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just in front of my colleague, Gary Barabino, on the camera stand is
the telescope
that I will use as the guide scope on the SAO 10" Fork Mounted
Newtonian. It is a Tasco 6TE-5 50mm f/12 Refractor purchased by Gary
back in 1971 and given to me in the early 1980's. I decided to restore
and use this little telescope for historic reasons. I used this
telescope in 1971 to record some really nice observations for the
Vega. Its performance was quite good for a refractor of this size and
merited restoration. So in the following pages we will do just that.
Click on the arrow that points to the right to check out the steps we
took in bringing this instrument back to life.
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