2006-3-6 Replicating Ritchey Mirror grinding machine posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Ive just returned from a few days with friends in Washington, DC. Being aviators and aircraft builders, we blew a whole day at the new AirSpace Museums new annex at Dulles airport.What really caught my attention however, was that they moved the Ritchey mirror making machine
ContactTelescope mirror grinding machine Mirror making and optical testing The images below show the completed grinding machine in it's new garage in October 2001. GrindingPolishingMachine LCAO. Telescope Making. Telescope Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine. After I had made the 41-cm telescope mirror by hand I had decided that I needed a
Contact2015-8-14 If you don't have a gear box, you should stick with the M-o-M power head design. In the configuration shown, the reducer shaft output is 50 rpm, the eccentric rpm is 11, and the turntable rpm is 67. This is typical for grinding and polishing. For figuring, I have another set of pulleys that spin the eccentric at 25 rpm and the turntable at 11
Contact2006-9-26 Mirror Grinding Machine. The true test of the amateur astronomer is building their own telescope. Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the blank
Contact2022-2-11 14 inch pulley to idler of 4+14 inch pulleys to 14 inch pulley: 73 inch (qty=3) Motor dimensions: Face Mount Four 3/8 inch-16 tapped holes on 5-7/8 inch diameter B.C. Base Mount Four slots on 5 inch x 3 inch centers. Shaft 5/8 inch dia. x 1-7/8 inch w/3/16 inch keyway. Size 8-1/2 inch x 7 inch x 8 inch.
Contact2021-12-13 Which Style Grinding Machine For Telescope Mirror? (Best solution) Author Chester Griffith Posted on Posted on 13.12.2021. 0. What is the most efficient method of grinding mirrors? Roughness in stroke numbers, tool rotation, and disc rotation are all important factors in good mirror grinding. Making a tile tool out of tiles that have been
Contact2019-3-14 Ritchey wore many hats. He was an astronomer, a telescope designer, and an expert optician. He took the technology of mirror grinding to new levels of perfection —such that his 60-inch mirror grinding machine now rests in the Smithsonian. He is the “R” in the RC optics used in most large telescopes today, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Contact2019-8-19 I made the overarm from 1.25" steel tube, cut and fitted to size. Butt-welded, cleaned up with a grinder, painted and trial fit. It seems too low, but I will build sandwiched ply layers, glued together and put everything up on that. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Contact2007-2-13 The test is very simple. Rinse and wipe the mirror dry. Draw a grid on the mirror surface with a permanent marker (<--picture) Add the usual half teaspoon of grit, sprinkle with water and grind for a couple of minutes, rotating tool and mirror often. Rinse the mirror and inspect the grid lines.
Contact2006-3-6 Replicating Ritchey Mirror grinding machine posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Ive just returned from a few days with friends in Washington, DC. Being aviators and aircraft builders, we blew a whole day at the new AirSpace Museums new annex at Dulles airport.What really caught my attention however, was that they moved the Ritchey mirror making machine
ContactTelescope mirror grinding machine Mirror making and optical testing The images below show the completed grinding machine in it's new garage in October 2001. GrindingPolishingMachine LCAO. Telescope Making. Telescope Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine. After I had made the 41-cm telescope mirror by hand I had decided that I needed a
Contact2015-8-14 If you don't have a gear box, you should stick with the M-o-M power head design. In the configuration shown, the reducer shaft output is 50 rpm, the eccentric rpm is 11, and the turntable rpm is 67. This is typical for grinding and polishing. For figuring, I have another set of pulleys that spin the eccentric at 25 rpm and the turntable at 11
ContactOrion 10" f/8 Ritchey Chretien Reflecting OTA Telescope OR-08266. $2,799.99. View details. As low as $ 90.33 /Month. Orion 6" f/9 Ritchey Chretien Reflecting OTA Telescope OR-08268. $699.99. View details. As low as $ 22.58 /Month. Orion 12" Truss Tube f/8 Ritchey Chretien Reflecting OTA Telescope OR-51875.
Contact2006-9-26 Mirror Grinding Machine. The true test of the amateur astronomer is building their own telescope. Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the blank
Contact2022-2-11 14 inch pulley to idler of 4+14 inch pulleys to 14 inch pulley: 73 inch (qty=3) Motor dimensions: Face Mount Four 3/8 inch-16 tapped holes on 5-7/8 inch diameter B.C. Base Mount Four slots on 5 inch x 3 inch centers. Shaft 5/8 inch dia. x 1-7/8 inch w/3/16 inch keyway. Size 8-1/2 inch x 7 inch x 8 inch.
