He will need the area of a Heli-pad to set it up, with the adjacent parking. Sounds like the whole SPOC parking area.
Somewhat shorter URL is
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27301024
Going by what his t-shirt said I guess his proper name is 1.8 Meter Mike. :)
I understand Mike is saving to buy a trailer so he can bring the scope to star parties. If he pulls that off surely it'll be the world's largest portable (transportable?) telescope.
patrick
On 19 Oct 2013, at 07:39, Chuck Hards wrote:
Here's the story if you missed it last night:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27301024&nid=148&title=utahn-sets-record-by-building...
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
2-meter mike and his telescope will be featured on Channel 5 10:00 PM news tonight.
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