NEWMOON TELESCOPES

Waxing Crescent moon – ThaliaTraianou

Knocking off the high spots

Every 4-6 weeks, I’ll pull the individual planks of wood that have been predetermined to make up a clients telescope and knockoff the high spots with a hand plane. Doing this ensures we will have the most stable stock we can provide.

Jointing lumber for telescope construction

Planing (“thicknessing”) lumber for telescope construction

Bringing lumber to thickness for telescope construction

Processing lumber for a telescope

Wood is a great material for building large aperture telescopes. That said, there is quite a bit of work that goes into properly processing it. I wanted to post a few short videos showing some of the steps I take to ensure the wood is ready to be used for the telescope structure.

Cutting aluminum on your table saw

This video shows how I cut aluminum triangles for my mirror cells on my table saw. That said, you could cut pretty much any shape utilizing a similar jig on your table saw.

Installing NMT shroud

Quick video on how to quickly secure your NMT full body light shroud.

12”F4 scope for use when in a wheelchair

12”F4 telescope in which the eyepiece stays stationary at all vertical angles. Perfect for wheelchair use, public outings with lots of kids, or when you just want to sit comfortably in a chair and observe.

NMT 20"F3.3 Single Ring Hybrid Holding Collimation (Part II)

NMT 20"F3.3 Single Ring Hybrid Holding Collimation (Part III)

NMT fixed truss ring

As suggested by one of our clients, here is a truss ring that is fixed. Allows you to set up your NMT in little time with almost no need to adjust collimation.

NMT 36”F3.75 dobsonian

Demo of ServoCat/Argo Navis easily guiding a 36” monster telescope.

Cleaning Telescope Primary Mirror

Clean and dry your telescope mirror in 10 minutes!!!

NEAF 2018

20 minutes walk through NEAF 2018

NMT Hybrid Holding Collimation- Primary

Breaking down the NMT Hybrid

Utilizing the 1-pc collapsible truss system to save time in disassembling the Hybrid in the field.

New Moon Telescopes Hybrid set-up

Utilizing the 1-pc collapsible truss system offered on the Hybrid Telescope to spend less time setting up, and more time observing with your scope!

NMT Hybrid Holding Collimation- Secondary

Secondary

NMT Hybrid 14" Holding Collimation

Holding collimation, sorry I didn't take the laser out of the barlow, just a quick and dirty demo vid.

How to Make a Telescope: The Wheelbarrow Handles Part 1

NMT's series continues showing how to build a telescope. This video illustrates how Ryan Goodson of New Moon Telescopes builds the wheelbarrow handles. www.newmoontelescopes.com

How to Make a Telescope: The Ground Board

NMT's series continues showing how to build a telescope. This video illustrates how Ryan Goodson of New Moon Telescopes builds the ground board. www.newmoontelescopes.com