First light for my 8" String Scope

by Craig Colvin

I made time this afternoon to do a final push to finish my 8" string scope. I still have a few minor issues but I was able to take it outside tonight and do first light. Took a look at Saturn, Jupiter, M42, and a few open clusters who's numbers I don't know off the top of my head. The mirror appears to be quite nice and I saw quite a bit of detail on Jupiter.

The scope is a little top heavy, and it looks like I need to move the reflex finder so I don't have to contort quite so much but otherwise it's quite useable.

I took some quick pictures and through them up on my web site.

http://www.craigcolvin.com/Astronomy/string_scope.html

Just wanted to share, thanks for reading.

Posted on sf-bay-tac Sun Mar 14 21:34:02 2004 PT
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