Food trailer parked by the shop door and got a pot of rice cooking. Set up the transit's tripod on the porch and will take a photo of the new (to me) transit once the sun goes down a bit - lighting is too harsh right now.
It had been stored damp - there is mildew and the optics are clouded but this will be a matter of about ten hours of cleaning and then it will be as good as new. The whole thing is made of cast and machined brass and chromed steel so rust is simply not an issue.
At some point, I am planning to replace the optics with modern glass but in a way that the original glass can be swapped back if desired. The coatings these days make the images a lot brighter and sharper and I am looking at maybe $30 for the new glass.
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