16 inch f5 with Nichol Optics.

[faulksy]

53 minutes ago, fwm891 said:

@faulksy Mike, yes I am. Reason being I’m having a rear light shield covering 180 degrees made from a waterproof tent material (black) very light weight and opaque. From UK Fabrics, and cheap too!

That will clip on the cage and extend well above and below it.

I may order the same for a shroud if the shield works and doesn’t absorb moisture too much.

Francis

 

that could be good. might be interested in a shroud

thanks Francis 😀

[fwm891]

10 hours ago, faulksy said:

that could be good. might be interested in a shroud

thanks Francis 😀

Mike, https://ukfabricsonline.com/

They have a waterproof section - I found the tent fabric in there (2 oz technical fabric 3.99 mtr)

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[fwm891]

Finally I have a few photos of the dob.

I hope you like

Three-quarter front view

 

Side view

View of the mirror box and rocker box

Upper cage assembly showing the Moonlite CR-2, 60mm RACI finder from Altair Astro and a modified Red Dot Finder

Secondary mirror support assembly

Getting some superb views of objects I've previously only 'seen' after photographing them.

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[Alan White]

That look wonderful Francis,
when will you start producing a run of them 😉

 

[callisto]

10 minutes ago, fwm891 said:

Finally I have a few photos of the dob.

I hope you like

Three-quarter front view

 

Side view

View of the mirror box and rocker box

Upper cage assembly showing the Moonlite CR-2, 60mm RACI finder from Altair Astro and a modified Red Dot Finder

Secondary mirror support assembly

Getting some superb views of objects I've previously only 'seen' after photographing them.

Very nice Francis 👍

Bet the views are great,

 

Mark

[Mark at Beaufort]

Brilliant Francis. Hope one day I will see it. I recently tried out the new 16" Stellalyra Dob and the view of the Veil Nebulae using an astronomik O-111 filter and a 31mm Nagler was incredible.

Your Dob will be so brilliant at a dark site.

[fwm891]

Well I've been using the dob for a while now and thoroughly chuffed. I does take a little while to settle but keeping the optics in a cool ambient temp room helps greatly. It has been moved around in my car to different obs site around Hereford and assembles easily with little move than a tweak to the secondary mirror. The primary so far has had little need to adjustment. I've added a couple of eyepieces a 5 and 13mm Tele Vue Delite giving: x400 and x154 respectively .  These proved great for J&S at the end of last year.

Once this series of storms pass I'm looking forward to more galaxy hunting...

Edited February 20, 2022 by fwm891

[maw lod qan]

That is an amazing looking piece of equipment!

Well done and enjoy those galaxies, far, far, away!