A Nice Note from Nick...

 A nice note from Nick about his 14" telescope and our recent visit together:

Hi Dennis,  Hope you had a good weekend and a happy Halloween. It was good seeing you, and thank you again for the time to go over everything with me!  I drove home on Friday and was able to put the telescope together, and then the clouds came out!  Of course :) But, I did look at some trees in the distance and things looked very sharp, and focus "snapped" into place.  

I kept the telescope set up just in case, and indeed the clouds cleared for a short time and I gotta say Jupiter was amazing!  Whereas before it was an endless fine turning of the focuser just to think you can see the red lines "pretty well", now I saw deep colors and more detail than ever before with little effort on the focuser! It was too late for Saturn from my vantage point, but I felt like I was getting the full benefit of the telescope and absolutely loved it.   It truly made all the difference having you look at it and fix it, so thank you again! 

Cheers, 
Nick 

8" F6 for Yuanyi Completed...

Yuanyi's 8" F6 telescope has wonderful optics,
straight vane spider and Moonlite focuser.

Yuanyi asked me to leave the wood "unfinished" so he
can apply the color and varnish himself.

The entire telescope, weighing 48#, fits into
a 20"x20'x25" box for shipping.

 

An 8" F6 for Yuanyi in Alameda, California...

Yuanyi sent along his 8" F6 primary with secondary,
spider and Moonlite focuser to build into a nice
strut telescope with Easy Transport.

 

And -- Wheelbarrow Handles for Richard...

Wheel barrow handles for
Richard 10" telescope. Richard
lives in Sausalito, CA.

 

A 16" Lightbridge Rocker Box Kit...

A 16" Lightbridge rocker kit for Randy in Hazlet, New Jersey.

The kit is completed and ready for packaging and shipping.

 

A Note and Photo from Bob and his 16" Telescope...

Bob's telescope was built from one
of our kits. Nice job Bob.

 A nice photo and note from Bob from Cedar Park, Texas:


Hi Dennis.   My 16" is still going strong. This was at the Okie-Tex star party last week. Class 1 skies did not disappoint nor this the scope.  Thanks again for making these scopes available. The views are phenomenal.  Take care.   Bob

A 14" F4 String-Strut Telescope

This 14" F4 for Steve in Springfield, Virginia.

That's a Hubble Optics 14" F4 primary with Destiny
3-vane curved-vane spider.