Making the Oberle Telescope

[@adamstrange9901]

Norm was a great guy. An inspiration to many people.

[@JoshBreakdowns]

Alright it's been 30 years... Is this thing still in operation?

[@tpk7065]

guy build the hubble space telescope in his backyard. legend.

[@anandarochisha]

Wow..what a job. In the process of putting a large scope together..What an undertaking.

[@rdallas81]

please more on this beautiful piece!

[@rdallas81]

no, no, no!!! spray paint? please tell me you will use baffles!!!!!

[@elgrande3934]

I'm building a 29" truss telescope right now. What a job!!

[@ahmarsaeed6085]

My favourite part was the mechanised rooftop!!

[@jtleon7086]

No doubt, through the whole video I am thinking what is the purpose of this room with no roof.

[@nikosorf4250]

are there any pictures taken with this telescope? I would like to know just what a massive telescope like that can accomplish

[@latouselatrec]

You people are so intelligent how could you let her go inside the tube to spray without a respirator

[@jcdova29]

Excellent work sir!!

[@williamwalters3796]

What’s the focal length? How heavy is it? And most importantly what’s the view like?

[@52804345]

What a wonderful looking scope. I'm curious. Does the optical tube have cooling fans for the mirror?

[@alessandrocernuzzi]

Amazing!!! My question is: how do you point it to an object and observe through the eyepiece? Up and down a ladder 1000 times a night? :D

[@SanathKumarSastry]

woooow , this is before i was born :P , good work !!

[@thomaswarner8884]

holy shit, it's not even a dob setup. They actually build a EQ mount for that monster... in 1993. Very very, VERY dedicated people. Amazing...

[@sanmitsanmit85]

Kk

[@shaytan1313]

i may have missed it but what is the tube made from?? great video and i wish i could visit the observatory...

[@danogle9927]

You don't weld fiberglass

[@JasperJanssen]

It looks like cardboard to me in the video. And you may say “wtf”, but hear me out - Sonotube is actually an often-used material in the amateur telescope making community. Sonotubes are manufactured as forms for concrete columns, but they’re pretty strong and dimensionally stable. Also, cheap.

[@DavidRice111]

Sandy was a cutie! Where are the photos of the moon, planets & DSOs available?

[@skoko1945]

When do you start chopping trees down?

[@shakiras3658]

skoko1945 10 months ago "When do you start chopping trees down?" Looking at Google Earth images from 1994 and later, the land that Observatory Park was built upon was land without trees, probably former farmland. The planners did a good job on selecting an appropriate site. All of this was done using private funding. Google "dark sky certification application observatory park." There is a pdf that contains many of the planning details for Observatory Park in Montville, Ohio, such as minimizing light pollution, maximizing energy efficiency, a green roof, and implementation of an ecologically friendly sewage system.

[@KandiKlover]

I made a 67 inch aperture scope once. It was only like 300mm though lmao really brought out the stars in the wide view hahaha-!

[@KandiKlover]

Job Vision it was clear dumbass. Though honestly you can just take a long wide angle dslr exposure on a motor mount and get the same probly

[@cometjockeydave4041]

How to strain your marriage lesson 632: Obtaining, and building large aperture telescopes, spending thousands on eyepieces, and building an observatory, then disappearing off to some star parties after having completely rearranged the backyard to use it to observe.

[@ianexcalibur7096]

Comet Jockey Dave If it puts a strain on a marriage then the woman is not worth it, if he was spending all that money on his Mrs I bet there would be no strain....pump em and dump em!!!! Go MGTOW...

[@dude7etnies]

Make this!

[@cv507]

´´I vvill cäll herr Öbärli persönällie -umbärälläh

[@astrophotonics9470]

Now commercially available at WTF Optics.com lol

[@luisdumuihual1490]

wow

[@dude7etnies]

@crrow777

[@almonzowilder4091]

So ... spray painting the inside of the tube. Can't you get brain damage that way?

[@tubedude54]

Actually you get brain damage from building things like this LOL! I know... I've built 2 telescopes from scratch!

[@almonzowilder4091]

Wow. I came very close to building one and I went back to the thinking about it stage. I'm enjoying my 25X binoculars quite a bit.

[@JasperJanssen]

Almonzo Wilder I mean, health and safety was not top priority back in 1993. But for the most part you’ll probably be okay.