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- Very nice!!
What are you using for interferometry?
- How does one get started in the telescope building hobby?by oAlbe
- Very cool, any pictures of the images it produces?by thenthenthen
- Very cool project. Been taking my dwarflab mini on hikes instead of the 12” dob ;) , not the same at all but enjoy getting dark sky and some great astro shots.
- Beautiful, like I needed a new crossover of hobbies; btw could this fill a 220 format frame?
You also could save a lot of weight by boring out your plywood base and still be plenty rigid
by petee - Quite an impressive build. How hard is it to collimate the telescope? Does it hold the collimation?by rom16384
- Love this. Thanks for sharing. My friend and I pulled an old Dobsonian telescope of my Dad's from the garage when we were teenagers. We spent hours and hours out with it under the stars, and on cloudy nights I would read a book about telescope construction. Back then, cabinet makers were building the most impressive wood frames. Interesting to see how the technology has changed.by mybbor
- Very cool project and video documentation, really inspiring! As someone who is mechanically inclined and has a decent amount of tools/3D printer, is there any DIY telescope that you would recommend to build as a first foray into the field?
I've never done much with optics, and after reading through a few of your posts, it looks both incredibly challenging and very rewarding.
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