[ClintonBeGone]

How much is something like that worth?

[philetus]

Can you shoot people out of that thing?

[cavtrooper21]

Can you mount that on a varmit rifle???

[BradyLS]

I think the Chinese stole it so they could get a discount Hubble in orbit for propaganda purposes.

[Nick Danger]

So those telescope enlargement patches really work, huh? I keep getting these emails about how I can see farther than ever before, but I've been ignoring them. It's true, I go to star parties with my Celestron C-8 and I feel inadequate next to these guys who have 30" equipment. I wonder though, looking at that picture, whether the guy still has a decent equatorial mount. Do the patches work on the mount as well, or just the tube?

[petuniasevan]

Hopefully the 'scope will be found in good condition - and the perps in bad condition.

By the way, I linked both this post and Brock's page on my APOD post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1022173/posts?page=1

[Tijeras_Slim]

Will keep you informed if anything appears in the local news. Will pass on the info to some folks I know that work at the Starfire Optical Range and the Magdelena Ridge Observatory.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

What a bummer! Are you watching Ebay? I'd definitely do that if I were you. I'll watch the papers here in Vegas.