Gus
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Reged: 08/23/07
Posts: 96
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Very nice! Keep the pictures coming! 
Gus
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Gus
Zhumell 10
Celestron 32MM and 12.5MM
Tasco 8-20x50
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mbares
member
Reged: 06/15/06
Posts: 37
Loc: Pilsen, Europe
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My 10" f/5.3
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Mike
6"&10" truss dobs, 7x50 binos, 70mm f/7 achro
my sketching page - only in czech, but sketches don't need translation 
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Bill McHale
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/07/04
Posts: 582
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Excellent looking scope Mike. There is certainly plenty of pictures being posted to inspire hopefull ATMers.
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Bill
186,000 MPS, its not just a good idea, its the law.
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scopemankit
sage
Reged: 01/27/09
Posts: 362
Loc: south africa
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My Big Black 14 of 2005.
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Chris
Cape Town
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MoonChild
sage
Reged: 04/27/09
Posts: 280
Loc: upstate ny
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WOW guys!!!!
these are all soo beautiful!!
chris, thats awesome!
man.. these are all awesome!!
man... very inspiring.. lol 
thanks for sharing!!!
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*newb*
“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” ~ Plato
~Kopernik Observatory
~C.Forks
my amateur astronomy pics
Edited by MoonChild (04/30/09 03:19 PM)
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jayscheuerle
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 4675
Loc: S. Philadelphia, PA
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These are all really nice. I've got tons of bookmarks of beauties like Chris's as I plan my 16". These ultra-portable ultralights are so inspiring and I believe they are defining where the mass market dobs will be in 10 years.
My projects are in my avatar and the links after my sig. - j
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Fight indignorance!
120ED, 12" f/5 Green Goblin, 6" f/5 Eero2, 4.5" f/8 PortaBowl, 8" f/5 Big Red Ed.
The PortaBowl-a $100 4.5" f/8 ball-scope YOU can build!
Edited by jayscheuerle (04/30/09 06:44 PM)
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MoonChild
sage
Reged: 04/27/09
Posts: 280
Loc: upstate ny
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wow J!!!
impressive!!!
i cant wait til i can do stuff like that someday.
thosee are beautiful man!!!!!!!!
wow, i am intrigued..
p.s.. my Dad owns a big woodshop and some metalshop tools out at his house up in the country...
with the right plans.. he and I could build one of these fairly easy eh?
im almost 30.. he is nearing 60...
we could do it , yea? lol 
man... this site is great. <3
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*newb*
“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” ~ Plato
~Kopernik Observatory
~C.Forks
my amateur astronomy pics
Edited by MoonChild (04/30/09 04:47 PM)
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donnie3
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/15/04
Posts: 2240
Loc: bartlesville oklahoma
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i broke down my old orion solid tube and used most of the parts to build this truss and lowes was my supply house. worked great and much lighter. i installed two lightweight springs in the back to control the latitude movement.
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rodney
Vendor - Explora Dome
Reged: 03/08/05
Posts: 1306
Loc: Asbury, NJ
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Here is my 13.1 truss. All built at home from scratch. This is pre-dob driver II install. And has only been outside once in the past 3 years.
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Explora Dome information can be found here:
www.exploradome.us
Rodney
13 Truss
Canon XSi
Extremely happy Explora Dome home observatory owner
Edited by rodney (04/30/09 09:05 PM)
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greenglass
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/22/06
Posts: 736
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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sold the primary, maybe get another one. The focuser is off to replace the tube covering. So it's not really a  yet.
Edited by greenglass (05/02/09 07:42 PM)
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Tom L
Reged: 01/07/04
Posts: 31037
Loc: Sunny Oregon
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Here's my baby, Endurance...now owned by Brad in Olympia!
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Tom 
Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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JimPie
sage
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 474
Loc: S.E.Michigan
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Here is my modest offering. An old 12.5” f=4.8 Orion Deep Space Explorer with a Discovery mirror,
I Converted it into a Truss with an Astrosky kit.
