From: Milton Aupperle <maupperl@gmail.com>
Date: March 1, 2015 10:09:04 AM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] First image light with 18" ultralite dob
Hi Jim;
Very nice looking big scope.
Did you make it or buy it?
And how much does it weight?
Thanks for sharing..
Milton Aupperle
On 2015-03-01, at 5:25 AM, jim_chung@sunshine.net [Astro_IIDC] wrote:
Well, actually second image light since I did try some monochrome imaging the night before and realized I needed to chop off four inches from the truss poles to create enough focus travel room for a filter wheel and powered focuser.
Here's Jupiter at around f/15 under medicore seeing:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4852049/JupiterRGB18inch02282015.jpg
Here's what the dob looks like this morning:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4852049/finalfinaldob.jpg
Can't wait for some real Spring weather and hopefully better skies!