@@eomaha Haha, I like that. You could byol (bring your own ladder) the experience. In any case, I think this is a wonderful scope and even moreso that you are willing to share the experience with others.
I can't imagine what the mirror box would weigh. But I imagine it probably be pretty easy to get a couple friends together to lift it if they knew you had a 30 inch reflector.
Hi, it's over 300lbs, but only about 60lbs at the wheel barrow handles. I wear a lifting belt for safety, but otherwise it's manageable for me to move myself, including up ramp into the trailer. So yeah, it's a one person setup (I have another video on the page showing that happen).
he said I can't believe it's a 30 inch it's not even big meanwhile It took a U-Haul to get it there and he needs a ladder to look into it and the scope is dwarfing over Jeff like a skyscraper haha beautiful piece of equipment tho obsessions optics are incredible there's some real craftsmanship that goes into there products
@@jc4evur661 The views are worth it. Unfortunately, I didn't have another $10k to get a modern sub f/4. Most outings I use a more comfortable 'gran and go' 18" f/4.5.
Awesome! How about an updated video? If it's not too much trouble, maybe even some astrophotography so us distant folks can get a vicarious peek through it?
@@mikesmith-po8nd To take pictures thru it one has to take some pretty long exposures which requires the scope to have a drive that allows it to track the Earth's rotation so the picture isn't a blur.
Omg!!I looked through that scope when kirk had it , back in mid 90's!! I saw kirk 2 years ago, talked about it!!
Man, that's wild to look at: I'd want a boom lift to keep me centered on the eyepiece!
Legend has it, no one has ever been able to reach the eyepiece. They just pretend the ladder is enough.
10 feet... and yes, anyone wanting to ascend it must sign a liability waiver.
@@eomaha Haha, I like that. You could byol (bring your own ladder) the experience. In any case, I think this is a wonderful scope and even moreso that you are willing to share the experience with others.
I can't imagine what the mirror box would weigh. But I imagine it probably be pretty easy to get a couple friends together to lift it if they knew you had a 30 inch reflector.
Hi, it's over 300lbs, but only about 60lbs at the wheel barrow handles. I wear a lifting belt for safety, but otherwise it's manageable for me to move myself, including up ramp into the trailer. So yeah, it's a one person setup (I have another video on the page showing that happen).
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thank you david...
Holy shit, that scope looks so amazing!!
Lovely Telescope. Thanks for sharing this.
I'd love to see an updated video, maybe We Ting could do a review!
I assume that's Ed Ting you're referring to. 😃
Huge!
till what magnitude can be observed with this?
Theoretical 17.5, conditions of course influence that. I've observed to nearly mag 17.
How did you get the mirror from Russia? In a big box?
Hi, I'm not the original owner, but I do have the massive, Soviet military looking crate the mirror came in.
he said I can't believe it's a 30 inch it's not even big meanwhile It took a U-Haul to get it there and he needs a ladder to look into it and the scope is dwarfing over Jeff like a skyscraper haha beautiful piece of equipment tho obsessions optics are incredible there's some real craftsmanship that goes into there products
On one hand the diameter bigger than the focal length of some scopes on the other imagine it being F8 or an F16 achromat on an equatorial mount :-o
@@jochenkraus7016 true but still F5 for a 30 inch is pretty much unheard-of
Climbing up and down a ladder all night would get old quick
@@jc4evur661 The views are worth it. Unfortunately, I didn't have another $10k to get a modern sub f/4. Most outings I use a more comfortable 'gran and go' 18" f/4.5.
The idea that the USSR once supplied highly qualified scientific equipment to the whole world makes me deeply sad.
Where is that scope now?
Still in my possession.
Awesome! How about an updated video?
If it's not too much trouble, maybe even some astrophotography so us distant folks can get a vicarious peek through it?
@@mikesmith-po8nd It doesn't have a drive
JC 4 Evur what does that have to do with anything???
@@mikesmith-po8nd To take pictures thru it one has to take some pretty long exposures which requires the scope to have a drive that allows it to track the Earth's rotation so the picture isn't a blur.
I would guess 1993.
Good guess.
point it directly at the sun and make a death ray - LOL