Article and 3 short videos showing the recent updates to Yerkes.
https://www.grainger.com/know-how/inspi ... estoration
Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
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Wayne
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Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
Wayne
Meade ETX-70
Vixen VMC200LDG
Astro-Tech AT72ED
Vixen Porta II mount
Meade LXD55 mount
Meade LXD75 mount
Meade ETX-70
Vixen VMC200LDG
Astro-Tech AT72ED
Vixen Porta II mount
Meade LXD55 mount
Meade LXD75 mount
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Dick Jacobson
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Re: Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
Fascinating article and videos! I'm so glad to see that this priceless piece of history is being restored.
30-inch homemade Newtonian with periscope
20-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian with periscope
14-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian
10-inch Newtonian that folds flat
6-inch Russian Maksutov-Newtonian on Vixen equatorial mount
Too many small scopes and binoculars to mention
20-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian with periscope
14-inch homemade equatorial Newtonian
10-inch Newtonian that folds flat
6-inch Russian Maksutov-Newtonian on Vixen equatorial mount
Too many small scopes and binoculars to mention
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Deane Clark
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Re: Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
Great to see this!
Looks like it was posted in February. I can’t say that grainger.com is one of my go-to sites for Astronomy news
Looks like it was posted in February. I can’t say that grainger.com is one of my go-to sites for Astronomy news
Deane Clark
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I can quit any time I want. I just don't want to.
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Wayne
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Re: Restoring & Maintaining a 125-Year-Old Telescope
At the bottom of the Grainger website is a link for KnowHow. Includes info on safety, building operations and tools, but also articles on glassblowing, making beer, building a Halloween scare house, etc. and the people who do these things.Deane Clark wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:49 am I can’t say that grainger.com is one of my go-to sites for Astronomy news
Unfortunately, this was the only article touching on astronomy. But Grainger's YouTube post of one of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lCJQ9wrUqY has had over 14,000 views since February, so perhaps the Grainger employee responsible for the article will be encouraged to do more.
Wayne
Meade ETX-70
Vixen VMC200LDG
Astro-Tech AT72ED
Vixen Porta II mount
Meade LXD55 mount
Meade LXD75 mount
Meade ETX-70
Vixen VMC200LDG
Astro-Tech AT72ED
Vixen Porta II mount
Meade LXD55 mount
Meade LXD75 mount