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| Sep17-03, 12:31 PM | #1 |
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Homemade Telescopes
Let's get the new format with a somewhat general question.
How many of you have built your own telescope? Give us some details. Did you do anything different or inovative with your design, or pretty much by the book? |
| Sep18-03, 11:26 AM | #2 |
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I did.
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| Sep18-03, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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| Sep18-03, 07:22 PM | #4 |
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Homemade Telescopes
Artman
When last we spoke about this subject you will recall I mention- ed being attracted to the larger home built telescopes I'd seen on a site about Dobsonian Mounts. You were amused because it seemed I had developed "aperture fever" without ever having owned a scope at all. I found this site: Advice for New Astronomers Address:http://www.scopereviews.com/begin.html when I was poking around, and I think you would find it well done. It's aimed at helping people make an informed decision on what to buy, rather than build, but much of what he says would apply in either case. Anyway, I was amused, after your observation on my apparent leap from casual interest directly into wanting my own private Mt. Palomar, with no scopes in between to find he had included an essay on his site called Avoiding "Aperture Fever". -Zooby |
| Sep19-03, 11:35 AM | #5 |
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Thanks zoobyshoe,
There is lots of good advice on that site. As for avoiding aperture fever, it depends on your interest. Mine is more in the process of designing and building the scope, even more than using them, so I am working my way up to a big one by buiding all of the intermediates. (Don't tell my wife about my plan [:)] .) |
| Sep29-03, 10:53 AM | #6 |
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I am in the process of asembling my very first home-made scope. Have some materials (frame, etc.) but will need to finish the expansion to my observatory before completing due to size (3.2 m) etc. My first one..always depended on meade and others before. will be..interesting..
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| Sep29-03, 01:46 PM | #7 |
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Are you making your own mirror, or buying one already figured, or is it a refractor?
I've never made a mirror for a scope, but I make most of the other components, such as the spider, the focuser, the Mirror Cell, the tube (wood or PVC) the cradle and the base. You spoke of enlarging the observatory, the 3.2m isn't the aperture is it?!! [8)] That's a pretty long tube length also. Good luck with the project. Let us know how it goes. |
| Oct1-03, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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