Has anyone seen one of these? Uncle Rod? were these an sct or an R-cretien?has anyone even seen a 16-inch? and where. thanks for any feedback, kim jenner
C22
Started by desertviewer, 11/29/2009 03:00AM
Posted 11/29/2009 03:00AM
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Posted 11/29/2009 01:12PM
| Edited 11/29/2009 01:15PM
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kim jenner said:
Has anyone seen one of these? Uncle Rod? were these an sct or an R-cretien?has anyone even seen a 16-inch? and where. thanks for any feedback, kim jenner
Nope...these were genuine SCTs quite similar to the other Blue/Whites. Mr. Johnson did have a very early large scope that was a convertible Newtonian/Cassegrain. As you can imagine, only a small (relatively speaking) number of C22s were made. I've seen all the rest of the Blue and Whites ...C6s...C8s...C10s...C12s...C16s (fairly commonplace)...but never (in person) a 22. Maybe a dozen were delivered (by Tom Johnson himself, usually), with perhaps half that number being known today. My good buddy Bob Piekiel _does_ have a C22, and if you are interested in them and in the other early Celestrons, I highly recommend his book, _Celestron: The Early Years_ which you can buy rat cheer on A-Mart.
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