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Originally Posted by matt
Sorry, mate. ATM is really not my bag...not at the moment, anyhow  |
Building a Newtonian usually requires drilling in a tube 4 holes to mount the spider and 3 holes to mount the mirror cell and a hole for the focusser.
If you ever want to go down that route I know a guy who makes the best tubes and mirror cells in the world who will put it all together for you
I wouldn't call this ATM'ing ..more like telescope assembly
SCT's unfortunately give the poorest image quality due to surface roughness on mass produced elements and large ( 40 % cenetral obstruction at the secondary baffle )