Image of the day

Captured by
Lawrence Parchman

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

About Astromart

My Account

New to Astromart?

Register an account...

Need Help?

Posts Made By: Keith Lawson

October 31, 2018 01:20 PM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
Putting the 150mm Istar into an OTA. ATM juices flowing!

Keith (Scopejunkie)

November 1, 2018 01:23 PM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
New countercell finished and installed. Dewshield mounts are next.

November 2, 2018 09:14 AM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
Dew shield installed.

November 3, 2018 10:15 AM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
Up and operationalgrin

November 4, 2018 03:56 AM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
Hi Greg,

No baffles yet. The dew shield and main tube just have flat black for now. I will make them soon. I had thought that the ota was lighter than the Celestron C6-R but it's about 5lbs heavier. The tubing is not your standard "sonotubing." The tubes are heavy duty mailing tubes from Yazoo Mills. The tubing wall thickness is about 1/4". These tubes are quite precise and very straight. I have made a couple of 8" F/12 refractors using this tubing.

Keith (Scopejunkie)

November 10, 2018 07:58 AM Forum: Refractors

Celestron C6R Lens Upgrade

Posted By Keith Lawson
Baffles installed smile

December 6, 2018 10:01 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Table Top C-14

Posted By Keith Lawson
Well... the observing area is gettin' an upgrade!

December 31, 2018 03:23 PM Forum: Telescope Making

C14 Primary Retaing Ring Mod

Posted By Keith Lawson
Well... after almost 4 months of consistent observing and cold winter nights, no change in collimation at all. smile The testing continues...

February 15, 2019 04:14 PM Forum: Telescope Making

New scope in the works

Posted By Keith Lawson
The optics are on the way. Hope to put together something interesting (Coulter 10" F/16 Cass) in time for the moon and the planets.

February 20, 2019 02:13 AM Forum: Telescope Making

New scope in the works

Posted By Keith Lawson
We have old Coulter GLASS! Fingers crossed. Hope this works out as planned.

Funding Member

Sponsors


View all sponsors

Search