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Post by Dragon Man on Jul 31, 2014 8:54:18 GMT
Video Astronomy in 1961Gil Miles observing the Moon from his backyard at Croydon, Sydney in about 1961. (Picture courtesy of John Flavin and the Astronomical Society of NSW)The back of this picture is inscribed: Armchair Astronomy! A prominent member of the Belfield Observatory group allows his motor driven equatorially mounted telescope to follow the moon while he views the lunar landscape per closed circuit TV. It is assumed that the TV receiver is taken indoors on colder nights GIL MILES SYDNEY (With the compliments of Gil Miles. (21/7/61) Closed circuit T.V. attached to 10″ Cassegrain at Croydon, N.S.W. Australia)
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Post by johnno on Jul 31, 2014 14:41:25 GMT
hehe, nothing like putting your feet up and a nice cosy chair
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Post by Dragon Man on Jul 31, 2014 15:18:51 GMT
Yes John Just think, back in 1961 that 10" Reflector would have cost a fortune! Now-days beginners walk into a telescope shop and buy one as their first telescope, for a few hundred dollars! Gotta love that Television
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 16:55:02 GMT
I love how everyone wore suits everyday back then!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 17:22:19 GMT
hehe, nothing like putting your feet up and a nice cosy chair One of the best bits of advice I got as a young apprentice was "Let the machines do the work for you" Here's proof that I listened to someone at least once in my life. www.mts.net/~lmlod/Observatory.html
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Post by davy on Aug 3, 2014 18:31:51 GMT
THANKS FOR THE LINK..read it a few years ago great reading..davy
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