"Just
absolutely beautiful Shane! It is indeed a wonderful work of
both science and art!"
Jim Fly - Catseye Collimation
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The 16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph comes standard with Dream's zeroDELTA™ engineered mirrors for
both the secondary mirror and the primary mirror. They weigh
only 1.4 and 11 pounds respectively. Solid mirror versions of
each of these mirrors weigh roughly 4 and 25-30 pounds but have
lower stiffness, much lower surface area and a much
slower thermal
time constant. |
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This telescope uses Dream's in house
carbon fiber and carbon fiber skinned sandwich core technology
extensively: |
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- focuser platform |
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- central secondary mirror column |
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- secondary mirror support |
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- filter cap |
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- back plate |
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- primary mirror cell and sub cells |
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- internal cabling conduit |
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- main OTA tube |
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The remaining hardware and assemblies, except the
focuser and dovetail plates, are all stainless steel. From washers
and nuts to spherical bearings. |
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We also produce our own threaded stainless steel inserts
for use inside the composites. See their extreme
performance here. |
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