New Addition to the Family

I finally took the plunge and bought an 18″ Obsession telescope. Ronnie Harris (webmaster for Obsession) and observing buddy David Lamb had their 6 year old 18″ scope up for sale at an affordable price, so after work on Tuesday, I made a five hour round-trip drive down to Mississippi and came back with an excellent classic Obsession. No major issues. I didn’t have time to do anything that night so I just left it in the car. Yesterday, I had just enough time to unload it (with some ramps I borrowed from my dad) and get it into my 10′ x 15′ roll-off-roof observatory before a big thunderstorm came up. I’m sure the storm was brought on by the new-scope-effect!

Last night, in spite of the stifling heat and humidity, I managed to at least get the scope set up even though I didn’t get to do any real observing.

Following is a series of “First Assembly” pics.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

 

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

Warp three Mister Sulu. Let’s see what’s out there!

Copyright (c) 2012 Robert D. Vickers, Jr.

 

Category(s): Amateur Astronomy

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