[COLOR="Purple"]...to having a completed telescope.
Slowly working on the 18.75" project. Here's the secondary being attached to the holder. Note toothpick spacers to allow removal later. Eventually I'll be upgrading to a better diagonal from Antares. Thanks Floyd..you convinced me! For now I'm using a diagonal that was good enough for a well known optician on his scope so it should be okay for me for the time being.
Note also the wires coming out of the holder for the dew heater. I had to use the smallest Dew Guard unit to fit so I'm not too sure how well that will work. Luckily I don't have serious dew problems too often where I observe.
Hopefully, with the secondary mounted,I'll be able to use the upper ring assembly this coming weekend to determine truss pole length. That should be fun...making the poles...I'm trying two piece poles for portability.
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Slowly working on the 18.75" project. Here's the secondary being attached to the holder. Note toothpick spacers to allow removal later. Eventually I'll be upgrading to a better diagonal from Antares. Thanks Floyd..you convinced me! For now I'm using a diagonal that was good enough for a well known optician on his scope so it should be okay for me for the time being.
Note also the wires coming out of the holder for the dew heater. I had to use the smallest Dew Guard unit to fit so I'm not too sure how well that will work. Luckily I don't have serious dew problems too often where I observe.
Hopefully, with the secondary mounted,I'll be able to use the upper ring assembly this coming weekend to determine truss pole length. That should be fun...making the poles...I'm trying two piece poles for portability.
Bill[/COLOR]
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