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Tiny Telescope - a pocket sized Dobsonian

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  • Опубликовано: 26 апр 2022
  • Could it be the smallest 4" telescope in the world?
    I build this little Dobsonian as a scale model of my 16" f/4 Propdob. Initially just for fun and for display purpose only, but it appeared to work just fine! I brought it as an extra telescope on one of my observing trips to La Palma, and I made quite a few observation and sketches through it.
    Visit www.roelblog.nl (in Dutch) to find more info.

Комментарии • 83

  • @Obsidian762
    @Obsidian762 2 года назад +33

    Wow! This makes me want to build my own cat sized telescope.

  • @woody5109
    @woody5109 Год назад +20

    Be clear, you can buy them way cheaper then you can build them. However, it’s not always about money, it’s very satisfying and rewarding to build something like this. This guy is a great craftsman, don’t kid yourself, he knows what he’s doing. Great job.

    • @aliceinwonderland8314
      @aliceinwonderland8314 Год назад +3

      I'm not convinced, but it could be my perspective is a bit warped cos I'm in the middle of an engineering degree.
      The biggest issue/cost is likely to be the parabolic mirror at the base and getting it's maths right. The rest of the raw materials look relatively cheap and could easily be made with a bit of carefully planning, drilling, and a hacksaw. I reckon you could make similar for under £200.
      Considering all the truss tube dobsonians I can find start at £800 but are usually a couple thousand, it'd be cost effective. I can find cheaper dobsonians, but they're not collapsible.

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  7 месяцев назад +2

      @@aliceinwonderland8314 Good parabolic mirrors this size are not that expensive. I did not make the mirrors myself, but salvaged them from a Skywatcher table top Dobsonian, those are widely available used for under 100 Euros/Dollars.

    • @lllllsp1d3rlllll
      @lllllsp1d3rlllll 7 месяцев назад +1

      No I looked u can't buy one I need one as a truck driver cous I don't have room in my semi for a telescope

  • @rosaluks644
    @rosaluks644 Год назад +1

    The “scale cat” at the end is a nice touch

  • @MrPixelspin
    @MrPixelspin 2 года назад +2

    Great little telescope. Clever and well made!

  • @edwardhandrich6043
    @edwardhandrich6043 10 месяцев назад

    Brilliant design and it looks amazing.

  • @satyajitbhadraroy7723
    @satyajitbhadraroy7723 2 года назад

    Nicely done. Great show!!

  • @xe1zlgg
    @xe1zlgg Год назад

    I am in love again !!!... with this tiny little scope..

  • @kriseckhardt5148
    @kriseckhardt5148 Год назад +2

    I totally love this! However I have never heard creepier music on the internet!

  • @RazorChrist
    @RazorChrist 2 года назад +3

    I see you found the cat nebula. That dob is adorable! (The cat too)

  • @dirkcornelis5708
    @dirkcornelis5708 2 года назад +8

    Craftsmanship and art. I think I saw a small scope like this when I visited a few years ago.

  • @rosaluks644
    @rosaluks644 Год назад +1

    A telescope video turning into a cat video - nice!

  • @gregwing6409
    @gregwing6409 2 года назад +1

    Amazing job! Cheers-Greg

  • @Luftbubblan
    @Luftbubblan Год назад

    Very nice, love that you built it like a proper full-size one :D

  • @lfcdan1
    @lfcdan1 2 года назад +1

    That's awesome! You're very talented!

  • @blue2824
    @blue2824 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, I love this!

  • @CosmicgirlAstro
    @CosmicgirlAstro 2 года назад +1

    Wow that's Amazing ! I would deffo buy something like this !

  • @tjzambonischwartz
    @tjzambonischwartz 2 года назад +1

    You are truly a mad man.

  • @owenllewellyn5692
    @owenllewellyn5692 4 месяца назад

    I see you aren't biased- you own a dob and a cat. Lovely project.

  • @dienachtwache
    @dienachtwache Год назад

    Amazing, i love it.

  • @nordmende73
    @nordmende73 2 года назад

    Fine Art!

  • @chrisshelton3504
    @chrisshelton3504 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant an beautiful!

