OMI 에서 텍사스에 있는 아마추어에게 48인치 돕소니안을
납품했다는군요.

http://www.opticalmechanics.com/48Dob/index.html


주경 : 직경 48.875인치, 두께 5인치, F/4, TEC 의 Yuri 가 공급 (러시아 LOMO 제작?), 무게 300kg
사경 : 8인치
몸체 : 강철과 알루미늄, 약 1.4톤
전체 공급자 : OMI


Yahoo 의 TEC 그룹에 first light 한 이야기가 올라와 있습니다.

"Jimi and his good friend Van went up to the observatory at 3:00 am
that morning and observed the moon and some other bright objects.
According to Jimi, using 24 mm Naglers in the Denkmeier bino viewers
was like flying over the moon on an Apollo mission. I got a better
look at the moon the following night and had to agree. The 48" mirror
provides high resolution views of the moon in 3D thanks to the Denks.
Here are a few comments from other observations we made under near
full moon conditions:
The double/double system, Castor, in Gemini is split into four
components and the brightest star is VIOLET!
In the Cat's Eye nebula you see pinks and greens.
In the Eskimo nebula you can see filaments ("fur") in the hood of the
parka."