it is natural to lose interest in something with
limited capacity.my point of view is if one makes his
own mirror then passion never dies. after 6"
aperture,one can move to higher apertures thus keeping
the passion alive.thats why i am trying to gather
material to grind my own mirror. although pakistan is
far behind but still there are options available.

Saqib



--- Irfan Ahmad <irfan@...> wrote:

> It happens to all. With our busy lives, these
> hobbies dont dont much time.
> But A telescope is a lifetime possession. Any event
> can trigger the passion
> and revive the enthusiam for a few days. Imagine if
> an event like shoemaker
> comet hitting jupiter or a supernova going off near
> enough to be seen
> happening and all the interest comes back suddenly.
>
> Irfan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
> Of Adnan A. Yazdani
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:17 PM
> To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [astronomy-atLAST] Re: atm in islamabad
>
>
> AoA Saqib,
>
> All the optics were imported. A friend of
> mine in US saw my
> enthusiasm in astronomy and sent me the primary
> mirror (6"), three eye
> pieces and rack-n-pinion focuser. I would say I was
> lucky, had it not been
> for him, perhaps I would never have been able to
> grind and produce a mirror
> of my own. Although, amateurs do grind mirrors, but
> its sorta too tricky and
> technical. Once you get the optics, you can download
> the manual on how to do
> the carpentry stuff to assemble the optical tube
> assembly and alt-az base.
> However, I did lots of innovations of my own, where
> I deviated from the
> manual, like, it was hard for me to find a
> "Sonotube" or Cardboard tube
> here, so I used 8" dia PVC pipe, used a circular
> tailgate instead of a
> rectangular one, developed a single-vane spider
> (with help from an ATM site)
> instead of a standard 3-vane one... So it was fun
> and I enjoyed it..
> I used my telescope quite actively for many
> months to follow, it was
> excellent on Planets and moon. I viewed Saturn
> (Cassini Division, Titan),
> Jupiter (GRS and moon transits), Venus, Mars (quite
> faint at that time).
> Then few DSOs like M31, M13, M42, ring nebula, many
> double stars etc. I had
> a "star party" of a sort on 8th June, 2004 when I
> let my friends and
> neighbours view the "Venus Transit". But now it has
> been quite a while since
> I last touched it. Unfortunately and sadly, perhaps,
> I find myself too much
> occupied with other matters, or have lost the level
> of interest. Anyway I
> have got to revive the same spirit... Has any other
> member facing same
> problem as mine???
>
> Good Luck
>
> Adnan
>
>
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