Astronomical Telescope - "Hadley" - an easy assembly, high performance Newtonian reflector/ planetary telescope

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DO NOT POINT THIS AT THE SUN, IT WILL LITERALLY MELT YOUR CORNEA News ======================== ### **Featured in Sky and Telescope** ### **There are kits to streamline the build process: Get your screw+spring+mirror+eyepiece all in one place at [Kissner-Optik](https://kissner-optik.netlify.app/)** ### Please check in for up-dates from time to time, on the [printables page](https://www.printables.com/model/224383-hadley-an-easy-assembly-high-performance-newtonian). which has more comprehensive notes, more remixes and very responsive support. That page is simply much easier to maintain. ### **There are now a ton of remixes available including different focusers and printed mounts! Check out the printables page for more.** ### Metric users, there is support in the remixes on the [printables page!](https://www.printables.com/model/224383-hadley-an-easy-assembly-high-performance-newtonian). Meet Hadley: =================================== Hadley is a very performant telescope that - after printing - should be as easy as IKEA furniture to assemble. Just screws and glue. The mission here is to make an attractive alternative to the shoddy, hard to use "hobby-killer" scopes in the $100-200 range. It still needs a mount (basic woodworking or a beanbag, or even a sturdy clamping tripod for now), but it performs intuitively and flawlessly. "Hadley" is a 114/900mm reflector with a spherical primary, effectively a perfect parabola at this size. This is the natural evolution of my previous project, a 6" F/8, made with handmade, hand-me-down optics and much more complicated to assemble. "PLAnetkiller" was personal and hard to build; The "Hadley" arose as a quest for accessibility, practicality and replicability. UP NEXT: A print-able stand/mount for this. MODS FOR HADLEY ARE FREELY AVAILABLE ON MY PRINTABLES. (I will add them here too, it's just less easy on this site)