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[Rusted]

There is a short sequence of "Adam" [at the end of the film of the same name] giving a talk beside the Mount Wilson 60" telescope.

 

Pathé News Archives has a number of videos of astronomers using historical instruments.

 

Unfortunately YT's search box does not respond to obvious astro search terms including Pathé..

[JonTeets]

One of the funny things we noticed is that both the 60" and 100" telescopes at Mt. Wilson have Telrads mounted on them.

 

Telrad.jpg

 

There's a "review" of a half night spent with the 60" over at

http://www.scopeview...untWilson60.htm

 

I have something new on my  bucket list.   

[Bonco]

That is a really great report on the 60 inch. Better photo's  and description than the current Sky and telescope article about the 100 inch.  Based on those reports, I'd do a tour of the Hooker, but book a night with the 60 inch. I'd sure love to do that.

Bill

[Klitwo]

The 100-inch Hooker telescope primary mirror's glass is "Green".....Looks like it's made from about 4 1/2 tons of melted down turn-of-the-century "Green" coke bottles (Circa: 1917)....but what a historic telescope.  See the following website link.

 

 

http://scienceblogs....rs-ago-a-story/

 

 

 

Klitwo

Edited by Klitwo, 26 July 2016 - 04:33 AM.

[Den25]

Here' a great website that's a great resource for some very old and historic telescopes......Great pics too.   See link below 

 

http://www.astrosurf..._telescope.html

 

 

Klitwo

Thanks for the link. Love your signature BTW.

[Jeff B1]

The UH24 International Planetary Patrol Camera on Mauna Kea, HI in 1990.  It is long gone and replaced by huge telescope. BTW, the rental car lost the clutch as I was driving downhill and had to do a bootleg turn to stop from going off a very long way down!   http://www.alpo-astr...sh/MAUNAKEA.pdf

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Edited by Jeff B1, 26 July 2016 - 04:07 PM.

[bob midiri]

Dr Henry Pauls, modified starliner mount and his 8"F8 OTA with a optical window, barlow lens built n the focuser to make the scope an f15. He mentions the scope in his book, here is an exerpt and pictures of the scope and mount

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[Klitwo]

_{This is what AMOS Observatory on Haleakala (Science City - Maui - 10,027 Ft. elevation) looked like when I use to work there for AVCO Everett Research Laboratory and the USAF in the 1980's.  I was assigned to many of the astronomy projects using the 1.6M telescope....including an M-87 core measurement project which lasted for several months.  At that altitude...with that big scope using a special video camera and a monitor...in real time, M-87's famous jet was quite apparent.  Great seeing...great skies for astronomy on Haleakala.  1st. link shows AMOS Observatory (AVCO) on the right with the University of Hawaii's observatory complex on the left....2nd. link is the AMOS observatory.}

 

 

http://i.picasion.co...45cf77e8a09.gif

 

 

http://fas.org/spp/m.../track/amos.htm

 

 

 

_Klitwo

Edited by Klitwo, 26 July 2016 - 11:28 PM.

[Dave Mitsky]

The 200" f/3.3 Cassegrain Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar

 

http://www.astro.cal...copes/hale.html

 

http://amazingspace..../hale/index.php

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

The 11.8" f/16.7 and 9.5" f/14.8 Zeiss achromatic refractors at the Griffith Observatory

 

http://www.griffitho..._telescope.html

 

http://griffithobser...telescopes.html

 

Since opening in 1935, more than seven million people have put an eye to Griffith Observatory's original 12-inch Zeiss refracting telescope. More people have looked though it than any other telescope in the world.

