Ma Baby Newt...

[Dave_D]

So with all the hoo-ha going on about the eclipse in the states, i thought i'd make myself a little newt that'll eventually be for solar viewing (once i make a shroud and get a filter of course) that i can bung in the car and take to work for a spot of lunchtime viewing...

Just need to make an eyepiece holder to bolt onto the top ring now... (sketchup here i come)

Kinda cute so far thought  the joy of 3D printers (and finding a 78mm mirror set out of a broken penguin scope in my 'box of bits' lol)

[Peter Drew]

Awwwwww, look at its little tubes.  

[Dave_D]

8mm ftw

[Dave_D]

i haz optics  and it produces an image no problem

[Chriske]

Let's hope you didn't print these telescopeparts using PLA...?
nice project btw..

[Dave_D]

awwwww too cute.

and yes, my 10" newt is wearing a shower cap

[Dave_D]

Solar filter arrived yesterday but the only one i could find that wasn't like 40-50 quid was a 90mm frac jobbie... anyway, 3d printing to the rescue and VOILA!!!

just need to shroud the tube now

looking at the moon, the image fills about 75-80% of the FOV so this should work quite nicely.