When I was a kid my dad decided to make his own telescope, including grinding his own lenses! It entails a flat glass blank that you rotate a die over with finer and finer grit abrasives.
The guy has reviewed dozens of telescopes. Maybe over a hundred, most of which he has personally owned. Some approach or even exceed $10,000 in value. Oh, and his other hobby? Grand pianos.
Oh by the way, my self-built scope will be finished in a few days. I use spray paint for car's body. The result of the paint job is very good and my neighour saw it and they all thought the scope is bought from store
For false color, get a minus violet filter and you will be fine.
I recommend either Sirius Optic's MV20 or Baader's Fringe Killer
By the way, I was tempted to buy a 10" reflector on EQ6 mount. However I realized the whole setup is like 90 lbs then I said forgot it. My current ones are at 45lbs (the black reflector at left) and 65lbs (the refractor at right) and they are already giving me hard time to carry around.
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Very cool!!
fellows
Originally posted by Scott
So you gonna spy the planets lined up?
All five planets are so spread out you even can't see them all at once with your eyes.
Mercury, in my area, when the sun sets it's already very close to the horizon.....
Originally posted by kraig911
um thats cool and all I didn't know there were different types of telescopes... If you see ET tell him to give me my beer back.
Originally posted by mattjohndrow
Beautiful stuff.
When I was a kid my dad decided to make his own telescope, including grinding his own lenses! It entails a flat glass blank that you rotate a die over with finer and finer grit abrasives.
As I recall, this process takes about 300 years.
The only one that worked was a 3.5 inch reflector with f10 focal ratio. The PVC tube I picked was very heavy for such a scope.
As for discount....imagine 70% off
Originally posted by Leonis
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hehehe You are the murbot of Telescopes
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www.scopereviews.com
The guy has reviewed dozens of telescopes. Maybe over a hundred, most of which he has personally owned. Some approach or even exceed $10,000 in value. Oh, and his other hobby? Grand pianos.
His smallest scope is a 5" refractor and the biggest one is a 14" Sch-Cass
This is going to be a gift to my friend's son.
Meade Model #390/ #395 90 mm Refractors
(90 mm f/11 air-spaced achromats, 6X30 finder, 25 mm MA eyepiece)
(#390 Alt-Az, $499, #395 Equatorial, $599)
These are good starter scopes. The samples I've seen have good optics,
with some false color noted on bright objects like Jupiter or the limb of the
moon. The Equatorial model is more convenient, the Alt-Az version is a
little more stable. Your choice. I have recommended these a number of
times to beginners looking for a good starter refractor.
I buyed it to look the total solar eclipse some years ago. It was great especially the quick drop in temperature.
I have observed Mars when it was near the earth some months ago, but it was totally disapointing : a very small orange circle.
Originally posted by Eugene
What would Freud say about this mubortian telescope obsession?
He would say that he love it. Freud was greatly obsessed himself IMO.
I recommend either Sirius Optic's MV20 or Baader's Fringe Killer
By the way, I was tempted to buy a 10" reflector on EQ6 mount. However I realized the whole setup is like 90 lbs