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Astronomers and Their Dobs: Paying a Twitter Tribute to John Dobson
12″ of awesome Dobsonian love. Thanks #johndobson for the views! @universetoday @JPMajor pic.twitter.com/PLA321Vqf1
— Scott MacNeill (@scottiemacneill) January 16, 2014
Amateur astronomers love their Dobs. As we said in a previous article, “A Dobsonian is simplicity in itself; a simple set of optics on a simple mount. But don’t be fooled by this simplicity. Dobsonian telescopes are incredibly good and are great for amateurs and professional astronomers alike.”
And so, we were all saddened to learn of the passing of John Dobson, the inventor of this beloved telescope. We asked our followers on Twitter to tweet pictures of their Dobs, and our feed got flooded with pics and remembrances. See a bunch of our retweets below:
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