Own a Piece of History
and Contribute to Stellafane's Future
The Auction is over. The winning bid was $7,500.00.
Thanks to the all the bidders for supporting Stellafane!
"The Eyepiece that
Changed Observing"
Astronomy Magazine December 2005
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The Telescope that Inspired Us
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The Original
Nagler 13 Prototype
by Stellafane Prizewinner Al Nagler
One of only 3 Prototypes, made in Peekskill, NY 1980
Read the Astronomy Magazine article
The Eyepiece that Changed Observing
on the Tele Vue website (PDF Format).
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Stephen O'Meara's autographed Genesis
with original case, 2 inch diagonal, 1.25 inch adapter, 22 mm
Panoptic, 7 mm Nagler, 4.8 mm Nagler,
Tele Vue Qwik Point finder and 1.8x Barlow.
Mr. O'Meara used the Tele Vue Genesis in the pre-paration
of his magnificent observer's guides to the Messier and Caldwell
objects, the Herschel 400, and recently, 109 Deep Sky Treasures
of his own choosing, all published by Cambridge Press.
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These Historic Artifacts
from Inventor Al Nagler
and Author
Stephen O’Meara
will be auctioned by the Springfield Telescope
Makers
on eBay in late July, 2007.
All proceeds will benefit the Stellafane Flanders Pavilion
Fund.
Inventor Al Nagler, STM President John
Gallagher, and Stephen James O'Meara
at the Northeast Astronomy Forum with the auction items:
The 13mm Nagler Prototype and Stephen O'Meara's Tele
Vue Genesis Telescope. |
Read a Press
Release about the Auction.
Read the
Sky &
Telescope Story.
Auction ends Friday. 2007-Aug-17 6:01:52 PM PDT
(9:01:52 EDT)
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