Day 8: Completed Telescope!

Hurray! The completed product.

PS: Ignore the red eye

Before the assembly:
I had already pre-ordered all the material that was required to assemble the telescope other than the mirror that I ground (the primary mirror). This material included the view-finder, the eye-pieces (12.5x and 25x), the eye-piece holder, a secondary small mirror, two mirror holders of different types and finally the telescope stand. I bought the PVC pipe separately according to the focal length of the primary mirror.

On the day of assembly:
On the August 30th, sir came to my house with some important tools (small screws, high-quality glue etc.) and the primary mirror, now coated with a reflective material. We decided to work in the terrace to cause a smaller mess. First, we glued the mirrors to their holders and set them aside to dry. Then, we drilled screw holes for all the parts. One by one, we put together all the parts of the telescope and completed its collimation (aligning the two mirrors together). Most of the assembly was done by sir but I assisted in setting up everything.
The final product is the telescope seen in the image on left.

-Suhas

31/08/16

Originally posted on 31st Oct 2016 but then pre-dated to 31st Aug 2016.