is an ongoing ATM project. It was first built in 1992.  Major mount design changes were made in 1994. OTA changes were done in 2006. The scope is an 18"f4.5 mounted on a GEM.  The O.T.A. is setup on a set of rotating rings that can put the eyepiece at an advantageous viewing angle. The servo drive is made by Sidereal technology. It carries a Galaxy Optics mirror. There is a 4.0" secondary & a JMI crayford focuser. It's equipped with Sky Commander DSC, and that's interfaced to a desktop that's running MegaStar. My camera is now a ST10XME.


The Name  Scudco came abouts  because we (my nephew & I)  started building the scope right after the Gulf War.
Peoples first impression was that it looked like a missile launched.  SO we just put it together.