22 Oct
2013
22 Oct
'13
10:14 a.m.
Mike purchased the mirror already polished and figured, and built the largest amateur telescope in the world around it. John Peate made the largest telescope optic ever fabricated by an amateur. Peate's mirror was never mounted in a telescope. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net>wrote:
Did he make the mirror? Thought he bought it from a government contractor.