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September, 2010 issue of Sky &
Telescope: published collaboration image using Dream Astrograph
telescope. |
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additional information and higher resolution images. |
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May-June, 2010: Latest 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph
client received their telescope in Belgium and now has achieved
first light in their remote observatory in France. |
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additional information and higher resolution images. |
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May 19th, 2010: 16"
f3.75 Dream Astrograph discovers NEO on 15th night of use
at Tenagra Observatories.
Addional information can be found midway down on Tenagra's web
site.
UPDATE... June 6th, 2010: Tenagra
discovers second NEO with their 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
On average it is discovering
35 new asteroids and about 400 existing asteroids and/or comets,
per
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Dream Telescopes & Acc., Inc. is proud to be the
first company in history to offer a standard product line that
includes such extensive use of Carbon Fiber skinned Sandwich
Core (CFSC) in combination with Dream
Cellular, LLC's lightweight mirrors (cellular).
Both technologies are designed, engineered and produced in-house.
Years of developing and in-field testing of complete systems
have culminated in a very unique opto-mechanical capability and
expertise. Our expertise lies not only in advanced composites
and lightweight optics but also in supporting the optics and
using the ultra-high stiffness, low mass and low CTE that our
specific CFSC matrix can bring to an opto-mechanical instrument.
Dream's products are far more efficient than decade and even
centuries-old technologies. You wouldn't bring a 1950's F1 car
to this weekend's F1 race so why use technologies that are greater
than 50 years old in your instrument? |
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Recent Images |
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Click on either image to see the latest tubes shipped
to Oceanit for their 16" f5 infrared Cassegrain system for
the US Air Force. |
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Each tube has 9 different internal,
knife-edge baffles. |
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Dream Cellular, LLC debuts the new 24" engineered
lightweight mirror at a local trade show. The 28 pound optic
will become a part of the ultra-lightweight 24" f3.5 Dream
Astrograph. The telescope will be over six feet long, yet it
will weigh approximately 110 lbs. |
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This optic has polishing and gravity displacement
performance 2.5x better than the previous 24" design, which
shows how far Dream Cellular has come in a very short time. |
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Click on either image to learn
more. |
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Dream is hired to design 1m telescope and facility
for cutting edge project. |
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Prime Focus Corrector (PFC)
is designed September, 2008. The first lens element will be 350mm
in diameter. Detailed analysis of PFC, including tolerances,
is completed March, 2009. |
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1m telescope, 40"
telescope, 40" primary mirror, 40" mirror, 1m mirror |
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Click on either image to learn
more. |
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Additional 24"
cellular primaries arrived October, 2008. |
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The 24"
Dream Astrograph was redesigned to accomodate a custom
4" coma corrector. This gave Dream a chance to incorporate
new features that were not part of the original design. |
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Click on either image to see the tubes and dovetails
that Dream has made for Oceanit's 16" f5 Cassegrain system
for IR (US Air Force project). |
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This is the same tube profile used on Dream's
16" f3.75 corrected telescope. |
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Custom 3" sight tube, 3" Cheshire and 3"
AutoCollimator for the Dream
Astrograph line of telescopes are now in stock, as well as
the new wooden case for these tools. |
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Click on either image to learn and see more. |
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The new 4" Off-Axis-Guider,
designed to mate directly with the custom
4" coma corrector, is shown to the left with the LodeStar
autoguider that weighs only 74 grams. |
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You can read more about the 4" OAG by clicking
on either photo. |
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1/16/08 - The first 4" Dream PDF focusers are starting to
arrive. |
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This focuser has push/pull collimation built into the design
and will allow customers the ability to upgrade from the 3"
coma corrector to the standard 4" coma corrector at any
date in the future, without the need for removing the focuser
or buying a larger focuser. |
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Click on the image for more information. |
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11/9/07 - Sandwich core carbon fiber tube and 3" coma corrector
ready to ship to international client. |
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3/2/07 - Sandwich core carbon fiber
tube and other carbon fiber products ship. |
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3/9/07 - "My tube arrived in perfect
condition yesterday. It looks great and is a real piece of Art.
Thanks for great work in putting it together." Jon
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6/2/07 - "The big difference is in
tube flex. There is none! I had tube flex with (my original)
metal tube version. This tube is rock solid." Jon
T. |
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Click on the image to learn more about this product,
to see Jon's M104
image taken through this telescope and to see the first light
image through a 10" f5 Dream Astrograph Jon is currently
testing (August 2007). |
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2/19/07 - Dream completes design/CAD work for 32" Danish
Project. |
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Click on the image to learn more about this unique project. |
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3/26/07 - fabrication of sub assemblies has begun for the 24"
f3.5 Dream Astrograph. |
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Click on the image to learn more about this product. |
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11/28/06 - Dream is now the only US distributor of a modern cleaning
fluid. Click on the images to the left for additional information. |
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In the last year this product has been used to clean everything
from the Hope Diamond to a Keck
hexagonal segment (now twice: January 2007). Over the next year
it will be used to clean a 4m mirror. |
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3/22/07 - First Contact Spray now available. |
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1/25-26/06 - Dream's large oven used to
cook 6' x 8' carbon fiber racing chassis. |
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Click on the image to learn more about this item. |
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1/4/07 - Dream is shipping new samples to a Denmark customer. |
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Click on the image to see multiple products of Dream under extreme
loads. Shown to the left is a 6.8 pound arch under 240 lbs of
load. |
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12/19/06 - Dream completes and ships electronic's
module for UAV. |
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Click on the image to learn more about this project. |
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12/1/06 - Dream shipped out a 16" OD carbon fiber sandwich
cored tube to a client in Switzerland. |
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12/12/06 - tube received by client. |
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Click on the image for additional information and the client's note. |
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10/22/06 - 1.8x
corrected barlow for the Dream Astrograph line will
finally be arriving 2007. |
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10/12/06 - New Zealand client receives Paramount
ME within three weeks of ordering from Dream. |
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10/06/06 - DuPont grants Dream permission to use Sandwich Core Chart. |
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9/29/06 - LRGB & Ha 50mm filters arrive for use in the SBIG
STL-11000M-C2 camera. |
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9/24/06 - receipt of CO2 snow gun for testing. |
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- To see examples of CO2 snow cleaning in the optics industry,
look near the bottom of this
link. |
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- Basic information here. |
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- More detail on the process here. |
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- Receipt of 50lb liquid CO2 tank: 9/29/06. |
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10/10/06 - Dream's local roll off observatory is complete. |
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- The observatory is a much needed facility for Dream. |
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- Dream would like to thank Steve Mazlin for graciously allowing
the initial test out of the 16" Dream Astrograph at his
domed observatory. His patience and hospitality are greatly appreciated. |
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- Additional photos here. |
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PREVIOUS PROJECTS... |
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Completed rapid CAD prototyping
for a customer's kick-off meeting with the US Navy. Meeting occured
one week after Dream was initially contacted by this customer.
Click on the image to the right for additional information. |
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Dream was hired to do the initial design work for a unique roll
off structure to house a 38" telescope. The unique enclosure
was designed to be approximately 20 feet by 30 feet. A control
room will be housed at one end of the structure. |
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