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

The 12" f/17 Porter Turret Telescope on Breezy Hill in Vermont

 

http://stellafane.or...early/ptt2.html

 

http://stellafane.or...early/ptt1.html

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

The 9.5" f/15 Alvan Clark achromatic refractor at the Keystone College Thomas G. Cupillari '60 Observatory

 

http://www.keystone....rktelescope.dot

 

http://www.keystone....itle=Telescopes

 

http://www.keystone....atory/index.dot

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Klitwo]

Here are a couple of photos of the dual 1.2M scopes (on one mount) and the 1.6M scope that I became very acquainted with that I used for various projects (astronomical research and otherwise) at Haleakala (AMOS) Observatory when I worked for AVCO Everett Research Laboratory and the USAF on Maui back in the 1980's.   They were some awesome beasts!  See attached photos. 

 

P.S.  Refer to my previous post #33 in this thread for details about the scopes and AMOS observatory.

 

 

http://i.picasion.co...82780473e63.gif

 

 

http://i.picasion.co...16ccaedbfae.gif

 

 

Klitwo

Edited by Klitwo, 30 July 2016 - 01:37 PM.

[Den25]

The 200" f/3.3 Cassegrain Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar

 

http://www.astro.cal...copes/hale.html

 

http://amazingspace..../hale/index.php

 

Dave Mitsky

WOW!

[Dave Mitsky]

The 2.5-meter SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) telescope (right) at the Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico 

 

The 3.5-meter ARC (Astrophysical Research Consortium) telescope at Apache Point

 

http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

The Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope at the National Solar Observatory on Sacramento Peak, New Mexico

 

The Hilltop Dome at Sacramento Peak

 

http://nsosp.nso.edu/

 

http://nsosp.nso.edu/dst

 

http://nsosp.nso.edu/node/38

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[Jeff B1]

A couple old scopes. 12" and 26" Clarke guys  Sidebar: notice the very narrow dome slit!  WIll drive one crazy keeping scope in that thing.

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Edited by Jeff B1, 01 August 2016 - 08:43 AM.

[Jeff B1]

January 1989 this dish began VLBI operations at the USNO Time Service Station, Miami, FL. 18-meter radio telescope literally found in a junkyard near the Haystack radio observatory in Massachusetts and had been operating for many years. Not sure about its history, but it was very old before it arrived in Miami.  Searching for info on historical dishes is difficult at best.

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Edited by Jeff B1, 01 August 2016 - 06:52 AM.

[Jeff B1]

Well, maybe this is the reference to the old 18-meter dish:  Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory   https://en.wikipedia...omy_Observatory

 

It was an old dish for sure, but worked okay.  It was very slow to slew, so our new 20-meter dish was much faster. In fact it was so fast it would shake the quadrapod and receiver so much we lost signal.  So much for weak Quasar signals

 

At any rate, ,if you are bored watching paint dry, then: http://www.alpo-astr.../RADIO_DISH.pdf

Edited by Jeff B1, 01 August 2016 - 03:18 PM.

[Jeff B1]

The 72-inch Perkins telescope at Anderson Mesa, AZ.  "Hum," I mumbled to myself, "where's dah eyepiece"? 

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[Dave Mitsky]

The 2.1-meter (82") Otto Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis, Texas

 

The 2.7-meter (107") Harlan J. Smith Telescope

 

The 11-meter (433") Hobby-Eberly Telescope (9.2-meter usable aperture)

 

The 0.8 m (30") large format imaging telescope

 

https://mcdonaldobse...ry.org/visitors

 

The VLBA 25-meter radio telescope at Fort Davis

 

https://science.nrao...facilities/vlba

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Jeff B1]

After the Miami USNO Time Service Station closed then the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) (http://www.cstars.miami.edu/) took over and used it until just recently and stopped operation.  So, this dish is now history.

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Edited by Jeff B1, 02 August 2016 - 06:20 AM.

[Jeff B1]

a 16" Cass at Table Mountain Obs., back in the day; Chick Capen under scope.

 

http://www.w7ftt.net/tmo2.jpg

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[Jeff B1]

Dinky little dome nestled between giants.

 

f/75 Boller and Chivens Cassegrain telescope (UH24).  Photo-2: Another view of UH24.  This telescope and dome are gone and replaced by huge 8-meter telescope.

 

 

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[bremms]

One of my favorites.

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