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Members of the Lake County Astronomical Society spent five years assembling a massive, vintage 1950s-era telescope. Now they need a place to show it off.
The 10-foot-tall, 2,000-pound instrument is tucked in the corner of a garage in north suburban Mettawa, where it has been stored in three huge pieces under a tarp since its completion in 2005.

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 Rather than wait for stargazers to come to them, the Lake County Astronomical Society recently started ambushing innocent bystanders outside public libraries around the county with their large telescopes aimed at the moon and Saturn.
The free peeks into space elicited "ooo's" and "ahh's" from a crowd gathered at the Lake Villa District Library, where the club set up a half dozen telescopes on Monday. Saturn's rings were clearly visible through the scopes. Saturn's moon Titan was also visible as a tiny speck.

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