Re: ATM : makustov design info

[Nickhutsl@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/1/2003 10:15:18 AM Central Standard Time, ulhas@nagpur.dot.net.in writes:

> I was intrigued by the Mak design. Is it something that can be attempted by
> a not very expert at mirror making?
> Where can  find data on design of a Mak?


Happy New Year, Ulhas!
   "Advanced Telescope Making Techniques" by Allen MacIntosh is a compilation of a series of letters of a club interested in making maks. If my memory serves, the club was formed to mass order blanks in order to bring down the price...
   It's advanced.
   The corrector in a mak is made with two deep curves with optical centers which must be kept on axis.  IOW, the correcting lens can't have much wedge. At all.
    I don't want to discourage you, but I would rather attempt a Lurie Houghton, or a Cassegrain first.
Nick Hutsell