Meet the Big Boy
Here's Dobzilla posing with driver Kevin Ritschel and a winter view from the main viewing area at Deepsky Ranch. For scale, Kevin is 6'2", and the ladder is 12 feet. Dobzilla is the largest telescope in captivity in San Benito County, exceeding even the 30-inch f/4.8 Newtonian telescope at Fremont Peak.
It has a a 33-in. main mirror with an f/5 focal ratio. The optics are supported by a truss frame that is approximately 12' × 3'6”.
