John Dobson - R.I.P.
I just received an email from a local amateur astronomy group that John Dobson died today.
Dobson was thoroughly a mystic, but he was also a brilliant man and an innovator in the world of amateur astronomy.
I met Dobson at a star party once.
And didn't realize until later (when I looked at the mystical pamphlet he had handed me) whom I had met.
Dobson was thoroughly a mystic, but he was also a brilliant man and an innovator in the world of amateur astronomy.
I met Dobson at a star party once.
And didn't realize until later (when I looked at the mystical pamphlet he had handed me) whom I had met.
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- 1Posted by LionelHutz 11 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.We really should meet some time. We're both Amiga fans and amateur astronomers. I had a 10" Meade SCT for a decade. Never had a dob, but certainly was envious of the aperture. What took me an hour to capture on film could be seen instantly in the eyepiece of a big dob.| Permalink
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- 2Posted by LionelHutz 11 years, 3 months agoBefore this guy's revolutionary design, the average amateur astronomer's telescope probably had a 6 or 8 inch mirror. After...20s and 30s became COMMONPLACE. I looked through a 30" dob in New Mexico a decade ago and the images through the eyepiece looked equivalent to photographs taken at observatories.| Permalink
- 2Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.Correct.| Permalink
