As an amateur astrophotographer will tell you, you just don’t get to capture the really interesting objects without spending a ton of money on some decent pieces of kit. Telescope aside, there really ...

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This is the equatorial mount for for the George Dollond refracting telescope in the collection. It belonged to, and was given in memory of, Charles C. Carey (1903-1963), President of the General Radio ...