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I bought last year a TS RC8 (I'm the third owner), but I didn't like how the stars looked like. I collimated it with Cheshire and laser, then...
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Very nice work Marius.
Years ago almost everyone I knew made their own collimation caps and sight tubes, now you rarely find anyone doing this.
A...
Two weeks ago I ordered a piece of Protostar light trap material in the US. Today it arrived. I put it inside a dewcap for the 150 mm achromat and...
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I can't withhold these pictures of the Protostar effectiveness.
The following pictures were shown earlier on Astronomyforum. Its shows how effective...
Hi. I bought a Meade ETX 125 from a Auction, It looked in fantastic condition so i put my bid in but kept getting outbid but kept on bidding I won in...
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Good Idea mate, I usually am able to find old plastic caps that are a perfect fit for Eye Pieces. So will keep an eye out for a lens cover for the...
Held onto the end of the cantilever arm with the safety bolt!
Regards
Graeme
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Don't forget, you always have the option to get boom microphone stand counterweights. Because they are not Astro gear, they are a lot less expensive....
I was planning to eventually build a Dobson mount for my Meade 10 Schmidt Newtonian. I had already put my design on paper and bought some nice birch...
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A nice telescope Bruce, you do not see a lot of these anymore.
With a 2.7° FOV it should make a nice DSO telescope.
So when the EVScope made the news, it got me wondering. Why not do augmented reality astronomy for outreach using off the shelf gear? Can run various...
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You should put this in a pair of AR glasses :D lol
Funny you should mention that. While not glasses per se, I do plan to implement this in an...
making a diy tilt adapter ,these cost a fortune and are by far the simplest adapters, a few pc thumb screws and some aluminum .
I did not want to...
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This project has actually been on hold because off my new telescope mount, i expect it to be done in the upcoming weeks , all i need is some pc thumb...
Toolboxe 41.9 X 33 X 20.6 cm . It is not a perfect job but I'm satisfied :smile:
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Did you paint the foam?
If so give it 2-3 days before storing your gear in it to dry and let any propellant release from the foam
You do not want to...
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