It is truly a work of art, I could not be happier. I am very grateful to Peter Read for the great care he took in building her for me. It was great to have Peter deliver the scope to my door from Shepparton Victoria, and for him to give me a demonstration on how to set it up, collimate, etc. He truly is a great bloke.
Now if the weather would just co-operate, so I can see how the OMI mirror performs!
Anyway, here are some photos of the new beast. I will post a few times with a range of photos so you can get a sense of how gorgeous (and huge) she is. Now, I just need to think of a name.....
Did it come with all the add ons like temp readout and Argo Navis etc..?
What was the cost of this beast all up?
What are the OMI mirror specs?
Can you show and tell how the temp sensors are mounted?
As for a name? Becasue of its beautiful Burgundy colour colour how about "The Red Barron" or "Hydrogen Alpha" or if you liked Hey Hey... "Red Symons" ?
Thanks guys for all of your kind remarks. It certainly will be great to take her out observing.
HOughy, you are certainly right about the scope being a drought-breaker.
Mike, find below the mirror specs below. ALMOST up to the specs of your scope, which isn't bad for a 20" mirror! In relation to what it cost, I ordered 7 months ago when prices were a bit cheaper, but bottom line, I got the unit as seen for $10,130 plus the Argo Navis, which I got off Wildcard Innovations directly. I'll take some snaps of the thermometer attachments on the weekend, and post them for you. I'm sure Peter Read would be happy to tell you how it works, or you can have a peek in my scope if you are coming to SPSP.
Geoff, I'll also take some shots from you re the heated secondary, and post at a later date.
Jonathan, the "hole" is just an artifact of the way in which the inteferometer test is performed. My mirror is no donut!
Geoff, you will have to be on your best behaviour if you are to dance with her....and she is staying parked in the garage until this BLOODY weather clears!
Thanks guys for all of your kind remarks. It certainly will be great to take her out observing.
HOughy, you are certainly right about the scope being a drought-breaker.
Mike, find below the mirror specs below. ALMOST up to the specs of your scope, which isn't bad for a 20" mirror! In relation to what it cost, I ordered 7 months ago when prices were a bit cheaper, but bottom line, I got the unit as seen for $10,130 plus the Argo Navis, which I got off Wildcard Innovations directly. I'll take some snaps of the thermometer attachments on the weekend, and post them for you. I'm sure Peter Read would be happy to tell you how it works, or you can have a peek in my scope if you are coming to SPSP.
Geoff, I'll also take some shots from you re the heated secondary, and post at a later date.
Yes the specs for my mirror are pretty good but yours look more than adequate.
That's quite a cost effective price for a 20" scope of this apparent quality. The wait time of 7 months was quite acceptable too.
Did Peter fit the temp guage and sensors too?
Did you fit the Argo Navis encoders yourself or did Peter fit those too?
I look forward to seeing it and Peter Bobroffs new 16" too at SPSP.
Cool - looks rather pretty... but is it left handed? Can't help but notice that Jonathan (Astrojunk) has his EP on that side as well though... not seen that before?
