Since I have tanked through 80% of hell already, and the chem MCQ is 6 days away, I feel exceptionally bored and of course free.
After unscrewing the parts that can be unscrewed, and melting through the plastic obstructions with a red-hot knife, I classified the components into 2 groups. Those which can be binned (bino body, rings, greasy parts) and those which can be of use (Objective lense, bino eyepieces, prisms, spare screws). The prisms are kind of for fun.
re-Construction of the eyepieces:
A little bit of work is needed, especially putting the elements back together and glueing them to a 1.25 inch tube (obtained from the bino).
The eyepieces sloted nicely into a telescope diagonal. In this picture, I compared them with a stock 20mm eyepeice from the celestron first scope.
Comparing the views of the DIYed eyepieces and the 20mm eyepeice, I was astonished. The DIYed eyepeices not only gave an approximately 50% wider feild of view, it gave better contrast and color. Moreover, the DIYed eyepeices comes with eyecups. Thus, these are IDEAL for public obs session or sidewalk, as it costed me literally nothing.
As for the 50mm lens, this is the end result...
I made the scope with 1. a tuna can 2. an emptied rubbing alcohol bottle 3. epoxy resin. I filled in the gaps between the can and bottle with epoxy resin.
As for the eyepeice, it is a 0.925inch one, which i bought for 10 dollars. I stuck some used guitar strings (steel wire) in front of it, hence creating a reticule eyepiece. This may not look like much, but here is a photo snapped from my handphone camera...
Of course, it can be modified to fit other eyepieces.
In the light of the unpredictable skies, I don't think I will be walking around with a 10inch dobsonian. This more compact version of the galileo scope will serve as back up, a finder scope in the drier months and I predict it will also draw lots of comments from the public like : "You made a scope?".
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