  • @fernandodearaujo3694
    @fernandodearaujo3694 2 года назад

    Very cool. Great!

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher 2 года назад

    I have a Zhumell100 F4 tabletop and it is only adjustable by the secondary mirror. Had to use shims to keep it aligned.

  • @stevebrooks6144
    @stevebrooks6144 2 года назад +1

    This is so cool 👍

  • @tarange02
    @tarange02 2 года назад +3

    That’s pretty awesome! If you put a raspberrypi zero and a cam on it, you could stream full HD video on your iPad with that. I think I’ll try that for the summer.

  • @Nottsboy24
    @Nottsboy24 2 года назад

    Pretty cool 👌🔭

  • @ASTROindi
    @ASTROindi 10 месяцев назад

    Good One.

  • @Asifkhan31416
    @Asifkhan31416 2 года назад

    Excellent. 👏👏

  • @Edubarca46
    @Edubarca46 7 месяцев назад +2

    Beautifulo,. Wherer can I buy the kit or where can I get plans to make one?

  • @jonathanhansen3709
    @jonathanhansen3709 3 месяца назад

    Cute little travel scope. 102mm would allow you to track down all the Messier objects if you know where they’re at.

  • @borcz100
    @borcz100 10 месяцев назад

    glorious!

  • @lllllsp1d3rlllll
    @lllllsp1d3rlllll 7 месяцев назад

    You should build these and sell them I would love one just a little bigger there are none on the market I'm a truck driver and I don't have room for a telescope but I love astronomy.

  • @fififilou9966
    @fififilou9966 2 года назад

    Very good 👍👍👏

  • @kiritengineer7506
    @kiritengineer7506 Год назад

    Excellent sir ji

  • @Sergey_Sergeev
    @Sergey_Sergeev 2 года назад

    Cute!

  • @aasifkamaal4507
    @aasifkamaal4507 Год назад

    Awesome

  • @remblankenburgh
    @remblankenburgh 2 года назад

    Geniaal :-)

  • @lllllsp1d3rlllll
    @lllllsp1d3rlllll 7 месяцев назад

    After my research u could of gotten a hole lot more focal length for the same size mirror

  • @hoshizoraclub_
    @hoshizoraclub_ 2 года назад

    今度は小さい!
    工作が正確で丁寧ですね!

  • @joeshmoe7899
    @joeshmoe7899 Год назад +1

    Is this sold on Aliexpress yet?

  • @comunistasuave
    @comunistasuave Год назад

    Omg this music came direct from hell

  • @Astrofrank
    @Astrofrank Год назад

    Cute telescope, could be commercially successful, too.

  • @gazorbpazorbian
    @gazorbpazorbian 2 года назад +2

    OMG I LOVE THIS! I have a CNC, could you share the design so I make one my self? where did you get the mirror! what can you see with it?

    • @chasehorton2324
      @chasehorton2324 Год назад +1

      It's 100 mm aperture and and a 6 inch starter scope is 150mm so its not too bad especially for the size. For the amount of light amplification, binoculars normally have an aperture of 75mm to put it in perspective, so it should be decently better than binoculars.

  • @Gunk8642
    @Gunk8642 8 месяцев назад

    Music sounds much better at 1.5 speed

  • @junglejim7664
    @junglejim7664 Год назад

    How many of the Messier objects has the cat found?

  • @gruffcube
    @gruffcube 2 года назад +2

    420TH SUB LESSSS GOOOOOOOO

  • @MikeWolfs93
    @MikeWolfs93 Год назад

    Grand Prestige +1

  • @ZeeshanKhan-ud4bt
    @ZeeshanKhan-ud4bt Год назад

    Frome where i can buy it

  • @annaoaulinovna
    @annaoaulinovna Год назад

    can you share drawings of parts.

  • @kencur9690
    @kencur9690 2 года назад

    Can you see planets in the Andromeda Galaxy with this?

  • @xe1zlgg
    @xe1zlgg Год назад

    It is possible to buy from you this telescope ?

  • @bridgetfredrick6656
    @bridgetfredrick6656 6 месяцев назад

    Do you ever sell these?

  • @fcostheta5523
    @fcostheta5523 7 месяцев назад

    Could you share the blueprint and how did you find the mirrors?

