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Show HN: Curiosity – DIY 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope

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Post by big_Brain69 »

A DIY Newtonian reflector telescope with dobsonian mount. A fun to do hobby project taking us closer to the moon and beyond. A lot of plans ahead on how to make it much better and portable but this was the first time me and my friend implemented or rather built a telescope.

Have a look at what all we have captured.

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Post by Zardoz84 »

I need to build a Dobson mount for my old homemade 8" F 5.5 Newton ... Why doesnt have a mount ? Well, it had 2 mounts in the past. It was built by my father, and we moved to another house, we need to ditch the mount. I managed to save the tube and the parts, and lately built an adapter to be attached to an EQ6 mount that I was allowed to use with a university astronomical association.

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Post by chantepierre »

yehoshuapw wrote: post #2

Have a look also at https://www.printables.com/model/268580-hadley-telescope-off...

Here is a 6in f/5 travel truss dob kit by my friend :

https://www.printables.com/model/1325533-smallest-telescope-...

Wallace, my 6” f/2.8 :

https://www.printables.com/model/997327-wallace-6-f28-telesc...

And my tiny but mighty 3” f/4 : https://www.printables.com/model/1475113-76300-pocket-dobson

Wallace is built, but Gromit, a 16.5” F/3, is under progress. Working on the mirror and CAD :)

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Post by BadJo0Jo0 »

shamaz65 wrote: post #5
yehoshuapw wrote: post #2

Have a look also at https://www.printables.com/model/268580-hadley-telescope-off...

I have no idea that it is possible to 3D print telescopes. Is this less expensive?

The question probably shouldn't be "is it less expensive" but "is it a better value".

The general sentiment behind these 3d printed telescopes are that you'd generally get better quality and potentially better QoL features at the same cost of buying some commercially available options.

From the Hadley project

>The mission here is to make an attractive alternative to the shoddy, hard to use "hobby-killer" scopes in the $100-200 range.

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