Scott's Fly Fishing and Astronomy Site

Home Building a Dob 8" Dob Equatorial Platform

Below are photo's of my telescope making hobby

ATM Pages:

New (October 2002) Just built my 8" Solid Tube, double ring bearing Dobsonian

 

I've added a page that has many photographs and text regarding the f/6 truss tube Dobsonian I built.  Take a look!

 

I've also added a page with more photographs of the equatorial platform I built in late Winter of 2001.  I had it ready for the Kah-Nee-Ta Messier Marathon in March.

Below is my 12.5" f6 Dobsonian telescope (first light March 15, 2000)

Here is the Equatorial Platform I built (with the generous help of Howard Banich) using parts from Tom Osypowski (from Equatorial Platforms)