Sourcing Large, light, fast Newtonian mirrors? [Archive]

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el_draco

29-08-2010, 07:28 PM

Can anyone a good source for light weight 16" to 20" F4 or faster Newtonian mirrors? Currently looking at Hubble Optics but open to suggestion

Thanks.

Rom

DavidU

29-08-2010, 10:51 PM

Mark Suchting makes a world class conical mirror.
Very highly recommended.
http://users.tpg.com.au/masuch/dso/

astroboy

30-08-2010, 04:47 PM

Hi Rom
Steve Kennedy in the USA specializes in large fast mirrors , I use one of his 24" F3.66 , fantastic quality and keeps the scope short ( ish ) I don't think he does smaller sizes though when I ordered he was doing 24s 28s and 32s all at F3.66 but it may be worth stepping up a size the detail in galaxies is worth it.

Zane