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How I Make Light-Weight Hexagon or Honeycomb Telescope Mirror Blanks
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How I Make Light-Weight Hexagon or Honeycomb Telescope Mirror Blanks. By casting them myself in a kiln. This is a photo of a 12.5 inch diameter, 1.5 inch thick, telescope mirror blank that has been lightened by casting the mirror in a mold that made lots of hexagon-shaped pockets in the back of the mirror. This is the story of how I did it. Why light-weight mirror blanks? So I decided to try making some-light-weight mirror blanks, just to see if I could do it. So, how to make a light weight mirror? Then ...
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Vonn New - Listening for Muses - Musings
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Join the email list! Epistle from New York Yearly Meeting (Quakers) calls for Honoring the Two Row. July 30, 2013. The 318th Summer Sessions - July 21 - 27, 2013. New York Yearly Meeting. Silver Bay, New York. Our plenary speaker, Whatwehni:neh (Freida J. Jacques), Clanmother of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee, opened with a prayer of thanksgiving. With her we say:. Together with one mind, we give thanks, love and respect to mother earth;. To respond to a vision of the Doctrin...
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Vacation Photos
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And Other Interesting Stuff. Photos from my May/June 2016 vacation to New Mexico and Arizona. I just got back from another great and much needed vacation to New Mexico and Arizona. After all the traveling I have done for work lately, it was nice to travel for myself for a change. Hiking, exploring, rummaging through surplus stores, chilling at the spa, hanging out at my remote cabin, and doing lots of astrophotography were all on my itinerary for this trip. Read on for details and photos of the trip.
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Astronomy information, KISS THE SKY
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To divide one's night between a beautiful woman. And a clear night sky, and then spend the day. Matching theory and observation,. That is my idea of heaven on earth. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Confucius. What's this mystery, the Universe? In with a bang, out with a hearse. This is the personal website for Matt Terry,. Including sketching the sun, moon, and stars, like my friend Raul Leon. I design and build...
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How I make Telescope Mirror Blanks
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How I make Telescope Mirror Blanks. Fusing thin disks to make thick slabs. This is a full-thickness, 8 inch diameter telescope mirror blank that I made myself. This web page will show how I did it. Why make my own mirror blank? Here is the Duncan kiln I got at a yard sale for only $95. A great deal! I spent months after acquiring the kiln experimenting with fusing glass. I ruined a lot of glass, but I learned a lot. I uploaded a video on how to cut circles out of thin glass to Youtube a while back. I...
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Clubs - Florida Astronomy
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Some Florida Amateur Astronomy Clubs and Societies. Astronomy Club at FIU. Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches. Central Florida Astronomical Society, Seminole County. Is the current host of the well-known Chiefland Fall Star Party and also monthly star parties on their dedicated observing field. Chiefland Star Party Group. Another Chiefland astronomy club that formerly hosted the Fall Star Party for awhile) with observing events near New Moon, also on their own Astronomy observing field.). An amateu...
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Mike's Telescope Workshop
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Welcome to Mike's Telescope Workshop. Astronomical instruments and innovations from my workshop. I have been involved in amateur telescope making (ATM) for over 20 years. In that time I have built many different telescopes. And people still do those things every day! Click on the photos for more information on the various projects. Click to see the whole project. Since I've been casting my own telescope mirror blanks for several years now. I finally decided it was time to build a machine to help me g...
