13 Apr
2009
13 Apr
'09
10:04 a.m.
Good point, Kurt. Joseph von Fraunhaufer also designed the "German Equatorial" mount, if memory serves. The history of the telescope could easily fill a multi-part series. Modern telescopes also owe much to George Ellery Hale; the ultimate fundraiser and administrator. Amateurs today would still be carting around heavy Newtonians were it not for Bernard Schmidt, or Mark Serrurier. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
It was great show. It's pretty difficult to cover 400 years of technological development without skipping over something. IMHO, the only thing I would like to have seen was acknowledgement of the contributions of Joseph Franhaufer.