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[abe]

The new HBO film "Mountainhead" about billionaire tech bros features a nice 127mm refractor - looks like a Stellarvue.   I'm surprised they didn't depict a bunch of oligarchs with a PowerSeeker.
https://www.youtube....h?v=27cN2_k0JF0

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Edited by abe, 31 May 2025 - 02:37 PM.

[Brent Campbell]

Probably been mentioned here before.  At the beginning of "The Mechanic" staring Charles Bronson, there is scene were he is using a Questar for surveillance.

Edited by Brent Campbell, 31 May 2025 - 02:28 PM.

[bartine]

He smashed the end with the mirror on the ground...

[Senex Bibax]

Season 1, Episode 6 of the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) series "Jack Irish" features this brief shot of a Newtonian on an EQ mount, in an alcove of the house of Jack (Guy Pearce)'s friend, racehorse owner Harry Strang. The shot is a bit blurry, not sure if it is an identifiable classic: