Amateur Telescope Making
The 16 inch - Observatory Mount in Sphere Dome
Uploaded 12/5/17
 Once we moved
            to Payson in 1989, I built a sphere dome and put the 16"
            inisde for imaging. It worked well, but the dome was not so successful.
            But it got the attention of Arizona Highways magazine, and they
            did a write up on this instrument and Arizona sky gazers in general.
 

            

            
Inside the 16 foot sphere, the spacious interior belies
the fact that this was a large telescope which
required an 8 foot ladder to use.

The 16" f/4.4
Sphere Observatory

            
 

            
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Posing with the (heavy) laminated 16"
See that cable running down from the front
of the telescope? Thats a release for a shutter
over the inside of the drawtube.

            
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