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Stuart Goldman
HOMEPAGE BLOG by Stuart Goldman

For the Garden

Garden Telescope
Our local cable news featured a company that's bringing back a classic telescope. Click image to view the program.
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Our Production Manager (and one of the people who sometimes has to stay late when an issue goes to the printer) returned to work Tuesday after a two-week honeymoon cruise. He mentioned to me that while he was home Monday recovering from jet lag, he saw a brief program on TV about some kind of open, bronze telescope.

Turns out that our local cable news channel had a story about a team of Vermonters who are bringing back the Porter Garden Telescope. You may have seen the work of Telescopes of Vermont at last year's Northeast Astronomy Forum.

Check out the 7-minute-long report online and see how the instruments are made.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Stuart Goldman, November 21, 2007
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Porter telescope

Posted by DonYan December 5, 2007 At 09:07 PM PST
This is truly a beauty, a work of art & craftmanship. I wish I could afford it...thanks for sharing this information with us, DonYan

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