ok, ive caught aperture fever really bad i wake up sweaty and nervous during the full moon so: ive decided to go for the extra 5" and get a 25" F5 BIG dob that means my little 20" starmaster has to go........... $ 8900 for the whole deal. full goto and track with sky commander and tracker. all the upgrades - feathertouch focuser, transport handles, secondary dew controller, premium figured pegasus mirror etc. also have a dedicated trailer for $900 with the starmaster logo. im posting here because anyone interested would have an easy time checking out this scope. im in Hurricane UT right next to St George. aperture fever is a treacherous disease and can be caught by ANYONE out late at night. call me if you have any symptoms. jimboooooooooooooo 435-635-2780
Jim, Yes I have the fever too. I am making a 20" dob this year, and most of the students taking our class are making larger scopes too. One student is planning on making a 20" classical Cassegrain scope. This is going to be an exciting telescope making class this year. I can hardly wait for our first class session on Mar 27th. John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com <http://www.johnstelescopes.com/> www.mirrorkits.com <http://www.mirrorkits.com/> -----Original Message----- From: jim vanbuskirk [mailto:jimbov@skyviewmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:18 AM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: [UVAA] Starmaster 20" ok, ive caught aperture fever really bad i wake up sweaty and nervous during the full moon so: ive decided to go for the extra 5" and get a 25" F5 BIG dob that means my little 20" starmaster has to go........... $ 8900 for the whole deal. full goto and track with sky commander and tracker. all the upgrades - feathertouch focuser, transport handles, secondary dew controller, premium figured pegasus mirror etc. also have a dedicated trailer for $900 with the starmaster logo. im posting here because anyone interested would have an easy time checking out this scope. im in Hurricane UT right next to St George. aperture fever is a treacherous disease and can be caught by ANYONE out late at night. call me if you have any symptoms. jimboooooooooooooo 435-635-2780
Messagenice website john it will be fun to see your 20" when its done. are you in SLC or further south? jimboooooooooooooo ----- Original Message ----- From: John and Lisa Zeigler To: 'Utah Valley Astronomy Association' Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: RE: [UVAA] Starmaster 20" Jim, Yes I have the fever too. I am making a 20" dob this year, and most of the students taking our class are making larger scopes too. One student is planning on making a 20" classical Cassegrain scope. This is going to be an exciting telescope making class this year. I can hardly wait for our first class session on Mar 27th. John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com www.mirrorkits.com -----Original Message----- From: jim vanbuskirk [mailto:jimbov@skyviewmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:18 AM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: [UVAA] Starmaster 20" ok, ive caught aperture fever really bad i wake up sweaty and nervous during the full moon so: ive decided to go for the extra 5" and get a 25" F5 BIG dob that means my little 20" starmaster has to go........... $ 8900 for the whole deal. full goto and track with sky commander and tracker. all the upgrades - feathertouch focuser, transport handles, secondary dew controller, premium figured pegasus mirror etc. also have a dedicated trailer for $900 with the starmaster logo. im posting here because anyone interested would have an easy time checking out this scope. im in Hurricane UT right next to St George. aperture fever is a treacherous disease and can be caught by ANYONE out late at night. call me if you have any symptoms. jimboooooooooooooo 435-635-2780 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa
Jim, Thank-You for the compliments. Now I just need to get everything else written and posted. I've got plans for optimized mirror cells, blueprints for making your own Sonotube and truss tube scopes, mirror grinding animations, CNC router, Huge-O-Matic mirror grinding machine, etc. etc. It think that my 20" newt will be built on a design I have come up with that is a convertible truss tube that can be either mounted on a Dobsonian base for star parties, or mounted on a huge German equatorial mount that is being built and hopefully completed by mid April. (I think the GEM is to big to take to star parties unless I mount it to a trailer or something). I'll be comparing the 20" newt to the 20" Cassegrain scope, and may end up converting it to a Cassegrain. Hopefully both will be completed by mid summer to fall this year. Now, where to get the 20" mirrors coated without having to ship them. Any ideas? I live in Magna and our class is being taught in West Jordan. Although we have had such a good turnout from Utah valley, we may teach our next class in that area. John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com <http://www.johnstelescopes.com/> www.mirrorkits.com <http://www.mirrorkits.com/> -----Original Message----- From: jim vanbuskirk [mailto:jimbov@skyviewmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:10 PM To: john@johnstelescopes.com; Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Starmaster 20" nice website john it will be fun to see your 20" when its done. are you in SLC or further south? jimboooooooooooooo ----- Original Message ----- From: John and Lisa Zeigler <mailto:john@johnstelescopes.com> To: 'Utah Valley Astronomy <mailto:uvaa@mailman.xmission.com> Association' Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: RE: [UVAA] Starmaster 20" Jim, Yes I have the fever too. I am making a 20" dob this year, and most of the students taking our class are making larger scopes too. One student is planning on making a 20" classical Cassegrain scope. This is going to be an exciting telescope making class this year. I can hardly wait for our first class session on Mar 27th. John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com www.mirrorkits.com <http://www.mirrorkits.com/>
John, Both Steve Dodds at Nova Optics and Vaughn Parsons at Intermountain Optics have vaccuum chambers to do coatings. Let me know if you need phone numbers or addresses. Rich --- John and Lisa Zeigler <john@johnstelescopes.com> wrote:
Jim,
Thank-You for the compliments. Now I just need to get everything else written and posted. I've got plans for optimized mirror cells, blueprints for making your own Sonotube and truss tube scopes, mirror grinding animations, CNC router, Huge-O-Matic mirror grinding machine, etc. etc.
It think that my 20" newt will be built on a design I have come up with that is a convertible truss tube that can be either mounted on a Dobsonian base for star parties, or mounted on a huge German equatorial mount that is being built and hopefully completed by mid April. (I think the GEM is to big to take to star parties unless I mount it to a trailer or something). I'll be comparing the 20" newt to the 20" Cassegrain scope, and may end up converting it to a Cassegrain. Hopefully both will be completed by mid summer to fall this year. Now, where to get the 20" mirrors coated without having to ship them. Any ideas? I live in Magna and our class is being taught in West Jordan. Although we have had such a good turnout from Utah valley, we may teach our next class in that area.
John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com <http://www.johnstelescopes.com/> www.mirrorkits.com <http://www.mirrorkits.com/>
-----Original Message----- From: jim vanbuskirk [mailto:jimbov@skyviewmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:10 PM To: john@johnstelescopes.com; Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Starmaster 20"
nice website john it will be fun to see your 20" when its done. are you in SLC or further south? jimboooooooooooooo
----- Original Message ----- From: John and Lisa Zeigler <mailto:john@johnstelescopes.com> To: 'Utah Valley Astronomy <mailto:uvaa@mailman.xmission.com> Association' Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: RE: [UVAA] Starmaster 20"
Jim,
Yes I have the fever too. I am making a 20" dob this year, and most of the students taking our class are making larger scopes too. One student is planning on making a 20" classical Cassegrain scope. This is going to be an exciting telescope making class this year. I can hardly wait for our first class session on Mar 27th.
John Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com www.mirrorkits.com <http://www.mirrorkits.com/>
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