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Construction has started. I'll post up pix of build stages. I tend to design as I build according to the materials at hand and already I've modified my original design to eliminate some stability problems in the mirror cell. I should come up with a simplified 6 point suspension cell using very few parts many of which can be recycled from other equipment. This will not be your classical ultra beautiful scope but a simple but functional 4 pole truss collapsible beast for photon collection.
Run into one small problem though. The local astro supplier has not imported any 10" mirrors, low demand he reckons and his next order won't be till Xmas nearly. I'll have to import one probably from Bintel across the ditch. Prices seem comparable even including freight etc.
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