Well this is what I call a planet telescope. It’s a Takahashi Mewlon タカハシ born and raised in Japan and made to the most critical tolerances. It rests upon a motorized Vixen GPD equatorial mount driven by servo motors running on 12V DC and guided by a Vixen Sky Sensor 2000 astronomy computer. Optics include […]
Astronomy : World-Class Japanese Ohara FPL53 ( 小原 ) and Natural Science Classes at Smith’s School of English Kotoen
Which one of these two fine Japanese-made telescopes do you think sport the finest optical glass in the world at this time? It may come as a surprise to many but the very best optical glass currently produced is not from Germany or America but from right here in Japan, by a small but prestigious Kanto […]