DSE 114 newtonian

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Cheers Alga, been looking at Obs options on Cloudy Nights. All advice I've seen says don't put them in the roof as the floor will vibrate to much but they are talking about much larger scopes that need concrete piers etc to stabilize. But from what I read you need high stability and equi drive to do long exposure stuff and take real pix.
I suspect my $$ will never get me there.
I am having thoughts about building an 8" or 10 " collapsible Dob. Long as I keep the weight down it can fit in the wagon and I can carry it to dark skies. Buy the mirrors and build the rest I reckon, got plenty of parts to play with.

[ColHut (Colin)]

Could you send attach a picture of your scope?

regards

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Hi Colin, who are you talking to here ?

BTW Alga, I've started on the 10" Dob. Built the bottom assembly and designed and built a Super Simple 6 Point Suspension Cell for a 10" mirror. (Trying saying that fast !!) I'm told it's slightly overengineered but GUIPLOP reckoned it was the best configuration with least error.

I'm taking pix as I go. Will post a few up when I think I've got the components in final configuration. Construction is being kept very simple with much use of recycled parts from various sources.

[ColHut (Colin)]

Originally Posted by ZeroID

Hi Colin, who are you talking to here ?

BTW Alga, I've started on the 10" Dob. Built the bottom assembly and designed and built a Super Simple 6 Point Suspension Cell for a 10" mirror. (Trying saying that fast !!) I'm told it's slightly overengineered but GUIPLOP reckoned it was the best configuration with least error.

I'm taking pix as I go. Will post a few up when I think I've got the components in final configuration. Construction is being kept very simple with much use of recycled parts from various sources.

Oh sorry, the OP. I was trying to get a better idea of what mount he has.

regards