Hi everyone, I hope you all dont mind if i ask this question. I own a 12 inch meade light bridge Truss dob.. The base it came with is cheesy at best and I...
I own a 12 inch meade light bridge and want to build a new base for it but i just dont know where i start? The reason i want to build a new base is i think it...
http://tinyurl.com/ylepl9p As a follow on to my post regarding a ten inch f/6 Optical Craftsmen, I'm posting this link to a "classic telescopes" thread which...
Greetings Big Dob group, it has been awhile since I've been here. I wonder if anyone has had an experience on mounting a Newt on a quality GEM. I have a...
Tim: I tried it real quick before I headed out to work aligning my scope with a rough esitmate for the 2 star alignment. It seems to have worked. Yea!!! Thanks...
Hi, I'm not exactly sure what hardware I need to connect. I think in the old days on my pc, I had an adaptor that plugged into a serial port on my laptop and...
Hi Group; I got to use a remarkable telescope last night. It was first-light test of an ultra light 20 inch telescope There is nothing exotic in its...
Dear All, thank you to all that answered to my earlier posts. I'm now designing the cell for the 80 cm 4 cm thick f/4 mirror. I'll use a 27 points variable...
The speaker schedule for the star party has been posted on the Chiefland Star Party Group website: www.chieflandstarpartygroup.com www.fallstarparty.com In...
Well once again our host has our site down. I've not even been able to call them this time nor does THEIR website come up! Spooky stuff... so we're initiating...
Dear friends, I'm working on a 80 cm f/4 mirror, now polished. I'd like to know from you about your experience in how to test it with a Foucault tester. More...
I just finished a nice little 6" in a rocker box and need to find suitable bearing material for the Azt base and the Alt. Ive checked several plastics...
Just wanted to get an update to you all: This year the Chiefland Star Party Group will be hosting the CSPG Nova Sedis Fall Star Party on November 9-15, 2009 in...
I have a 13.1 clouter mirror which I want to build a 12 point mirror cell . does anyone here have a plans for building the cell. Also would I gain any more on...
Hi, Does anyone know to the contact the person who posted the pictures of the 28" scope in the "Steve's Scope" folder? His name may be Steve Pellarins? I'm...
Hi Folks! I'm just finishing up construction of a 28" F3.61 truss newt with big aluminum altitude trunnions on an altazimuth mount. I'm posting a few pics in...
Hi all, I own a trusstube 17.5in dob and I'm succesfully using it onto an equatorial platform. Yet, I'm keen to simplify the handling necessary to hover the...
Just wanted to follow up with you all and update you with the complete speaker list for the CSPG Fall Star Party. Check FallStarParty.com for complete and the...
In May I became a full-time optician (self-employed). The university decided to take back its web server space after a couple of months and my ATM pages went...
Hi, I find that the fabric mirror sling on my Starsplitter 30" stretches so the primary ends up sitting on its stops instead of floating free. I think many of...
Hi Gang. Looking for others experience with large mirror aluminizing. I have a 24" that is now showing it's age. Would also like to know who does a QSP type...
This may not be the right group to be asking this question so please point me in the right direction ... I have an advanced astro master DSC and an NGC Max -...
Hi all, Selling my 18" `loaded' Obsession Classic, and listed all the many details below. This will be posted on Astromart and CN within a week, too. In no...
New to the group and while my 10" dob would hardly qualify as big, I regularly attend new moon weekends in Chiefland, FL where there are very dark skies and...
