Improve the Performance of Your Dobsonian

Improve the Performance of Your Dobsonian | High Point Scientific

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Apertura Dobsonians offer great performance out of the box, and now Apertura is taking it one step further with this multi-faceted performance upgrade kit! Get the most out of your Dobsonian telescope so you can spend more time viewing the night sky and less time worrying about collimation or stray light.
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@AzimuthAviation Жыл бұрын

I've gone down the road of fine tuning an 8" newtonian and this kit will improve your experience with your telescope. Flocking does improve contrast at the eyepiece and the springs and knobs will improve collimation task. In my case I insulated the entire OTA with 3mm foam inside then overlaid 65# flocking paper for contrast and tube current control. I then modified the primary cell to a clipless 6 point suspension that removed off axis diffraction effects with bright stars in the field of view. This kit is a good intro to "hot rodding" your telescope!

@will5430 Жыл бұрын

Just got the ad8 in the mail Friday from you guys and assembled tonight. I’ll be installing these upgrades tomorrow and then gifting it to my girlfriend this weekend as her first scope. Looking forward to enjoying the skies with her. The more I watch videos and mess with the scope, the more I’m getting into it myself!

@charlesburks3988 Жыл бұрын

Excellent idea. I did my my entire tube focus tube. Any where I saw a reflection of "flash light" even cut off primary mirror clips that over hungover the mirror. I DO NOT RECOMMEND. But it improved 100% I could tell it was well worth the effort. A complete dismantle was required.

@Stephen-gp8yi Жыл бұрын

Great scope I decided on the stellalyra 8 dob compared to the skywatcher as it has a right angled finder a fan and superior eyepieces and it’s a bit cheaper!

@johnmorrell 8 ай бұрын

Great video. It may have been better for the secondary mirror to wrap it in a silk cloth or something similar to prevent your hand accidentally touching the mirror while manoeuvring the flocking paper around. Or just remove the secondary altogether.

@greasygoblin3541 Жыл бұрын

Just finished my upgrades. Overall it went pretty smooth. I messed up the flocking a little bit. I didn’t see the smaller piece of paper inside the roll that was intended for the secondary mirror and instead assumed it was just one big roll that you cut pieces from. The result was I didn’t have enough material to fully encompass the primary mirror. I ended up using the smaller sheet of material to fill in the gap I was missing. It’s a little janky. I’m hoping I didn’t do anything to damage the OTA functionally. I haven’t had a chance to test it out since upgrading the components.

@LeeeB0 Жыл бұрын

wish you also made a goto upgrade kit

@timothybales8428 Жыл бұрын

Be nice if High Point sold a complete roll of flocking to cover the whole inside of the OTA.

@timothybales8428 Жыл бұрын

Will this kit work for the Celestron 10 inch Dob.Or is this manufactured brand specific?

@vicamaral Жыл бұрын

I done better job flocking the hole tube, remover the main mirror and painted matt black, also did it to secondary mirror painted and flocking paper to. and painted the focuser draw tube, and many focusers have a straw light leak watch out for does.

@junesondrab3833 7 ай бұрын

What would it take to make this a go to system?

@iceworm8566 Жыл бұрын

Informative video. Thank you !

@Martillo_de_Dios Жыл бұрын

So,.. these new springs, are better than the original that came with the Dob??

@highpointscientific Жыл бұрын

Hi Martillo, Yes! They are "stronger" meaning collimation will shift less as you move the scope from target to target. In addition to this, collimation will last longer as your view through the night and will not need to be adjusted as often.

@ericdoty1520 11 ай бұрын

Hey I’ve just installed the flocking material, and I noticed when I removed the lower mirror it had a lot of dust on it. Is there a way to safely clean it, or should I just not worry about it?

@Sharpless2 10 ай бұрын

Most of the time you dont have to worry about it. However, if there is so much dust on the mirror that reflectivity is reduced by a fair amount when shining a flashlight at it, its time for cleaning. There are videos on how to do this here on youtube. Youll need at least 3-4 liters of distilled water, 50-100 cotton balls, a tiny bit of normal dish soap and if possible a dust blower (those bulb shaped rubber things). Here is what i do: (Make sure to definitely use distilled water!!) 1. The most important step: Rinse the mirror with distilled water so that any hard particles are washed off BEFORE cleaning. You could end up scratching the mirror if you dont do this. 2. Plug your sink, put a small towel on the bottom of your sink and carefully put your mirror (either with or without the cell, doesnt matter) on the towel. Submerge it in distilled water just enough that there is 1-2mm of water on the mirror. Let it soak in the water for 1-2 minutes to soften up any debris so it doesnt scratch your mirror. 3. Put 1-2 drops of dish soap on the mirror, take a cotton ball and start dragging it in a straight line across the mirror WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE AT ALL. Use 1 cotton ball per stroke. Always do straight lines and never use a cotton ball twice. 4. Once you did this to the whole mirror once, drain the water, rinse the mirror and put new water in. Repeat this process until the mirror is clean. Once done, drain the water and rinse the mirror a final time. 5. Take your dust blower and very carefully blow away any remaining water withouth ever touching the mirror surface. If you how have a blower and cant get one, rinse with small amounts of distilled water so the droplets are carried away from the water stream. Ideally you dont want any droplets dry on your mirror because even when using distilled water there will be white spots. 6. Carefully put mirror back into the tube and start collimating. Dont be scared of cleaning your mirrors, just be careful and treat it like you would a newborn. Clear skies!