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This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.
The smallest RCOS telescope, the 12.5 inch F/9 Ritchey-Chrétien had a base price of just over twenty thousand US dollars in 2009, with large and/or custom models costing considerably more. RC Optical Systems and Star Instruments won a lawsuit in 2008 against Meade Instruments over Meade's description of RCX400 and LX200R telescopes and the ...
In 2007, Obsession Telescopes released a second series of telescopes more portable than their original design. They designated this series as Ultra Compact (UC), referring to their former one as 'Classic.' From 2009-2012 their telescopes ranged from USD 3000 for a 12.5 inch telescope, up to USD 12–15,000 for a 25-inch telescope.
The Meade LX200 is a family of commercial telescopes produced by Meade Instruments launched in 1992 with 8" (20.32 cm) and a 10" (25.4 cm) Schmidt–Cassegrain models on computerized altazimuth mounts. [1] [2] Two larger models, a 12" (30.48 cm) and a 16" (40.64 cm), quickly
A 7-inch (180 mm) model was introduced in 1967 for amateur and professional astronomers, hobbyists, industry and government. A scaled-up version of the Questar 3.5" with the integrated Control Box, the Questar Seven, with a nominal 2400mm focal length, has twice the aperture and four times the light gathering power of the 3.5.
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A 12-to-16-inch (300 to 410 mm) reflecting telescope is difficult, but still within the ability of the average amateur who has had experience building smaller instruments. Amateurs have constructed telescopes as large as 1 metre (39 in) across, but usually small groups or astronomy clubs take on such projects.
28-inch Refractor (1893) Thompson Telescope with a 26-inch refractor and 30-inch reflector on one mounting (1896) Lassell 2-foot Reflector (1845) Isaac Roberts 20-inch reflector (1885) Western Equatorial (c.1824) 13-inch Astrographic Refractor (1890) Merz 12.8-inch Visual Refractor (1859-1893) (this was replaced by the 28 inch Grubb in the ...