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Date: 22 Oct 2006 23:11:26
From: Florian
Subject: The Stoody Scope
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While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across =
these images...
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
The description doesn't really explain much...
"Two views of a man looking through the Stoody Scope, which was =
attached to the=20
top of a V-8 automobile. The long telescope could be fastened down =
for=20
transportation, and then cranked up into place for use. The scope was =
attached to a pole which ran through the middle of the car. It was=20
manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Inc."
I always wonder where things like this go.=20
.Florian
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Date: 22 Oct 2006 21:47:26
From: Uncle Bob
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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On Sun, 22 2006 23:11:26 +0000, Florian wrote:
> While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across these images...
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> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
>
Sidewalk Astronomer?
Uncle Bob
Fairfax, CA
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Date: 22 Oct 2006 18:45:02
From: Bill Cotten
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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"Florian" <star6@TheDesertSon.com > wrote in message
news:yUS_g.7192$zy2.1711@tornado.socal.rr.com...
While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across
these images...
I always wonder where things like this go.
I believe that particular Zeiss refractor is now owned by Griffith
Observatory.
Bill
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Date: 22 Oct 2006 17:25:12
From:
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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Florian wrote:
> While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across these images...
>
> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
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> The description doesn't really explain much...
>
> "Two views of a man looking through the Stoody Scope, which was attached to the
> top of a V-8 automobile. The long telescope could be fastened down for
> transportation, and then cranked up into place for use. The scope was
> attached to a pole which ran through the middle of the car. It was
> manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Inc."
Zeiss made CARS!? :-)
>
> I always wonder where things like this go.
Maybe it (the scope) ended up here:
http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/bzeiss.html
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Date: 23 Oct 2006 01:07:33
From: Florian
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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>http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/bzeiss.html
Neat! That does indeed seem to be where the scope ended up!
.Florian
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Date: 22 Oct 2006 23:16:12
From: Mike Simmons
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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On 22 2006 17:25:12 -0700, wsnell01@hotmail.com wrote:
> Florian wrote:
>> While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across these images...
>>
>> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
>> http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
>>
>> The description doesn't really explain much...
>>
>> "Two views of a man looking through the Stoody Scope, which was attached to the
>> top of a V-8 automobile. The long telescope could be fastened down for
>> transportation, and then cranked up into place for use. The scope was
>> attached to a pole which ran through the middle of the car. It was
>> manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Inc."
>
> Zeiss made CARS!? :-)
>
>>
>> I always wonder where things like this go.
>
> Maybe it (the scope) ended up here:
>
> http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/bzeiss.html
Yes, it's the smaller of the two telescopes at Griffith Observatory. I
used to operate this telescope. Note that the earlier photos of the 12"
have only a small guide scope. The 9-1/2" was added later. As good as the
12" is I always thought the 9-1/2" was a little better figured. It
definitely had less color fringing on bright objects but I was never sure
this wasn't just because of its smaller aperture.
Mike Simmons
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Date: 23 Oct 2006 00:08:39
From: John Nichols
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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"Florian" <star6@TheDesertSon.com > wrote in message
news:yUS_g.7192$zy2.1711@tornado.socal.rr.com...
While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across
these images...
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
The description doesn't really explain much...
"Two views of a man looking through the Stoody Scope, which was attached
to the
top of a V-8 automobile. The long telescope could be fastened down for
transportation, and then cranked up into place for use. The scope was
attached to a pole which ran through the middle of the car. It was
manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Inc."
I always wonder where things like this go.
Not sure that's a binoviewer. I did a zoom on the pic on the right, and
that looks like shadow covering an exposed eye, while the other eye is
looking through the eyepiece.
Pretty cool either way. That's one heck of a star car.
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Date: 22 Oct 2006 23:13:12
From: Florian
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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Just noticed it even has a binoviewer.
.Florian
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Date: 23 Oct 2006 06:19:28
From: George
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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"Florian" <star6@TheDesertSon.com > wrote in message
news:yUS_g.7192$zy2.1711@tornado.socal.rr.com...
While browsing the Los Angeles Public Museum photo archive i came across
these images...
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046109.jpg
The description doesn't really explain much...
"Two views of a man looking through the Stoody Scope, which was attached
to the
top of a V-8 automobile. The long telescope could be fastened down for
transportation, and then cranked up into place for use. The scope was
attached to a pole which ran through the middle of the car. It was
manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Inc."
I always wonder where things like this go.
.Florian
Amazing.
George
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Date: 23 Oct 2006 16:43:55
From: Ernie Dunbar
Subject: Re: The Stoody Scope
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John Nichols wrote:
> Not sure that's a binoviewer. I did a zoom on the pic on the right, and
> that looks like shadow covering an exposed eye, while the other eye is
> looking through the eyepiece.
>
> Pretty cool either way. That's one heck of a star car.
No, that's definitely a binoviewer. If you look carefully at the first
photo (http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046030.jpg), you can see that a)
at the front of the binoviewer, it slopes down to accomodate the prism,
and b) that there is a dual reflection of light from the ground on the
round undersides of the binoviewer.
I found it kind of funny though how he's looking up in that
neckstrain-inducing pose in the other half of that image. Not this was
taken at night or anything. :)
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