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Re: [APML] New All Sky Hubcap



Dear friends
In the book "Wide-field astrophotography", by Robert Reeves , chapter 16 page 417 there are an explanation how to built and use  one of this apparatus . I made one and it works great.
best
Jose Carlos Diniz
 
I should mention that the one I built that is shown in the book uses an 8-inch diameter rear view spot mirror off an 18-wheeler truck tractor.  These mirrors don't give a full 180 degree field of view (closer to 140 to 160 degrees depending on how wide-angle the mirror is, but the mirror surface is much smoother than the chromed sheet metal of a baby moon hubcap.
 
Both Chris' and my all-sky mirror setups were in the same article in Astronomy about 15 years ago.
 
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