This is where we show some of
the projects that I have been working on around the shop, from new
mirrors to
refigures, we try to teach a few things about optics, and we show some
other stories and other random topics that are well "outside the shop",
but
that we think people might be interested in. A telescope
showcase
might consume some of these stories in the future, but for now they
have landed here. Enjoy.
| May 10, 2024 - A night to remember | |
| July 24, 2024 - Starmaster adoption and mods |
| Feb. 1, 2022 - A Starmaster tuneup |
Mar. 23, 2023 - Northern Lights - finally |
| Mar. 6, 2023 - A Big Anniversary! |
Nov. 15, 2023 - Undercorrection is still not the answer |
| Apr. 24, 2018 - Interferometry is only a piece
of.... |
July 15, 2019 - A telescope in Siberia |
| July 12, 2019 - Testing large flats | July 17, 2019 - A StarStructure in England |
| Mar. 21, 2017 - A telescope built in France.... |
Apr. 3, 2017 - Correcting incorrect correction.... |
| Mar. 30, 2017 - It takes a village.... |
Aug. 21, 2017 - Total Solar Eclipse |
| Jan. 5, 2016 - Outside another shop.... |
June 10, 2016 - Upgrading a 16" |
| Jan. 10, 2016 - After the work is done | Nov. 7, 2016 - 20" f/3.0 cell mods, support
points |
| Jan. 18, 2015 - Comet Lovejoy | Aug. 24, 2015 - A unique mirror |
| Jan. 25, 2015 - Phase-shifting interferometry |
Oct. 4, 2015 - Bad and good - optical roulette |
| Oct. 8, 2014 - One little victory.... | Oct 16, 2014 - 50" telescope dedication |
| Oct. 9, 2014 - Lunar eclipse | Oct. 23, 2014 - Partial solar eclipse |
| Jan. 12, 2013 - Mirrors down under |
April 25, 2013 - A very good telescope |
| Jan. 20, 2013 - A 42" tuneup | Nov. 22, 2013 - Not made in the USA |
| Mar. 8, 2013 - Giant, one-time photo opportunity | Nov. 25, 2013 - Bad luck all the way around |
| Mar. 22, 2013 - Comet Pan-Starrs | Dec. 18, 2013 - A half-baked secondary mirror |
| Apr. 8, 2012 - An 18" in rough shape, literally | July
1, 2012
- Undercorrection
is not the answer |
| Apr. 23, 2012 - Just outside the shop - faint aurora | July 10, 2012 - Big Blue gets a new 36" f/6.3 mirror |
| May 1,
2012 - Just outside the shop -
tornado! |
Sept. 15, 2012 - Testing a 20" and a 4.0" m.a. flat |
| June 26, 2012 - Not up to my standards - a 16", Part 2 | Nov. 18, 2012 - A 20" f/3.0 and a 30" f/3.0 are born |
| June
28,
2012 - Venus
Transit of 2012 and a side trip |
Dec. 10, 2012 - A 50" f/4 is born |
| Jan. 3, 2011 - Refiguring a 24" | Aug.
2, 2011
- Different tests for
different
defects - 18" |
| Jan. 16, 2011 - An example of deceptive interferometry | Aug.
13, 2011
- Why look at
the back
of a mirror... |
| Mar. 7, 2011 - A Client's Story, Part 2 - Resolution |
Sept.
10,
2011 - Strain testing in the
digital
age |
| Apr. 1, 2011 - Unfortunately NOT an April Fool's joke | Nov. 18, 2011 - How NOT to pack a mirror (v1.0) |
| May 1, 2011 - Outside the shop | Nov.
19,
2011 - How to pack a mirror (my
way) |
| May 23, 2011 - Way, way, WAY outside the shop.... | Nov. 22, 2011 - Early Christmas present |
| July 28, 2011 - Back in the shop, in a crate | Nov. 27, 2011 - Not up to my standards - a 16", Part 1 |
| Aug. 1, 2011 - Different tests for different defects - 10" |
| Early 2010 - The new shop | Oct. 12, 2010 - 1200 lbs., Part 1: Delivery |
| July 25, 2010 - Refiguring a 25" F/4.2 and a 4.5" flat | Oct. 28, 2010 - A Client's Story, Part 1 - Testing |
| Aug. 9, 2010 - A busy shipping day | Nov. 1, 2010 - 1200 lbs., Part 2: Kind of Blue |
| Sept. 27, 2010 - One day, four different substrates! | Nov. 14, 2010 - Refiguring a 14" |