RIP John Dobson, Inventor of the Popular Dobsonian Telescope

[Winston]

https://www.universetoday.com/10815...f-the-popular-dobsonian-telescope-dead-at-98/

 

[XrayLizard]

to your memory, Mr. Dobson

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

I've never used a mighty light-bucket type Dob, myself. But I know it made huge light-gathering power available at low cost to a lot of amateur astronomers.