Re: [ATM] Telescope Mounts

[Kevin Whitefire <chaosopher23@yahoo.com>]

That looks like it weighs as much as a small car.  I
think my scope and mount tops the scales around 70
pounds or so.  Less when I change things around to
aluminum and weldings.

Kevin
--- Mark Holm <mdholm@telerama.com> wrote:

> This first link shows a non-B&C optic tube on a
> refurbished B&C mount. 
> (Temporary setup at the refurb shop.)  You can see
> the large diameter 
> polar bearing housing and the long, large diameter
> polar axle 
> extension.  With that extended polar axle, the tube
> never collides with 
> the pier.  The scopes were mostly Cassegrain, so the
> fact that the long 
> mount puts the top of the scope way up in the air
> wasn't so much of a 
> problem.
> 
>
http://www.abengineering.com/projects/bollerchivensretrofit.htm
> 
> 
> This second link isn't as good a picture, but it
> shows a B&C optics tube 
> on a B&C mount.
> 
> http://www.chara.gsu.edu/HLCO/bnc16/
> 
> B&C made scopes in the 16 - 40 inch range for
> colleges and research 
> observatories.  These were serious research
> instruments, solidly built 
> with routine, professional use in mind.  Real
> workhorse instruments.
> 
> It is not uncommon for colleges or research
> observatories to lose 
> interest in an old instrument, even though it is
> still basically in good 
> condition.  When that happens, an amateur club can
> often get a scope 
> just for the cost of hauling it away.  These B&C
> scopes were well built 
> to begin with.  It wo        
> uldtakealotofabusetorenderoneunfixable.
> 
> Mark Holm
> mdholm@telerama.com
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