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“Frankenscope”. Presentation by Keith Rickard 22 April 2010. Frankenscope. I needed a portable telescope to take to places such as Kelling Heath. My main telescope is stuck in its observatory It needs to allow me to do imaging as well as visual - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“Frankenscope”
Presentation by Keith Rickard
22 April 2010
Frankenscope• I needed a portable telescope to take to places
such as Kelling Heath.
• My main telescope is stuck in its observatory
• It needs to allow me to do imaging as well as visual
• The solution is to be build Frankenscope!
FrankenscopeWhat do you need to build Frankenscope?
• LX200 tripod• A Julian Tworek home-made wedge• A 10” LX200 fork mount without the OTA• An ETX 90mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope• A finderscope• An SBIG CCD camera• Some steel stud, aluminium square tube• And nuts!
Frankenscope• Throw it all together and you get…
M66 - Leo
M86 - Virgo
M105 & NGC3371 (Leo)
M57 - Lyra
M57 – in colour
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