Moon

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  smudge

• Nov 12, 2004

WOW! I love pictures of the moon and this is a cracker. the detail and texture are great!

 

• SteveGangi

• Nov 12, 2004

Very well done!!!

 

• mark

• Nov 12, 2004

You have a homemeade reflector?! I'm so jealous. I've been wanting to make one for years. Oh yeah, neat picture too.

 

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  dr bob

• Nov 12, 2004

 

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  Juraj Kovacik

• Nov 13, 2004

hou, well done. very interesting. only one question - why is the bottom side a slightly irregular?

 

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  dr bob

• Nov 13, 2004

Juraj: It is most probably an artifact of the method. Everything on the telescope was hand made - by me mostly. The camera was not attached to the telescope, it was on its own tripod. I'm suprised I got anything, especially on 35mm.

 

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  Juraj Kovacik

• Nov 14, 2004

you must be skilful. to build your own telescope... very interesting

 

• John McCallum

• Nov 15, 2004

Wwwwwow!

 

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  dr bob

• Nov 15, 2004

For Information: the telescope is a 6" reflector with a 4' focal length spherical mirror. Construction is within a heavy resin reinforced cardboard tube. I hand-ground the mirror and "silvered" it by vacuum deposition. The surface is protected (I hope) with a molecular layer of silicon also vacuum deposited. The objective mirror support, and combination eyepiece-holder and right angle mirror mount were purchased. All in all it was a cheap, elementary project well worth the effort.

 

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  Juraj Kovacik

• Nov 15, 2004

When I was a little boy I spent fantastic moments looking at the moon through plastic telescope I obtain to Christmas - it was that one you can use as a microscope from second side, this was from GDR with realitvely good lenses, not like today China shits... It was wanderfull time of discovering and your picture remind it to me. Thank you