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Discuss your home observatory!

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Last post: Another small step toward an … by OleCuss, Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:09 pm

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Discuss making your own telescope!

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Last post: foucault considerations by OzEclipse, Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:51 am

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Other "Do It Yourself" projects
Tell us about those other projects you are working on.

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Last post: Collimation tools by Lady Fraktor, Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:41 pm

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Flocking Focuser draw tube

Last post by John Baars « Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:58 pm
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by Don Quixote » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:01 pm

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The draw tubes on my fracs are 2 and 2.5 .
On my AR152 f/6.5, which has a 2 focuser, I notice some dull light circle coming from the inside of the...

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Yes that is great but as mentioned Chalkboard works especially if the tube is small,(...)
Quite so. I added the flocking material to the 2 inch...

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12v Power

Last post by Dragonsfire « Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:25 pm
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by Jaq1967 » Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:29 pm

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Question: Rather than having so many 12v DC PSU going to one AC block to power up all my equipment (HEQ5 Pro/Camera/Focuser etc...), could I not use...

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Allot of people are building their own DIY 12v 18650 lithium battery packs, many youtube vids on that so if you have skill in soldering you can put...

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Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:25 pm
Meade ETX 125 circuit board..

Last post by Pitsmoor Col « Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:46 pm
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by Pitsmoor Col » Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:56 pm

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I have managed obtain a new gearbox for my ETX125. It's the newer type that just plugs in, I could just swop the internals but would rather use the...

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I have decided to swap the cogs, So I am hopeful of a successful outcome.

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Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:46 pm
Solar spectroscope

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by John Baars » Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:30 am

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Long time ago in a far away astroforum I promised the manual of how to build a simple spectroscope.

Here is the link:

I suppose the 1000/mm...

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very nice, i'll save those links .

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