Russell Porter: Art & Design of the Hale 200″ by Alan Goldberg
Channel: Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
Date: 2016-09-10

In addition to being one of the founders of Stellafane and amateur telescope making in America, Russell Porter contributed to much of the design work leading to the 200″ Hale telescope. A chance notice of  his  ghost view drawing for the mirror floatation mount structure started my interest. I will try to describe the merging of art, design, and engineering in Porter’s work.