Backyard Astronomy And Other

I made the following photo for a framing/test shot for the August 2026 lunar eclipse: Attached T6 with a 3D printed adaptor, connected to the telescope, and 30 second video. I extracted the best frames with Autostakkert 4 software to get the sharpest image. Brad S.

August 27-28 2026 Lunar eclipse photo now included:

August 2026 Lunar eclipse photo as following:

After 34 years and ~1,500 hours under a night sky, it was time for another amateur astronomer to have this fabulous 10-inch f/4.5 Newtonian. Brad S. was the perfect person.

I always took incredible care of the telescope and mount…storing both inside with the OTA in a padded zip-up bag in a closet. I ordered the telescope on February 5th 1992 at 9:00 PM from “Pauli’s Wholesale Optics” in Danbury, Connecticut: The owner Fred Pauli took my order over the phone. Fred was well known throughout the amateur astronomy community. Cloudy nights and other platforms still have articles written about Fred. I always enjoyed talking with him. A nice guy…

The telescope was delivered on February 10th in several large heavy-duty corrugated boxes and left in front of my garage door, by UPS. I was really excited! On that day, and for more than 34 years, I never thought I’d sell this telescope, but all good things come to an end.

The real reason in my decision that someone else should own this fabulous telescope…it had just become too large and heavy for me.

I used the telescope with two mounts: The original and Celestron CGE-Pro pictured below.

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