My “new“ dob

[mdstuart]

Here is my new 14 inch darkstar dob.

Both alt and az have smooth motions..

Lots of ideas ...paint job...some push bolts for the mirror cell and maybe some felt / rubber pads for cell...needs a weight system for balancing etc etc...

I am going to have some fun with this.

Mark

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[John]

That looks a big gun Mark

You will have great fun with that as the dark nights return.

[estwing]

that was a bargin! those winter nights can't come quick enough,happy hunting!

[swamp thing]

That is an awesome looking canon Mark

[mdstuart]

Update..

I now realise that I have jumped not only in mirror size but also focal length from my 10 inch..Up from 1200mm to 1778mm...and the impact...all my eyepieces now give a higher magnification. My longest FL eyepiece is the 24mm max vision which now gives 74x up from 50x but more importantly I used to then jump straight to 8mm when galaxy hunting in the 10 inch which gave a power of 150x which is highish but the 8mm now gives x222! No wonder the stars seemed to indicate bad seeing!

So I now need a 12mm...and I guess a Radian is called for!

Today I undercoated the dob base and I have to keep waiting for the paint to dry which makes me appreciate the saying "waiting for paint to dry"..

I have also added some flocking using sticky back felt and added a finder shoe...

So far so good.

Mark

[estwing]

I see an incomin' 31mm nagler!

[Obsession 30]

I see an incomin' 31mm nagler!

I just love that eyepiece

[Wyvern]

Run a 40mm Wide Angle Plossl on my humble 10" Dob working at f/4.2 . Giving approx x26 magnification and just over 1 degree FoV it makes a stunning entry into the Deep Sky.