Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Would this even work?

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Would this even work?

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Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Or would the tolerances needed in the hinged mirror make the whole thing unusable?

I was looking at modern “smart telescopes” recently and noticed some are sideways and wondered if that would be possible for a normal hobby Newtonian telescope.

Possible upsides:

no tripod needed for use
mirror is light so smaller motors can be used for movement

Possible downsides:

maybe mirror flatness?

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I already ordered a first surface mirror to test, i will report my findings :D

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