" Thanks to our sponsor and benefactor, Anita Roberts, the Jodrell Plank Observatory has purchased from First Light Optics in Exeter, a new light weight and 'goto' version of the Star-adventurer equatorial mount. The addition of 'goto' is significant as our, still active, Director Kurt Thrust is getting on a bit and 'a tad unwell'.
Regular readers of the blog, will appreciate how much data has been collected using our small telescopes and cameras mounted on the old manual Star-adventurer mount, particularly when imaging remotely and away from the Observatory.
We now await some clear nights for trying this new bit of kit out" - Joel Cairo CEO of the JPO, the UK's most easterly Observatory.
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