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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Sep 1997.
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telescope

telescope

alt.ascii-art · 4 messages · 5 Sep 1997 - 8 Sep 1997
David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 5 Sep 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
Here's a telescope I just made:

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                  .  .  .                 '      '
          "`       .   .
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        .    '      _______________
                ==c(___(o(______(_()
                        \=\
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                        //|\\
                       //|| \\
                      // ||  \\
                     //  ||   \\
                    //         \\

           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- 
 { { wwWWww } }   David Riley   dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk
  { {(.)(.)} }                  http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk
   { {  | } }
    { { =} }      "There is nothing incomprehensible." - Lautreamont

  This is excellent work.

David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <gCS...@dmriley.demon.co.uk>...
> Here's a telescope I just made:
> 
>        .    '                   .  "   '
>                   .  .  .                 '      '
>           "`       .   .
>                                            '     '
>         .    '      _______________
>                 ==c(___(o(______(_()
>                         \=\
>                          )=\
>                         //|\\
>                        //|| \\
>                       // ||  \\
>                      //  ||   \\
>                     //         \\
> 
>            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> -- 
>  { { wwWWww } }   David Riley   dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk
>   { {(.)(.)} }                  http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk
>    { {  | } }
>     { { =} }      "There is nothing incomprehensible." - Lautreamont
> 

"Jonathon R. Oglesbee" <ogl...@fullnet.net--removetoreply>
exclaimed:

>  This is excellent work.

To say the least,...!  8-)

>David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <gCS...@dmriley.demon.co.uk>...
>> Here's a telescope I just made:
>> 
>>        .    '                   .  "   '
>>                   .  .  .                 '      '
>>           "`       .   .
>>                                            '     '
>>         .    '      _______________
>>                 ==c(___(o(______(_()
>>                         \=\
>>                          )=\
>>                         //|\\
>>                        //|| \\
>>                       // ||  \\
>>                      //  ||   \\
>>                     //         \\
>> 
>>            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 
>> -- 
>>  { { wwWWww } }   David Riley   dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk
>>   { {(.)(.)} }                  http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk
>>    { {  | } }
>>     { { =} }      "There is nothing incomprehensible." - Lautreamont
>> 

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David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 8 Sep 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <5uru92$l5o$2...@news.chatlink.com>, Foggy
<fog...@chatlink.nojunk.com> writes
>"Jonathon R. Oglesbee" <ogl...@fullnet.net--removetoreply>
>exclaimed:
>>  This is excellent work.
>To say the least,...!  8-)
*blush* Thanks for the encouragement, here's a few tries at a
(Newtonian) reflecting telescope, which I'd given up on before.
They could still do with some improvements though ;-)

                              (``',
 1st try on plain mounting.  / `''/
                            /    /  
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                              |  |
                              |==|
                              |  |
                              |__|
                            /`____`\
                  ,-------'`~~~~~~~~`'-------,
                 `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`


Attempt to add equatorial     (``',
mounting w/ counterweight.   / `''/
                            /    /
                         o\/    /
                         \,    /          _
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                       (x   //---, (------',=,
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                     /    /        \ \   '-'
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                                   |   |
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                                   |   |
                                   |___|
                                  /`___`\
                          ,-----'`~~~~~~~`'-----,
                         `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

This one's a bit more         (``',
correct but I'm not          / `''/
sure it looks as good.      /    /
                         o\/    /
                         \,    /          _
                         (    /         ,',`,
                        /x`''7/_________r_ ,=,
                       (x   //---) )------',=,
                      / `''7'   / /     ' ,=,
                     /    /    / /       '-'
                    (    /    / (
                     `'''    /(o)\
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                            /`___`\
                    ,-----'`~~~~~~~`'-----,
                     `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
-- 
(((( .'   )   //=====e       "Beneath the paving stones, the beach!" 
 )))   \   )_//____________     -wall inscription Paris may '68 
((((    J   ) David Riley  )===========O  dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk   
 ))))______)_______________)===========O  http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk/

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