He did say it is an impractical scope. Ladder astronomy has its drawbacks, I had more than a few mornings with very sore insoles.
Patrick,
Correction not transportable but "semi-transportable" meaning that it requires a semi to transport it!
Rodger C. Fry
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:33 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2-Meter Mike
Somewhat shorter URL is http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27301024
Going by what his t-shirt said I guess his proper name is 1.8 Meter Mike. :)
I understand Mike is saving to buy a trailer so he can bring the scope to star parties. If he pulls that off surely it'll be the world's largest portable (transportable?) telescope.
patrick
On 19 Oct 2013, at 07:39, Chuck Hards wrote:
Here's the story if you missed it last night:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27301024&nid=148&title=utahn-sets-record-by-bu ilding-worlds-largest-amateur-telescope&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-3
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
2-meter mike and his telescope will be featured on Channel 5 10:00 PM news tonight.
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