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So far no one has commented on the fact that Siegfried has a fully trained and well paid staff to assemble his scope and I set my 8" up alone. Just me. All by myself.

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What's your point?

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May your skies always be clear,

Ziggy
www.slas.us

4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.9 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone

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Hi Pat:

We had a wonderfull night this night. Siegfried and I have plotted a little this summer to get the two Big D&G's together. It was a great photo op.

We have a friend who posts here occasionally who owns an 11" f/15 D&G about fourty miles south of here. He has a great patio to the side of his observatory where we could set up a few of our big guns and really have a one in a million photo.

Is it April yet?

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Maybe we could 'Photoshop' his scope into a SPOC location

That would be a whole lot easier than carrying the Clark into Dave's backyard.

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May your skies always be clear,

Ziggy
www.slas.us

4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.9 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone

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I'm up for it in April. Of course, all I'd have to do is roll off the roof. You'd need to transport the big guns. That would be an awesome photo with a 9" Clark, and 8", 6", and 11" D&G. - Dave in Orem

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I'm up for it in April. Of course, all I'd have to do is roll off the roof. You'd need to transport the big guns. That would be an awesome photo with a 9" Clark, and 8", 6", and 11" D&G. - Dave in Orem

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Hey! A new moniker.

Wouldn't this be fun. We could sell tickets.

I'm "all in". Let's hope we can find a good night.

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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper

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Hey what's the poop? My Brandt is a full 203.2000000000mm clear! Actually the lens is really 210mm on a paper towel. Mike

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This is a question for Siegfried.

I "think" at one time or another he has owned all the Brandts in the Salt Lake valley. That is quite a few.

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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper

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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)

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Hey what's the poop? My Brandt is a full 203.2000000000mm clear! Actually the lens is really 210mm on a paper towel. Mike

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This is a question for Siegfried.

I "think" at one time or another he has owned all the Brandt's in the Salt Lake valley. That is quite a few.

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Well, not quite, but thanks for the thought.

I did own the 8" that is now in the observatory. I also owned an excellent 6" F/16.3 that I sold to Joan. BIG MISTAKE! Those are the only two Brandt's I have owned. I did get two others to also purchase 8" Brandt's but they were the F/13.3 variety.

I always considered the 8" an 8". I never thought to measure. It looks like 8". I'm sure Steve could come up with a measuring method to make it come out 8".

Metric Patrick measured the lens after he bought it from me and says it measures 200mm. To this day I have never checked. I guess we need to bring out a micrometer one time and re-measure.

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May your skies always be clear,

Ziggy
www.slas.us

4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.9 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone

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Hi Dave, no one knows just how big an 11" D&G is, here is proof. I'm the only one int this group that doesn't own a D&G. Actually Sig doesn't either. I do own a 6" refractor, just happens to be black.

Bill

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You're right, I don't own a D&G. But, I still have the 6" that I made for Becky. Until she can take it I will have a D&G although I don't "Own" it. Possession is 9/10th of the law.

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May your skies always be clear,

Ziggy
www.slas.us

4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.9 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone

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I'm up for it in April. Of course, all I'd have to do is roll off the roof. You'd need to transport the big guns. That would be an awesome photo with a 9" Clark, and 8", 6", and 11" D&G. - Dave in Orem

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