Show HN: Curiosity – DIY 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope
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.
Discussion Highlights (8 comments)
yehoshuapw
Have a look also at https://www.printables.com/model/268580-hadley-telescope-off...
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.
shamaz65
Great telescopes. It is a great vision to be in Space. Humanity can all be in space soon.
TehCorwiz
Site appears down. any mirrors?
ftchd
"This deployment is temporarily paused"
big_Brain69
Mirror: https://curiosity-telescope.netlify.app/
archerjax
Where would one go to learn about/find resources on the types of 3d printers best used for a telescope project like this?
dylan604
"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 setup though, so it's a pretty decent thing to consider. The weight is only part of the equation, but also consider if it takes more than two hands to assemble.