Astronomical Telescope "Hadley" – an easy assembly, high performance Newtonian

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You can now purchase screw/mirror kits at Kissner Optik.Official Discord server here. New instruction manual is here! See “other files.”I recommend the Hill Mount, Marci Mount or EMT remix over the one featured here. Wooden ones still are the best, but these pipe mounts are excellent, especially paired with a wooden friction bearing.Metric users: click here, and see other remixes.Lastly, never point one of these at the sun - it can melt your eyes. The initial wave of support/adoption has been overwhelming - I've confirmed hundreds of separate Hadley's out in the wild, and napkin math suggests roughly 3000 more than that. Thank you. Early adopters: Please check in from time to time. I am revising this based on user feedback. Immediate plans include proper non-wooden mount options. Meet Hadley.Hadley is a very performant telescope that - after printing - should be as easy as IKEA furniture to assemble. Just screws and glue.Building a telescope is the best way to learn how one works.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 functions equally well as a terrestrial scope (great for bird-watching) or a slow (f8) zoom lens for a camera - but it really shines in its primary purpose, which is for visual and photographic astronomy on planets and the moon. It is my hope that by releasing this, more people will find an open door to planetary observation and entry level astrophotography. CHANGELOGS:Updated UTA to have better pocketsUploaded a new LTA with the knob array rotated. This is for clearance with larger knobs.Took an axe to the directions here. Please see the attached PDF instead.Added instruction manual v0Added better knobs, other tweaks20...