SkyWatch
19-09-2019, 07:38 PM
Hi all,
I just took delivery of most of the materials needed to construct a 14" dob binocular telescope, including all the glass, the go-to drives, etc. A friend bought it all, but unfortunately was unable to finish it, and asked me to take over.
I have found a number of on-line articles, notably these:
http://www.jerryoltion.com/binoscope.htm (this is the one my friend seems to have referenced most with the work he has done already)
http://www.astrosurf.com/eroyer/bino360/bino360_index_e.htm
http://www.lotsofbow.com/bino.html
These are basically variations of a theme, and probably give me enough ideas; but I thought I would throw it out there and see if anyone else had any brilliant ideas: especially for an easy way to change the inter-ocular distance, collimate and break-down/reassemble for transporting... (at this stage I am intending to construct it as a rigid system, with the secondary cages turnable for changing the IOD)
As a bonus, you can get to play with the scope next time you visit South Australia!
This will be a long term project, but I am hoping to have it finished by next May for the next ASSA astro-camp in the Flinders Ranges in SA.
All thoughts gratefully accepted!
All the best,
Dean
I just took delivery of most of the materials needed to construct a 14" dob binocular telescope, including all the glass, the go-to drives, etc. A friend bought it all, but unfortunately was unable to finish it, and asked me to take over.
I have found a number of on-line articles, notably these:
http://www.jerryoltion.com/binoscope.htm (this is the one my friend seems to have referenced most with the work he has done already)
http://www.astrosurf.com/eroyer/bino360/bino360_index_e.htm
http://www.lotsofbow.com/bino.html
These are basically variations of a theme, and probably give me enough ideas; but I thought I would throw it out there and see if anyone else had any brilliant ideas: especially for an easy way to change the inter-ocular distance, collimate and break-down/reassemble for transporting... (at this stage I am intending to construct it as a rigid system, with the secondary cages turnable for changing the IOD)
As a bonus, you can get to play with the scope next time you visit South Australia!
This will be a long term project, but I am hoping to have it finished by next May for the next ASSA astro-camp in the Flinders Ranges in SA.
All thoughts gratefully accepted!
All the best,
Dean