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Old 30-06-2010, 10:51 PM
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bmitchell82 (Brendan)
Newtonian power! Love it!

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Well i have been stuck in Uni for the last few months with only a little bit of time to run the telescope outside while studying inside . Now i am on holiday I have been a busy munch kin.

1. Brocolli flats box total cost 34 dollars works extremely well.

2. Orion Primary mirror rebuilt all the mountings for it and made adjustments to the mounting positions of the mirror cell to OTA its a very positive fit now.

3. Still making the new secondary Spider vanes/secondary holder but should be finished by tomorrow. The SW spider vane is so substandard its not funny, when your trying to make adjustments for a autocollimator and the whole secondary twists about 10 mm each way... argh. so a 40mm secondary stem (lightened) and 1.7mm Stainless vanes for strength.

4. The new FT 3015B-A installed. oh that is a DREAM to use! the best investment untill i get a automatic focus system

Any questions/ comments/ ideas i would love to hear and discuss about!
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