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Jim
12.5",f=4.8 truss dob
EQ platform,24mm pan,14mm radian, vixen LVs
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jgraham
Postmaster
Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 11575
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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This is a fairly old picture, but I like it. The scope on the left is a 10" f/6.7 Newtonian I built during the summer of 1976, the scope on the right is a 16.5" f/6.7 I built in 1999. It was neat to get these two f/6.7's set up next to each other.
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-John
The best advice on imaging I've ever been given... don't forget to look!
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David L
sage
Reged: 11/12/07
Posts: 317
Loc: Lee County Iowa
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This is my 10" F4.5 with Orion optics I bought in 1994, in its third tube, mounted on an equatorial platform. It is much easier to handle the optical tube since I daylighted the middle part of it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3347686555_0452709f54.jpg?v=0
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16" Lightbridge, 10" F4.5 Homemade with Orion optics, 6" F6.5 Antares 1529 refractor, 6" F8 Homemade with Orion optics, 100mm F5.6 finderscope, 22X100 Oberwerk binocs, 8.5X44 Swift Audubon binocs, Orion Atlas mount, equatorial platform, various tripods and altaz mounts
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llanitedave
Humble Megalomaniac
Reged: 09/26/05
Posts: 20063
Loc: Amargosa Valley, NV, USA
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Here's my 16" "Sauron's Other Eye", with styrofoam/fiberglass constructon, wire spider, sitting in its under-construction observatory-to-be.
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"Truth" is that which confounds our expectations...
Science is a bazaar, not a cathedral
"S.O.E." (Sauron's Other Eye), with 16" Royce conical mirror: A permanent work in progress.
The "Eye of Sauron" Observatory Open for Business!
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eric moerman
super member
Reged: 11/08/03
Posts: 279
Loc: belgium
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here's my scope,a 12.5"F7 newton.
Edited by eric moerman (05/01/09 05:33 AM)
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MoonChild
sage
Reged: 04/27/09
Posts: 280
Loc: upstate ny
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WOW everyone!!!!
this is soo inspiring!! lol
even though im an amateur...
Im going to give this a go this summer....
I am really intrigued by this one here,
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/3077394-E2.jpg
that jay posted...
and also the PDF plans for it.. that looks amazing!
I wonder if it could be made bigger tho? as i already have a 4.5in.
wow.... you guys are too cool man..
amazing scopes!! great work!! . Thanks soo much!!
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*newb*
“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” ~ Plato
~Kopernik Observatory
~C.Forks
my amateur astronomy pics
Edited by MoonChild (05/01/09 06:52 PM)
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Don H
sage
Reged: 12/28/06
Posts: 363
Loc: Midwest US
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Here's my latest offering, a 13.1" f/5.3. I was going to try and go ultralight with it when I had a 2 door car with no backseat. Then a grandson came along and I decided I needed a car with a backseat. So in the end, I went 8 pole, thinking I could now carry more, and it would be easiest to sell if I go that way (I have a scope surplus). I have always enjoyed so many of the minimalist designs and now that the garage is warming up, I'm thinking it might be time for me to make one...
I recall a similar thread like this I posted to a couple of years ago. Here are like 20 more pages to enjoy:
old CN thread
Thanks,
Don
http://www.geocities.com/astro1z/
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rogercelliott
sage
Reged: 09/19/08
Posts: 204
Loc: Redding, CA
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Hello Jon Isaacs,
Pardon my drooling but do I see a Gios Torino in there?!?
Nice to see another astronomical cyclist or bicycling astronomer.....
I have a 29 yr-old Romic touring bike and another bike with a frame I built myself with the old Nervex lugs. Mostly Campy. cool.
Will post my 10" f/4.5 in a bit....
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10" f/4.5 Newtonian
Homemade GEM
Opticraft Drives on RA and DEC
VE Digitrak drive corrector
Edited by rogercelliott (05/02/09 02:03 AM)
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dave brock
sage
Reged: 06/06/08
Posts: 460
Loc: Hamilton, New Zealand
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Here's an 8" I made a few years ago with a rotating tube and folding "tripod"
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20" homebuilt truss dob
6" watson refractor
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