Just a heads-up that Mike and his amazing 70-inch telescope are featured in the April issue of Sky & Telescope, beginning on page 68. I have an advance copy, the article came out pretty well, but may have been slightly abbreviated to make room for a one-page obit for John Dobson, although that is just speculation on my part. Congratulations to Mike, he is now officially famous world-wide, for his incredible creation!
Thanks for the heads up Chuck. I just checked and saw that the issue is now available for download to anyone with a subscription to the magazine: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newtrack/st_201404/ Kind of funny and talk about polar opposites, but an article earlier in the issue is entitled "Stargazing Simplified". :) patrick On 21 Feb 2014, at 18:28, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a heads-up that Mike and his amazing 70-inch telescope are featured in the April issue of Sky & Telescope, beginning on page 68. I have an advance copy, the article came out pretty well, but may have been slightly abbreviated to make room for a one-page obit for John Dobson, although that is just speculation on my part.
Congratulations to Mike, he is now officially famous world-wide, for his incredible creation!
I looked at my draft and it does look like it was edited down to make room for Dobson's obit. I sent in dozens of photos and they ran 4. I'm headed out to lunch today with Mike, Steve, and Charlie, to let Mike get a look at the magazine and read the article, as well as get an update on the drive installation. On a related note, Jay Eads has agreed to do a few drawings through the eyepiece of the 70-inch, along with drawings of the same objects through a smaller scope, for comparison purposes. These may be featured on Cloudy NIghts. He is also on-board for helping Mike develop a website. Many thanks, Jay! As soon as the drives are installed, I plan on doing some video imaging. Mike doesn't have a field de-rotator (yet) but that won't be too much of a handicap for images of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and maybe some of the brighter DSOs. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Thanks for the heads up Chuck.
I just checked and saw that the issue is now available for download to anyone with a subscription to the magazine: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newtrack/st_201404/
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