Oh yea mate she is a monster , 2.5 meter focal length , tube 2.8 meters long all in one foul swoop ! ,
' Holy long and shiny , Batman ' ,
, but with her 3/4 inch secondary and mirror made my "Yours truly" it is a planetary beast , easily out performing a C14 on mars and Jupiter .
But ,,
the eyepiece is over 6 feet off the ground , but I have a sturdy home made ladder ( by me
[ ) for getting up there safely at night .
I have a few photos of both on a hard drive here somewhere and will dig them out and post em .
Just for an appertiser here is the 10 inch , its the 2 piece 12 inch alliminium tube on a super solid Dobsonion ( RIP ) mount with my 5 inch f/13 Newt I made around the same time ..
, ED 80 and Chromocorr'd 6 inch f/8 Saxon refractor in my scope room from a few years ago .
Oh yes both the 5 and 10 inch have fully rotating OTA's in their respective mounts .
Man this thread is a real trip down memory lane
, thanks .
Brian.
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Yikes Brian, 10" f10, that must be hoooooooge
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