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Detail how Lou mounted the altitude bearing. A great solution.... |
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Detail how Lou mounted the altitude bearing. A great solution.... |
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An upper tube assembly for Hao's 15" strut telescope with easy transport option and strings. |
A note and photo from Siddhesh and his 10" F4 with Nova optics:
Hi Dennis, At long last, the sky cleared up and I took the dob out to the club's dark site. The seeing was poor, so I didn't split any tight doubles, but I was nothing short of mesmerized by M42 and the double cluster... Pretty amazing to observe nebulosity in the Orion Nebula with the same clarity as the cirrus clouds I see from airplane windows! . . .
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Ryan and his dad assembled one of our kits -- this one a 12" and "not without its challenges". But in the end, they did a great job. Super your guys!! |
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Ryan is rightly proud of the work he and his dad did on this beauty. Note the wheel barrow handles, curved-vane spider and Moonlite focuser -- looks great. |
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The UTA for Mike's telescope sports a Feathertouch focuser, 4-vane curved-vane spider, Telrad base and nice 3.5" secondary. |
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The 16" mirror sits on a 9-point mirror cell and is "center" marked with a "donut" for ease in collimation. |
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January 5, 2021 - With the truss system in place, it'll be a bit more on the OTA and then on to the rocker box. Needed, still, is a primary dew shield. |