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Date: 21 Nov 2006 22:22:00
From: Jason H.
Subject: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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Here are some more scopes from Chiefland (perhaps not as exotic as the
first ones I listed in the other thread, but I like them all!)
http://www.comsketch.com/celestronlosmandy.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/celestrontak.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/cfasscopes2.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/discoverybigpurple.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/discoveryred.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/discoverytruss.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/dobsonianalley.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/edgeoffield.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/meadeflash2.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/meadeflash.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/meadelightbridge.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/meades.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/meadestarfinder.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/nicerefractor.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/nightskydob.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/oaktree.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/obsession12point5.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/obsession18.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/obsession18another.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/oriongearedup.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/orionstargazer.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/piermadefromflagpole.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/refractorrow.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/seetheshow.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/shortrefractor.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/stabletakahashi.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/starstructure1.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/starstructureandjunior.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/takahashistable.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/topheavy.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/trussdob2.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/trussdob3.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/trussdob4.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/trussdob.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/trussdobstwo.JPG
The above are only some of the scopes, there were many more that were
either covered or I didn't have time to get.
Regards, Jason H.
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Date: 23 Nov 2006 05:11:42
From: George Normandin
Subject: Re: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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"Jason H." < > wrote
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> Here are some more scopes from Chiefland (perhaps not as exotic as the
> first ones I listed in the other thread, but I like them all!)
>
> ............
> http://www.comsketch.com/nicerefractor.JPG
> .............
Jason,
More great pic's! The scope above has an old Byres 58 mount which is a
type I owned for years before selling. It was a good mount.
> ......
> http://www.comsketch.com/takahashistable.JPG
> .....
This scope has the type of mount that I replaced the 58 with, an MI-250.
> The above are only some of the scopes, there were many more that were
> either covered or I didn't have time to get.
Perhaps it was your selection of targets, but it seems that there were few
if any home-made scopes, while they are quite common at the star parties I
go to.
George Normandin
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Date: 23 Nov 2006 18:17:03
From: Jason H.
Subject: Re: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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George Normandin wrote:
> "Jason H." <> wrote
> ...
> Perhaps it was your selection of targets, but it seems that there were few
> if any home-made scopes, while they are quite common at the star parties I
> go to.
>
> George Normandin
These were "home-made""
http://www.comsketch.com/16inchbinos.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/16inchbinos2.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/16inchbinos3.JPG
I spoke to the guy who made those (who is in the shots) and caught some
views through them that night. He said he's better at making them than
finding stuff with them (even though they were very well guided with
stepper motors.)
These were also posted before:
http://www.comsketch.com/checkoutthismount.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/checkoutthismount2.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/oaktree.JPG
and this pier was made from a flagpole
http://www.comsketch.com/piermadefromflagpole.JPG
My friend Dave's scope was there this year (which is "home-made"), I
took these shots of it at last year's Chiefland star party
http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope1.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope2.JPG
You are right, I saw only a couple of home-made scopes this year, but
they were under wraps when I went around with the camera.
The maker of the Starstructure scopes makes his scopes by hand and has
been coming to Chiefland; within the last year he brought this
naked/unpainted Starstructure that he was fine-tuning right next to
where I was set up:
http://www.comsketch.com/prototypestarstructurenopaint.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/unpaintedstarstructure.JPG
which contributed to convincing a nearby woman from my club to buy a
16".
I asked him how he makes them, and it wasn't on an assembly line, he
hand makes each one in his shop (at least he did a year ago). This
year there were many large Starstructure scopes on the field.
These next two were also at Chiefland last year:
http://www.comsketch.com/handmadebeauty.JPG
http://www.comsketch.com/anotherhandmadebeauty.JPG
Regards, Jason H.
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Date: 24 Nov 2006 05:28:41
From: lal_truckee
Subject: Re: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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Jason H. wrote:
>
> My friend Dave's scope was there this year (which is "home-made"), I
> took these shots of it at last year's Chiefland star party
>
> http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope1.JPG
> http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope2.JPG
Can you tell us something about the mount in these pictures?
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Date: 03 Dec 2006 01:43:59
From: George Normandin
Subject: Re: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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"Jason H." < > wrote
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> These next two were also at Chiefland last year:
> http://www.comsketch.com/handmadebeauty.JPG
> http://www.comsketch.com/anotherhandmadebeauty.JPG
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Thanks for posting these Jason! I the ladder that was in these photos!
Being the owner of an Obsession 20 I'm always on the lookout for a 'better
ladder'!
George N
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Date: 24 Nov 2006 07:25:25
From: Jason H.
Subject: Re: More telescopes from Chiefland star party.
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lal_truckee wrote:
> Jason H. wrote:
> >
> > My friend Dave's scope was there this year (which is "home-made"), I
> > took these shots of it at last year's Chiefland star party
> >
> > http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope1.JPG
> > http://www.comsketch.com/davehscope2.JPG
>
> Can you tell us something about the mount in these pictures?
Yes. Dave told me that for one axis he is using an old Thomas Mathis
gear drive that he's had for 20 years. For the DEC he's using a new
Opticraft drive. I believe that at Chiefland he worked out a glitch
with a spring-loaded worm gear and clutch, and he was able to do some
imaging that night.
If you go to http://www.procyon-sys.com , Dave has an ATM section with
a slideshow that you can control which shows how the rest of the scope
was built (he told me that because of the difficulty of building this
scope, he does not build these scopes for other people.)
Dave also uses Scopelink which is their guiding hardware solution using
8192 step optical encoders (which they sell) to provide accurate scope
positioning information to help find deep-sky objects. I've seen his
system in use with voice annunciation, it's cool.
I'm sure Dave would answer any questions if you would like more
information about the scope or their scope guiding solutions.
Regards, Jason H.
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