Star Splitting the L.F.B. List with a 60mm f/15 Refractor.
To me there is something very comforting about reading vintage astronomy books, especially when the wind and rain are shouting outside on a cold winter's night. Being curled up on the favourite chair, all dance and flicker with woodstove glow and candlelight to illuminate, those old school astronomy words and pictures come to life. Long before digital imaging and GoTo mounts, digital text and apps, books such as Sir Patrick Moore's "The Observer's Book of Astronomy" were my favourite type of guide to the night sky. This pocket sized book for a long time was my only guide to astronomy, albeit with a bit of help from a trusty planisphere, and not forgetting my Tasco 40mm/f15 telescope. One of the visual highlights of that little book is the artwork of astronomer Mr Leslie F. Ball (L.F.B.). His paintings of coloured double stars as seen through an old-school lens and thought, is something that modern ...
