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[EJN]

I vote for the Questar.

[Astrojensen]

Zeiss Telemator! 

 

 

Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark

 

PS: For those who doesn't speak German. "Fahrvergnügen" can be translated as "pleasure while travelling". Roughly. 

[Rich (RLTYS)]

Genesis Refractor.

 

Rich (RLTYS)

[Terra Nova]

One of my little Zeiss Telementors on the Zeiss eq. mount; or maybe a Questar? Overall, for the trip and being behind the wheel, I'll take the little sport model. Actually, now that I think of it, the little Unitron 128 with its fully loaded Unihex is a thing of joy! It's a lot of fun to use and quite small and light (and even so, the eq. mount is extremely smooth and stable). Its hard to decide!

Edited by terraclarke, 29 May 2015 - 01:36 PM.

[pbealo]

Tough question.

 

Questar or Quantum perhaps. Maybe any Unitron on eq mount. OLD Zeiss refractors, not Telemator (sorry, I don't find them attractive at all).

 

Just my opinion, and I may be wrong.

 

Peter B.

 

[starman876]

In Holland zeiden we altijd dat de beste telescoop was degene die je kon veroorloven.

[clamchip]

I remember those ads, and the Audi ad:

4 cylinda too small, 6 cylinda too big, the new 5 cylinda Audi

I'm going to say Celestron's orange C14 because you just sit in a comfy plastic lawn chair and you have a hand box to move the telescope in both axis electrically, thats pretty sweet.

 

Robert

Edited by actionhac, 29 May 2015 - 09:51 AM.

[tim53]

wouldn't it have to be German?

[SDStargazer]

Zeiss Telemator! 

 

 

Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark

 

PS: For those who doesn't speak German. "Fahrvergnügen" can be translated as "pleasure while travelling". Roughly. 

Desert Eagle. . . oh you meant telescope to travel with. my bad. I am adding my dog "Riley", Kate Upton and some little telescope.  

Edited by SDStargazer, 29 May 2015 - 10:55 AM.

[figurate]

I'm going to interpret it as "driving pleasure" or "motoring enjoyment", and in that spirit, why not write up a road test of your classic? ("my Unitron 128 really excels on those tight, curvy star hops thru Cygnus; straight-line speed is not its forte, as it is an f/15 telescope"). After all, isn't the vicarious element a big part of what happens here? I can vicariously enjoy all those classics presented in the photos, but something is lacking; and that 'something' might very well be the subjective experience of using the equipment.

 

Fred 

[BullTerrier]

+1 on the Telemator. 

 

Zeiss Telemator! 

 

 

Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark

 

PS: For those who doesn't speak German. "Fahrvergnügen" can be translated as "pleasure while travelling". Roughly. 

[Jon Isaacs]

Genesis Refractor.

 

Rich (RLTYS)

 

"Fahrvergnügen" can be translated as "pleasure while travelling".

 

 

 

I see a number of scopes that are pleasurable for viewing a single object, parked along the side of the road at a view point..  But for a scope that is pleasurable when driving around the night sky, it's mighty difficult to beat the Genesis.. 4 inch F/5.. A nice flat 4.7 degree TFoV..  that's a nice driving machine.

 

Jon

[Ziggy943]

Once again I have to vote for my 9" Clark. The best combination of optics, presence, history and nostalgia I can think of.

[SDStargazer]

Once again I have to vote for my 9" Clark. The best combination of optics, presence, history and nostalgia I can think of.

 

Geez What kind of car/truck do you drive???

[Mike Allen]

I vote for the Questar.

 

Yup.

[Mike E.]

I vote for the Questar.

 

 

Zeiss Telemator! 

 

 

Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark

 

PS: For those who doesn't speak German. "Fahrvergnügen" can be translated as "pleasure while travelling". Roughly. 

 

I  would whole heartedly agree. 

 

Edit:  And I almost forgot, the other part of our Fahrvergnugen; last photo.  

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Edited by Mike E., 31 May 2015 - 06:15 PM.

[Terra Nova]

And they look soooo good together!

[Vesper818]

In the 50mm tabletop catagory, I would nominate the Bushnell Sky Rover.

Edited by Vesper818, 31 May 2015 - 09:24 AM.

[Chuck Hards]

Edmund 4.25" Palomar Jr.   An absolute delight to use,  terrific imagery, not a speck of uncorrected color. 

[SDStargazer]

In the 50mm tabletop catagory, I would nominate the Bushnell Sky Rover.

 

Yep!

[Dan /schechter]

Since Fahrvergnugen means "Pleasure while traveling" I vote for a couple of telescopes that were designed for just that purpose. The first is a "Clark Type T" from the 1920's.. It is an all inclusive 3" f/10 scope that fits in a box that was "small enough to be strapped to the running board of an automobile or carried by hand to a convenient observation point".

 

Enjoy the pictures,

Dan

Edited by Dan /schechter, 31 May 2015 - 02:46 PM.

[Dan /schechter]

[Dan /schechter]

Here is a picture of the Type T in its box.

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[Dan /schechter]

My second vote if for the Zeiss Traveler. This one is from 1923.

Enjoy,

Dan

[figurate]

That is some serious fahrvergnugen! 

 

Fred

Edited by figurate, 31 May 2015 - 02:53 PM.