Re: [ATM] The 1100 mm (43.3") f/4 telescope - Progress report

["Khail Rosenberg" <mikhail.rosenberg@rosenbergtelescopes.com>]

I wish i had your back yard... darn Brooklyn

On 1/23/08, Robert Houdart <robert.houdart@cruxis.be> wrote:
>
> About a year after the start of the project, the 1100 mm (43.3") f/4
> Cruxis telescope is beginning to look like a real telescope!
>
> Here's a small picture of the assembled telescope:
>         www.cruxis.com/scope/img/1100_AssemblyGaragesmall.jpg
> The little red man next to the telescope gives you some idea about the
> scale.
>
> At www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1100.htm you'll find a lot more pictures
> and descriptions of recent construction work: the open mirror box, the
> 54-point mirror cell, the innovative double cable sling mirror edge
> support, the truss frame and the ventilation system that will blow air
> into each of the 108 cells of the primary mirror.
>
> As for the optics, the primary mirror design has been finalized and the
> cellular mirror blank will be cast soon. The secondary mirror is fully
> done and is now being coated.
>
> It feels good when all the pieces of the puzzle start falling into
> place!
>
> Best wishes,
> Robert Houdart
>
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