The end of an era. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/NormanEdmundObit-137951448.html The first "serious" telescope I owned was an Edmund 4.25" f/11 Newtonian reflector on their 5/8" shaft German equatorial mount. The secondary mirror was an aluminized right-angle prism, using the hypoteneuse as a first-surface mirror. I had the 28mm Plossl eyepiece (still have it), a 1/2" Ramsden, 1/4" Ramsden, and sink-trap extension-style Barlow. With that rig I marvelled at the planets, the sun (using projection), double stars, and found every Messier object as well as dozens of NGC's, from various sites including my parents back yard near the University of Utah. What a wonderful scope for a kid to dive headfirst into astronomy with.
That was my first telescope also. It was my primary telescope for 8 - 10 years. It was small enough to easily follow satellites. Echo was my favorite because it was so bright. With it I solved the mystery of M42. It actually belonged in the sky. Thanks for the posting. Siegfried On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
The end of an era.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/NormanEdmundObit-137951448.html
The first "serious" telescope I owned was an Edmund 4.25" f/11 Newtonian reflector on their 5/8" shaft German equatorial mount. The secondary mirror was an aluminized right-angle prism, using the hypoteneuse as a first-surface mirror. I had the 28mm Plossl eyepiece (still have it), a 1/2" Ramsden, 1/4" Ramsden, and sink-trap extension-style Barlow. With that rig I marvelled at the planets, the sun (using projection), double stars, and found every Messier object as well as dozens of NGC's, from various sites including my parents back yard near the University of Utah.
What a wonderful scope for a kid to dive headfirst into astronomy with.
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This is a slightly earlier version of the telescope I owned, mine had the wood tripod (later upgraded to the Edmund pedestal) but a shorter Dec shaft. My finderscope was the same, and I upgraded that, as well, after a few years. http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/edmund/palomar-jr.pdf
My first scope was a homemade 10" dob.
Opps off topic, we were talking about Norman Edmund, my bad. This is a slightly earlier version of the telescope I owned, mine had
the wood tripod (later upgraded to the Edmund pedestal) but a shorter Dec shaft. My finderscope was the same, and I upgraded that, as well, after a few years.
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/edmund/palomar-jr.pdf
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It occured to me that when Ziggy and I had our Edmund "Palomar Jr." scopes, the only Dobs in existence were being smuggled out of a San Francisco monastery under the cover of darkness. ;-) My first Dob was a 10", as well. On 1/24/12, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
My first scope was a homemade 10" dob.
Opps off topic, we were talking about Norman Edmund, my bad.
I am probably lucky I did not get sued for stealing intellectual property.
It occured to me that when Ziggy and I had our Edmund "Palomar Jr."
scopes, the only Dobs in existence were being smuggled out of a San Francisco monastery under the cover of darkness. ;-)
My first Dob was a 10", as well.
On 1/24/12, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
My first scope was a homemade 10" dob.
Opps off topic, we were talking about Norman Edmund, my bad.
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On 24 Jan 2012, at 06:51, Chuck Hards wrote:
The end of an era.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/NormanEdmundObit-137951448.html
Just for fun I pulled out my copy of S&T containing the ads mentioned in the above piece and got a couple of so-so pictures of the ads (if anyone's really interested I could redo them with a real camera and better lighting): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/edmund.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ross.jpg patrick
Interesting, but I had to lay on my side to read one and stand on my head to read the other. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:22 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Norman Edmund passes On 24 Jan 2012, at 06:51, Chuck Hards wrote:
The end of an era.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/NormanEdmundObit-137951448.html
Just for fun I pulled out my copy of S&T containing the ads mentioned in the above piece and got a couple of so-so pictures of the ads (if anyone's really interested I could redo them with a real camera and better lighting): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/edmund.jpg http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ross.jpg patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
This website has dozens of old telescope & astronomy catalogs, manuals and such. Memory lane for us old-timers: http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/
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