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Hi Ed,
Would be an interesting project especially with a 30“ (in words thirty) mirror. You idea is not new in fact it is more than a hundred years old. This design is called Nasmyth-Telescope after J. Nasmyth 1808-1890.
If you build the mount fort hat telescope your self as well, why don’t you build a Coudé Telecope? You just have one more mirror inside the mount and your eyepiece is on the mount in a stationary position independent from the position of the telescope.
Stephan
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