If IKEA made telescopes...

[MargaritaMc]

If Ikea made telescopes...
DeepSkyVideo

http://youtu.be/u9Ez5wJK3IY

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

The Nordic Optical telescope is a compact and unusual design - and the highest telescope on La Palma. It is run by Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

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[Ann]

It is a post mill observatory!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_mill wrote:
The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.

Hey, I thought you would say that the whole telescope would come in a flat box, with instructions on how to put it together. Wait a minute, isn't there a screw missing here?

Ann

[MargaritaMc]

It is a post mill observatory!

Of course! I knew it seemed familiar - as a child, I saw a windmill of this design in operation. With several men pushing it round by means of the long pole that extended at one side. That's nearly sixty years ago.

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[rstevenson]

I'm hoping that some day soon, someone will (re)invent the tripod, and a new craze of unbumpy video will ensue. Maybe that telescope is interesting, but I had to stop watching after about 30 seconds. Any more and I'd have lost my lunch.

Rob

[MargaritaMc]

Ah - I come from a family of sailors! Stomach like a rock.
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