Contact2015-10-24 The Ritchey-Chrétien optical design is a specialized Cassegrain telescope designed to eliminate coma, thus providing a relatively large field of view as compared to a more conventional configuration. An RC has a hyperbolic primary and a hyperbolic secondary mirror. Since Ritchey-Chrétien optics are two mirror optical systems, they have no
Contact2022-4-9 In my opinion, the best Ritchey-Chretien telescope on the market is Orion 08266 Ritchey-Chretien 10 inch f/8 Optical Tube. Thanks to its hyperbolic mirrors it ensures a wide flat virtually coma-free image of the object you are observing. It also has three cooling fans an internal light baffles that are specially designed to keep any stray light
Contact2006-3-6 Gordon will know more about the math for different mirrors and different sizes. I recall for mine it was about a 70% tool diameter. The bucket Gordon used to make the tile tool was 8 15/16", 70% of 12.5" ends up at 8 3/4". Looking back at my notes I used the tile tool primarily at the 70% zone of the mirror.
Contact2007-2-13 The test is very simple. Rinse and wipe the mirror dry. Draw a grid on the mirror surface with a permanent marker (<--picture) Add the usual half teaspoon of grit, sprinkle with water and grind for a couple of minutes, rotating tool and mirror often. Rinse the mirror and inspect the grid lines.
Contact2006-9-26 Mirror Grinding Machine. The true test of the amateur astronomer is building their own telescope. Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the blank
ContactTelescope mirror grinding machine Mirror making and optical testing The images below show the completed grinding machine in it's new garage in October 2001. GrindingPolishingMachine LCAO. Telescope Making. Telescope Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine. After I had made the 41-cm telescope mirror by hand I had decided that I needed a
Contact2017-12-21 STAR INSTRUMENTS guarantees a minimum of 1/4 wave front, 1/20 wave r.m.s. on all systems. STAR INSTRUMENTS continues to be concerned with the false advertising claims being made by amateur optical suppliers who claim 1/10 to 1/20 wave optics. These claims tend to confuse the amateur astronomer into believing you must have 1/10 wave optics, when
Contact2018-4-28 The iOptron Photron RC6 is a Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, the first of its kind to ever grace my backyard. By design, an “RC” telescope uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors. Compared to a traditional Newtonian reflector design, this RC6 is said to offer a coma and chromatic aberration free results. Quite an impressive feat for a
Contact2006-3-6 Gordon will know more about the math for different mirrors and different sizes. I recall for mine it was about a 70% tool diameter. The bucket Gordon used to make the tile tool was 8 15/16", 70% of 12.5" ends up at 8 3/4". Looking back at my notes I used the tile tool primarily at the 70% zone of the mirror.
Contact2022-5-6 The two mirror Ritchey-Chrétien telescope using rotationally symmetric hyperbolic surfaces was designed and built. The optomechanical design incorporated an external tube to align the primary and secondary mirrors in the axial, radial and tilt directions. The TMA achieves better performance because of the addition of a third mirror.
Contact2007-2-13 The test is very simple. Rinse and wipe the mirror dry. Draw a grid on the mirror surface with a permanent marker (<--picture) Add the usual half teaspoon of grit, sprinkle with water and grind for a couple of minutes, rotating tool and mirror often. Rinse the mirror and inspect the grid lines.
ContactThe range of astronomical systems equipped with Tydex's optical components includes Newton, Cassegrain, Ritchey–Chretien, Maksutov, and Mersen telescopes, astrophotography systems, etc. Tydex supplied a main mirror (concave hyperbolic mirror with Dout=1230mm), a secondary mirror (convex hyperbolic mirror with Dout=400mm) and a 2-lenses
Contact2021-8-2 Ritchey Chretien (RC) The RC was invented by 2 Astronomers (Ritchey and Chretien 1910. It uses a hyperbolic primary mirror and a hyperbolic secondary mirror. Since it is THE 2 mirror design with the smallest off-axis aberrations it is the most common telescope design used in professional telescopes (Hubble Space, VLT etc) Dall Kirkham (DK)
Contact2020-8-6 •Review a few telescope designs •Three-mirror anastigmat (single focal plane) –TMA-SF •Three-mirror anastigmat (dual focal plane) –TMA-DF •Ritchey-Chretien RC •On-axis vs. off-axis designs •Describe strengths and weaknesses of each •Relate design considerations to LUVOIR priorities •Instrument accommodations
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