Monday, February 4, 2008

The Telescope Is Coming Together

The Telescope Is Coming Together

Actually, rather literally. As you can see from this picture, the top tube assembly now has the eyepiece focuser and the elliptical mirror installed.


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At this point, I need to drop the mirror into the mirror cell, put the parts in rough alignment so that I can verify the exact spacing required between them, and the buy the aluminum square tubes that will hold it all together.

I mean, alternatively, I could just visualize spacedness, and have a very Marin County kind of telescope!

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