https://shakhdinarov.com/equipment/gars-1875-merz-dallmeyer-162mm-f/15/Recent content in GAR's 1875 Merz-Dallmeyer 162mm F/15 on Sergey's AstrophotographyHugoen-usSat, 09 Sep 2023 00:29:00 +0000https://shakhdinarov.com/sso/jupiter/2023-09-09/Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:29:00 +0000https://shakhdinarov.com/sso/jupiter/2023-09-09/<p>This capture used a very different instrument from the rest of the collection: a 162mm f/15 refractor built in 1875 by the Merz-Dallmeyer optical workshop, paired with a 2x Barlow lens. The long, slow optical path and 19th-century glass render Jupiter&rsquo;s belts with a distinct soft, warm character quite unlike the modern views elsewhere in this gallery, though the same equatorial banding and pale hollow near the South Equatorial Belt are still clearly resolved.</p>