TheSkySearchers

Hee hee, hee hee hee...
Unitron Model 142...1200mm of f/16 goodness...

Beautiful refractor Bryan!
Have some fun with it tonight

A new addition? Man, it sure is a fine one!

Looks like you have skies too! You lucky dude!

Have fun tonight!

Thanks,
Jim

SWEET glass.
CONGRATS Bryan! :thumb:

Thanks, friends! The sky is actually pretty trashy. Not sure it will pan out.

But still freakin' exciting!

Hmm..not sure what the significance of this is....but nice scope

Wait... How many "fracs" do you have versus how many eyes do you have??? I think your ratio is a bit skewed!!

Congrats,
JT

KingNothing13 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:36 am Hmm..not sure what the significance of this is....but nice scope

Thanks, Brett! It's a mid 1950's model. An oldie but a goodie. And it's a Unitron. The drool-inducing and coveted refractor of a bygone era.

JayTee wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:55 am Wait... How many "fracs" do you have versus how many eyes do you have??? I think your ratio is a bit skewed!!

Congrats,
JT

Eye heck! I've got one refractor for each digit on both hands.

bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:15 am
Thanks, Brett! It's a mid 1950's model. An oldie but a goodie. And it's a Unitron. The drool-inducing and coveted refractor of a bygone era.

Ahhh - I see now - that's something then - congrats - how'd you come across it?

KingNothing13 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:18 am

bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:15 am
Thanks, Brett! It's a mid 1950's model. An oldie but a goodie. And it's a Unitron. The drool-inducing and coveted refractor of a bygone era.

Ahhh - I see now - that's something then - congrats - how'd you come across it?

A good friend of mine has a few of them. He thought this one might be in good hands in Arkansas.

bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:15 am Eye heck! I've got one refractor for each digit on both hands.

That is as it should be with good refractors

Very nice addition to your stable of fracs, Bryan.

Clear, Dark Skies

Great scope, Bryan! Glad it found the right home!!

Dave

I never owned a Unitron but have several of their catalogs with totally worn out pages from looking and dreaming as a kid.

Nice acquisition Bryan!!

Nice. Should be a Planetary workhorse.

I couldn't resist Checking out a simulated view with my TMB Planetaries. Hope you don't mind.

astronomy_tools_fov (3) by pat w1, on Flickr

Beautiful scope Bryan - congrats!!!
What a classic!

Looks like I'm going to have to add more space for signatures. Darn you Bryan!!!

Great scope! Congratulations!

Thanks everybody!

I am also running out of space in my astro-shed too. Might need to sell the lawn mower...

bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:29 pm I am also running out of space in my astro-shed too. Might need to sell the lawn mower...

You can always pay a mowing company to mow for you, right?

bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:29 pm Thanks everybody!

I am also running out of space in my astro-shed too. Might need to sell the lawn mower...

You could sell the lawn mower and buy a goat. Just tell the HOA it's an exotic dog.