (Dynascopes) and Cave Astrola. |
Sketch of
Jupiter made at the eyepiece of my 3" refractor on
August 13, 1972. I wonder what I would see or draw now
if I went back and looked with the same scope at the
same time? Something better than this, I hope. |
A trio of home-assembled telescopes in my back yard, circa 1975. From left to right: Remmirath, a 6" f/5 reflector; Telescopium, a 3" f/15 refractor; and Borgil, a 3" f/6.5. All three scopes experienced various redesigns to make them lighter and more portable. All three wound up with different-colored paint jobs, too. Being unable to choose the color of my scopes is one thing I miss when using commercial instruments (I have no intention of going at my A-P scopes with a spray can). |
A very
orange-shirted Joe peers through his mother's new
Questar telescope in 1976. |
Acrylic
self-portrait showing me observing with Telumehtar, an
8" f/5 reflector, in 1981. |
Copyright by Joe Bergeron.
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