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  7 месяцев назад

      Sorry. I dont have any blueprints. The mirrors are salvaged from a Skywatcher Virtuoso tabletop Dobsonian.

  • @3DPrinting_And_More2515
    @3DPrinting_And_More2515 Год назад

    I'm curious if it works, there's no pictures.

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  Год назад

      This type of telescope is purely for visual use. Like binoculars it's not designed for photography. Some sketches of objects seen through this telescope can be found here: www.roelblog.nl/2019/11/twee-messiertjes-met-de-summierian-m8-en-m22/

  • @johnnycash4034
    @johnnycash4034 2 года назад

    😂 you have the biggest and the smallest of these. Pretty cool 😎
    Whatever the chances of you sharing the files?
    I'd like to build my kid one.

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  2 года назад +2

      Haha, thanks! I once had a 76mm Dob, but it had an other design...
      I get lots of messages from people asking if I would send them my plans for building a telescope. Even if I would like to, I couldn’t - my “plans” are mostly scribbles, incomplete, messy and totally unusable for anyone but myself. For those who want to use my designs, feel free to do so but please understand that all I can provide are the pictures on this website: www.roelblog.nl

    • @johnnycash4034
      @johnnycash4034 2 года назад +1

      @@Roelarex no worries. Should be easy enough to build from scratch. Thanks for uploading and such. Have a great day

  • @meeponinthbit3466
    @meeponinthbit3466 6 месяцев назад

    I click nerdy videos that have cats in their thumbnails.

  • @user-oz5ek1os1i
    @user-oz5ek1os1i 3 месяца назад

    Это что? Сувенирный телескоп ?

  • @FP-fb6jk
    @FP-fb6jk 2 года назад

    Geweldig, Roel! Gebruik je ‘m ook?

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  2 года назад

      Jazeker! Ik had ik 'm al eens mee naar La Palma als "extra" telescoopje. Dit soort beelden kun je er dan mee zien: www.roelblog.nl/2019/11/schets-pleiaden-boven-de-kraterrand-la-palma/

  • @vietnamastronomicalassocia8189
    @vietnamastronomicalassocia8189 2 года назад

    Do you sell it?

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  2 года назад

      No, I do not sell any of my telescopes...

    • @wordclock707
      @wordclock707 2 года назад +1

      @@Roelarex These would fly off of the shelves. The ultimate functioning desk decoration for telescope geeks, and a great lightweight set-up for camping and backpacking!

  • @lornaz1975
    @lornaz1975 2 года назад

    Are those .965 or 1.25 eyepieces? Not that .965 are bad if they are. Some of the best eyepieces ever made have been that size.

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  2 года назад

      They are 0.965" Japanese orthoscopic eyepieces. Indeed pretty good, but of course with a somewhat limited field of view. I choose a small focuser because it simply looks better: the scope is meant to be a scale model of my 12" Propdob.

    • @lornaz1975
      @lornaz1975 2 года назад

      @@Roelarex I figured it was the simple focuser too. Those .965 focusers sometimes had friction fittings like yours. That is what tipped me off to it being that size. You did a great job. Where did you get the primary mirror?

    • @Roelarex
      @Roelarex  2 года назад +2

      The primary mirror is from a Skywatcher Heritage 100p. It's also a f/4, like the 12". The tiny secondary is from a 76mm Skywatcher Infinity.

    • @lornaz1975
      @lornaz1975 2 года назад

      @@Roelarex Cool! Thanks for showing us!

  • @_stardust62
    @_stardust62 Год назад

    Cats will never work for the police...

  • @techer6374
    @techer6374 2 года назад +1

    Это самая странная музыка, что я слышал :-|

  • @springbloom5940
    @springbloom5940 Год назад

    This is pretty cool, so Im biting my tongue and trying very hard not to be 'that chick', about the very serious technical problems.

  • @ConcealedWeapon
    @ConcealedWeapon 6 месяцев назад

    Nice telescope, but the music is terrible

  • @user-je1cf4ds8g
    @user-je1cf4ds8g 2 месяца назад

    🤭👍🤣гарна ідея! Я думаю що у кожного астронома любителя повинен бути такий телескоп. 🤭😉✌️😆