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18" UC Obsession user photos

Me with my Obsession 18 at Leasburg Dam State Park in New Mexico. I love my Obsession. And so does everyone else.
Lowell O

The Obsession 18" UC continues to perform, season-after-season, with over-the-top views of the sky. I just can't say enough about its ease of set-up, spot-on collimation, and precision observation at the eye piece. It has become a star party favorite, and a tremendous personal telescope. It is a brilliant instrument, and I owe a great amount of thanks to Dave Kriege for this extraordinary creation! It is the ultimate in portability, ease of usage and deep-sky observing. It performs among the giants in this industry.

Boyd Levet
Sisters, Oregon 97759

Gerrit H. with his 18" UC in the Alps - 2,571 meters above sea level at Edelweissspitze, Grossglockner/Hohen Tauern region, Austria

18" UC in subcompact Peugeot 107

Map Io, created from 5.000.000 frames with lucky imaging. Instrument was 18" UC Obsession with ASI462mc.
CS Mike Wölle

Hi Dave,
Photo from last night’s public outreach event at the Copperopolis Branch Public Library in Calaveras County. We normally present at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, but we’ve been getting more requests from schools and library branches lately. Last night we had about 125 in attendance for this event - a look at the Moon and planets. That works out to 1-in-20 residents in our tiny Gold Rush town who attended! The UC-18 performed flawlessly as always. Thank you again for helping to keep our program going!
Jerry Sifferman

Dave's 18" UC in Australia photo by Gary Kopff

Mike Holliday in Sydney Australia

Dave and Gary Kopff in Australia

Tad B. - Sandy Utah

Vincent Serrano Pullay France

Isimaru Tosiaki
Kobe Japan

Bob Pitt in Birmingham, Alabama with 18" UC with Argo Navis and Goto drive

Bob Pitt's 18" UC after installation of PC podium.

First 18" UC customer, Richard Hammer - Springfield, Missouri

Gunter Wiese in Switzerland

Gabriele Vajente
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Dave's 18" UC in Australia photo by Gary Kopff

Alan McCornack - El Cajon, California with 18" UC in Toyota Matrix.

Waiting for darkness, Chris Wright with daughter Sophie and 18" UC, Okie-tex 2008

Gordon Pegue at Okie-Tex 2007

First Light Okie-tex, Rick Cosby from Amarillo Texas with his 18 UC, James Mulherin from OMI and Dave Kriege from Obsession.

M42 by John Kutney

Jeffrey Kaszczuk in northeast Texas

Eric Recurt with 18UC by La Palma Observatory in Canary Islands - "At 2391 meters at the international observatory of Roques de Los Muchachos this winter in January. Needless to say that the experience was unforgettable!"

Never out without my 18" UC - Eric Recurt in France

Ram Samudrala observing with his daughter
Buffalo, New York

Dave's 18" UC in Australia photo by Gary Kopff

Raanan Y in Israel with 18" UC

Bernard Chevalier in France with 18" UC

Doug Murphy with his 18" UC

Jason Kendall is the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador for New York City. He holds a Master of Science in Astronomy from New Mexico State University and is currently adjunct faculty at William Paterson University. He has led numerous "star-watching parties" and astronomy events in New York City, New Mexico, Minnesota and Texas. He hauls his 18UC on a little cart thru Manhattan to a small park next to the Harlem River.