Segmented mirror telescope designs for Crab pulsar observations and Air Cerenkov Shower Imaging(?)

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Fri, 12/19/2014 - 03:01

I have built a simple segmented mirror telescope using the parabola of a DirecTV dish and mounted a solar panel in the offset feed position.

Here is the dish before I installed the 6 volt panel:

http://imgur.com/EGk38Tu

 

What are some things I can observe with this besides optical pulsars like the crab nebula?

 

Michael Sabino

New AAVSO member