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....
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buck8one2
Jun 1, 2007 10:34 pm
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...
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szsherm
Jun 2, 2007 2:44 am
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...
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pensack1
Jun 2, 2007 4:21 am
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...
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Nils Olof Carlin
nilsolofcarlin
Jun 2, 2007 4:40 pm
... 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...
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astronomer_c
Jun 4, 2007 3:08 am
... 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...
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albireo13
Jun 5, 2007 3:52 pm
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...
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paleosonic
Jun 5, 2007 5:54 pm
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)...
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Mark Buxbaum
markbuxbaum
Jun 5, 2007 7:52 pm
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...
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Alan Scott
alanne1956
Jun 5, 2007 8:05 pm
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...
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tsulmer1
Jun 5, 2007 10:49 pm
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...
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paleosonic
Jun 6, 2007 12:48 am
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...
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tsulmer1
Jun 6, 2007 1:12 am
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"...
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paleosonic
Jun 6, 2007 2:04 am
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...
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Wayne Bizzaca
waynebizzaca
Jun 6, 2007 12:24 pm
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...
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jhdoyle2002
Jun 6, 2007 4:31 pm
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...
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albireo13
Jun 6, 2007 5:22 pm
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?...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Jun 6, 2007 9:06 pm
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...
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Gordon & Sherri Berry
ghb959
Jun 6, 2007 9:17 pm
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 ...
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C. Starks
cstarsnc
Jun 6, 2007 9:42 pm
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. ...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Jun 7, 2007 12:40 am
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...
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Howard Banich
hbanich
Jun 7, 2007 4:39 am
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...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Jun 7, 2007 5:21 am
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 ...
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albireo13
Jun 7, 2007 8:16 am
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...
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Howard Banich
hbanich
Jun 7, 2007 4:58 pm
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...
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Michelle Stone
plettstone
Jun 7, 2007 5:46 pm
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...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jun 7, 2007 7:07 pm
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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bigdob@yahoogroups.com
Jun 7, 2007 9:20 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bigdob group. File : /Collimation...
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bigdob@yahoogroups.com
Jun 7, 2007 10:25 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bigdob group. File :...
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gnowellsct
Jun 8, 2007 2:11 am
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...
