G'day from downunder...24" project.

Hello To All,

For all those telescope making enthusiasts.
I invite you to have a look at a project that is nearing completion of a 24" Nazmyth telescope comprising of a three mirror system.

The telescope at the present stage took one year to build and I have documented it step by step to help anyone heading down this road in ATMing.
www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=19133

Thank you for looking......Ed.

Ed that is truly wonderful. The effort and pride you put into each part is astounding.

May it bring you many years of happy observing. It's gonna be a real corker mate

Was there last year.

The skies are so cloudless and blue there.

The nights ablaze with stars.

Jealous of Aussies.

Peter

Hi Ed,
Welcome to the website here.
That's fantastic Ed. Thanks for providing us with a link.
As I go through it, I may have a question or two as I would like to construct something similar in the future now that I've finishyed building the 16". Folded newtonians are the way to go with really large aperture scopes I think.

That is truely one amazing looking scope.
I wish I had the time, patience and know how to build a scope like that, these nasmyth scopes are the way of the future for truely large Dobs. Have you considered making a few of these to sell.
I know others here who might be interested in making a scope like that.
You say in that thread that the primary is an F5 and with the secondary the scope works at F7, that makes the secondary a F1.4 or thereabouts, so did you grind the secondary yourself or did you buy it ? Does the secondary weigh alot, my main worry about a scope like that is supporting the secondary and been able to hold such a massive secondary firmly in place using a spider.
Did you have to remove the third mirror in order to collimate the secondary with the primary?

P.S.

What did your bosses say about you using their heavy expensive industrial quipment ?

Don't answer. I know.

You are the boss.

Peter.