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Update - 17 March 2016: Thanks for all the responses and interest I got in this telescope. I finally decided not to sell, and instead get back into the hobby. I live in the Toa Payoh area and intend to join the group that goes to Bishan Park on the weekends. Hope to see some of you there, and learn ...

Wow - what a terrific bunch you are. Thanks for the excellent ideas and inputs. First of all - as suggested, I have posted an item in the DIY section - with pics of the telescope, so you get a better idea of what I have. http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?p=67747#67747 I tried weighing it on my ...

Hi - I recently pulled out my old telescope that I had DiY'd several years ago. The original telescope was DiY'd by my cousin around 1990. It was based on a kit sold by a small telescope manufacturer in Delhi. The kit included a 4" spherical f/10 primary mirror, a rectangular secondary, and a r...

You guys are right on. I have never seen an f/10 in the market. And yes, it is a spherical primary. The mirror was home made by this guy who used to sell kits in Delhi, where my cousin bought it originally, and then passed on just the primary to me, and I built the rest of the scope around it. rlow:...

I saw this double rainbow too! It was amazing. never seen anything like this.

Hi. I am planning to restart stargazing, now that my son has also developed an interest in astronomy. I pulled out my 15 year old DIY 100mm f10 Newtonian, and it is still working fairly well. However my old alt-az mount is totally wrecked. My tube is 110mm PVC, and my old mount had a DIY clamp that ...