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Originally Posted by The Bone
My neighbor in Idaho had a building where he had a telescope. He loved to look at the stars. His telescope was huge. Had to stand on a box to look into the eyepiece. He had lots of books on stars and astronomy. RIP Tony and Daphne.
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I met Tony and Daphne at a Texas Star Party years ago. He had sorta gotten a need to do some visual astronomy and had a 25 inch F/4 scope custom made for visual observing. It did have a very small one step ladder. Most of the big Dobsonian telescopes require really big ladders (6-8 foot tall fruit picker ladders). I did not know he had any residence in Idaho but I believe he was there for the eclipse last year. One of the photos that he created uses a bridge near his home in Foresthill, California.
http://www.astrophoto.com/images/Bridge.jpg All of his work can be seen on the web at
http://www.astrophoto.com/images.htm