Re: Orion "clear aperture" 3.6 reflector?

From: Bill Meyers (orion_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:04:42 -0500

I remember that pickture. I always wanted to build one, since, before
the advent of dobs, it looked like a good solution to getting a
lightweight mount. It was a standard Newtonian, as I recall. I don't
remmeber how many were actually built, but there was an article on it in
an old Sky & Tel probably from the 1950's.
Bill Meyers

Jb2269 wrote:

> Dan,
> An interesting discussion on the construction of modern OAN's but isnt this
> an ancient design used at long f ratio as far back as the 1800's? I seem to
> remember a picture of one with a bipod set of legs at the eyepiece end so it
> could be proped up in one of the ATM books.
> Bill Bambrick
> 41 N, 73 W, 95 ASL