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tim53
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06/23/09 11:19 PM Attachment (53 downloads)
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All the talk of long focus achromats got me to thinking. I still have that Jaegers 6" f/15 in a drawer waiting to be OTA'd, so I thought I'd get the 6" f/10 OTA out, put it on the EM-10 (a bit underkill, I know), and see how it does on Saturn, since it's been a couple years since I had it out.
It's sitting on the mount now, so I shot this pic of it while I wait 'till I can see Polaris...
Birdseye maple tube with mahogany rings and dewshield. The birdseye was some old flooring that was on a shelf in my workshop when we bought our house. I ripped it into thinner strips and laid it up around plywood baffles/bulkheads. It always did pretty well, even though the coatings are sort of discolored.
If it inspires me even more, I'll make a wood tube for the f/15 this weekend!
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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