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by 8bitsrule 1732 days ago
Checkin out that p'cast. Coincidentally just a couple of days ago I learned the history of socially-minded pioneer Ormsby M. Mitchel and his 1842 Cincinnati miracle - a publicly-funded 11" refractor, hand-crafted in Bavaria !!

[https://www.cincinnatiobservatory.org/about/our-history/]