Dale, I had one of those 3" Edmund scopes when I was a kid. I passed it on to another beginner decades ago, but I do remember it fondly. You don't have to be a SLAS member to come to SPOC, so if you can make it, if and when we do this, please bring the little Edmund scope. It's a perfect example of what many of us started with. And I would love to see it and look through one again! On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper@sdl.usu.edu> wrote:
Hi Chuck,
I'm not a SLAS member and my scope certainly wouldn't win any of the categories below - but I still have my old 3" Edmund Scientific reflector that I received for Christmas in 1968.
Paper tube, single 0.986 inch Kellner eyepiece, 45 degree angle "tilted" mount, plastic eyepiece holder - i.e. very, very basic scope - but I still love it because it really opened up new vistas to me.
Clear skies, Dale.