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Re: Show HN: Curiosity – DIY 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope

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"Ease of carrying the telescope with bag straps" I like this, but... Some of the best telescope buying advice I was ever given was to only buy a scope as big as you can carry/setup by yourself. It's hard to find time in one's schedule to take a scope somewhere, but it can be next to impossible to align schedules with another person. At least for a scope meant to take somewhere. Most people don't have a permanent setu…

Definitely agreed. So we realised this later, we were initially of the opinion to operate it from our lab but later did we get the idea to have bag straps to atleast make it a little bit more portable. Right now, we have been able to carry the entire setup individually, definitely a cumbersome task but people around us have been helpful. But as you rightly said to buy a scope as big as you can carry by yourself, this is something we would work on it in the near future.

Re: Show HN: Curiosity – DIY 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope

#22

really good budget build! I love the photos! What's the next upgrade?

Well well well,

So we have added a red dot finder to which we have adjusted our mirrors, identifying objects in the night sky is now wayyyy easier. The next thing in the list would be to get solar filters and observe sun.

Re: Show HN: Curiosity – DIY 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope

#23

Where would one go to learn about/find resources on the types of 3d printers best used for a telescope project like this?

3D printing does help a lot, you can probably scour the internet especially around printables and all but my biased opinion would be to get your hands dirty with wood as much as possible. You get to learn a lot!
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