I have 6" f/6 newt and a 10" f/6.4 newt in the works. The only tools I have are a 1.25" Glatter holographic laser collimator and a homemade 1.25" cheshire....
Rob If you have a single beam attachment to replace the holographic attachment you would only need the Blug, but I don't see why you can't use another brand of...
Yes, you could win a fabulous astro-prize at Shingletown Star Party 2007, which takes place from July 9-16, 30 miles east of Redding, California! You could win...
Rob, You'll need a TeleCat or TeleTube in order to properly position the secondary relative to the focuser. (You'll need a BlackCat cheshire only if you don't...
... tools I have are a 1.25" Glatter holographic laser collimator and a homemade 1.25" cheshire. The Glatter has been a great tool for diagnosing alignment...
... I did a lot of observing through a 317mm f/5 Dob. I had pretty good planetary results with these three: Pentax 7mm XW Pentax 5mm XW Takahashi 5mm LE My...
HI Guys, Well I went both ways to cover my bases ... I ordered a 2" Blackcat cheshire, mirror template, and spotting triangles from Jim Fly. Then, I chatted...
Hi Tim, It sounds like you have recently made a major telescope upgrade and are now looking for appropriate eyepieces, especially in the high power (planetary)...
My friend posted this question in another forum. I am reposting it for him here. Any replies appreciated, Mark Does anyone have experience or factual...
Simple question to a compiex problem. And, the answer isn't black and white, in my humble opinion. The "Albert Highe" design really has two attributes: 3 tube...
Hi Bob, Thanks for the response! I have a 9 mm Plossl with a measured field of approx. 16'. I don't find that too bad for drifting time. Barlowed, tracking...
Tim, The BO/TMB Planetaries and Radians have the SAME specified AFOV (60*) and both are sharp essentially edge to edge. Also, both have generous eye relief...
Awesome. Thanks so much! I'm a bit confused on the TMB - is that the monocentric TMB EP of www.tmboptical.com (sold by OPT and others under "APM Telescopes"...
Tim, Thats the Burgess Optical (BO)/TMB Planetary eyepiece. The TMB monocentric does indeed have a very narrow AFOV, though this is of little consequence with...
Mark, In regard to your concern about the optics being exposed, the mirror surface in my scope is about 30mm from the top of the mirror box. At my place in...
I recently rebuilt my 12.5 F/6 into an Albert Highe 3 pole design and it came out very nice. You can see a picture of it on page 2 of the new ProtoStar...
I'm getting lazy in my old age and am building a truss dob from components mostly. I'm curiosu as to what is a favorite commercial mirror cell that folks like?...
Yes, your optics are exposed. But unless you eat peanut butter sandwiches at the eyepiece, it shouldn't be a problem. Take a look at all of the pioneering...
Hi Rob; Once you figure out what size mirror you are going to have. I can make you a 9 or 18 point cell. You can contact me at ghberry@ earthlink.net Gordon ...
Hi Rob, Do you have Dave Kriege's book? He describes the construction of a mirror cell in it. I made mine for a 12.5" truss Dob using his information. ...
Another option is to get a conical mirror from RF Royce. These are the simplest mountable mirrors I've seen. The thing that's cool about the conical mirror...
Hi Rob, Nate Currier of Aurora Precision makes fabulous mirror cells: http://www.aurorap.com/index.html Howard Portland, Oregon ... [Non-text portions of this...
Howard, Can't you set up his cells to collimate while at the eyepiece? I think I saw him up at OSP last year. He can put motors on the cell and you can make ...
I talked with the folks at Astrosystems recently about their Telekits. They look very nice! I was always concerned about their weight, looking at them in the...
Hi Michelle, That's right, Nate has an option for remote collimation: http://www.aurorap.com/remcol.html I've seen it in action and it works really well, plus...
He needs to flesh out his website! Tell him that. It would be swell if he could put up some pricing as well. Michelle ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Yes, and that's the worst misspelling of "collimation" ("columniation" ?!?) in the left column of the mirror cell page I've ever seen. And three typos in one ...
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Well John I'm merciless on sloppy composition when grading papers but in the "great wide world" I'm very lenient. I guess the reason is that I know a lot of...
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