I'm 17 years old and just finished building this 14.7" f/2.89 Newtonian reflector telescope. Despite its stubby size it collects roughly 2500 times more light than the human eye and is bigger than the scope at my local observatory.
".. bigger than the scope at my local observatory."
That's a pretty damn good science flex if I ever saw one.
Edit: My first award, thanks stranger! But if anyone feels like they want to give any awards, give it to the man of the post because he definitely deserves it!
You're telling me that the person who runs the best telescope review site on the web and who writes the r/telescopes recommendations, as well as builds their own amazing telescopes, is only 17?!
Lunatik21 on March 29th, 2020 at 21:24 UTC »
".. bigger than the scope at my local observatory."
That's a pretty damn good science flex if I ever saw one.
Edit: My first award, thanks stranger! But if anyone feels like they want to give any awards, give it to the man of the post because he definitely deserves it!
Lewri on March 29th, 2020 at 21:27 UTC »
You're telling me that the person who runs the best telescope review site on the web and who writes the r/telescopes recommendations, as well as builds their own amazing telescopes, is only 17?!
jamie_zips on March 29th, 2020 at 21:30 UTC »
I had absolutely no idea one could build a telescope of this size and scale at home, but this is awesome! Just, like whoa, incredible, man.