现役和较早前的器材设备:
The scope is based around a Carl Zambuto 12.5" primary mirror and an Antares 4" secondary. The tube is a 390mm I.D. carbon fiber sandwich design from Klaus Helmerichs in Germany. The mirror cell, spider, and Toadloader focuser were custom machined by Paul Van Slyke (Van Slyke Engineering): they are bombproof. He machined the focuser tube to perfectly fit the 3" ASA Wynne Corrector that is used to flatten the field. I just received an off-axis guider from Austria (not shown in this photo)
It still needs to be painted flat black or flocked inside and to have the tube ends epoxy coated. The Van Slyke parts are incredible! That stainless steel shaft on the spider is 1" diameter. The Toadloader 3" focuser is also unbelievably robust and incredibly precise..
old setup... - Astro-Physics AP130 F/6 Starfire - Losmandy G-11/Gemini - FLI ML8300M camera with CFW-2-7 filter wheel - Borg 45ED refractor with Fishcamp Starfish autoguider
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