Cold War Spoils: Amateur Builds Telescope With 70-Inch Lens

First time accepted submitter 192_kbps writes "Mike Clements, a long-haul trucker from West Jordan, Utah, built the largest amateur telescope ever with a whopping 70 inch primary mirror he purchased at auction. The entire telescope is 35 feet tall, 900 pounds, and he hopes to tour it in parks. As a hand-turned Dobsonian the telescope lacks the photographic capacity and tracking required for professional astronomy but the views must be breathtaking." (Are there other compelling candidates out there for "largest amateur telescope ever"? The 71" scope listed by nitesky.org appears to be dormant.)

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Re:Daily Mail is like National Inquirer

[HornWumpus]

doesn't measure up to what the NYT does every day.

Being the PR wing of the DNC is not a good thing.

Name one example of real investigative journalism from the NYTimes in the last 10 years?