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kreegan99: Ah…but I sooo want to be…someday I will make my own mirror and scope...
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kreegan99: One of the many presentations I attended. This woman made her first telescope and mirror with her daughter, and gave us her lessons learned.
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kreegan99: Yep Friday afternoon was a bit moist…fog and all at around 2 PM.
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kreegan99: A wet base camp, but the astronomers were dry! Thanks camp!
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kreegan99: Observing fields look pathetic when it rains…like aliens have swooped in with their own camping gear.
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kreegan99: Rain = no scopes :(…but it'll change... in the last minute before dark, this all dried up and cleared up - which was awesome!
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kreegan99: Now that's more like it! That's what I'm talking about (them too).
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kreegan99: And I was very prompt to Breezy Hill on Saturday…not bad on sun dial time :-D yes itreads 11:59 or so.
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kreegan99: A very cool garden scope someone made. Great craftsmanship.
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kreegan99: An amazing homemade telescope mount.
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kreegan99: Heavy duty and a lot of work!
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kreegan99: This all metal Newtonian was all hand made by this gentleman and his father. Fantastic craftsmanship.
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kreegan99: Kind of neat, in addition to an eyepiece, this newt has a built in finder that runs through the optical axis. This means the finder is ALWAYS on center.
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