"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 cellular mirrors
for both the 5.75" secondary
and the 16" cellular primary.
They weigh only 1.4 and 13 pounds respectively. Monolithic 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 carbon fiber and carbon fiber
skinned sandwich core technology extensively in the following
areas: |
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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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Dream has developed and manufacturers all of the carbon
fiber components in-house. Dream Cellular, LLC designs and casts
all of the cellular mirrors in-house. |
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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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