Hill's Space

Meniscus mirror after one and two hours of grinding 12" meniscus mirror: Cool Channels Meniscus Mirror: Grinding start! 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Telescope Making: Remember to Measure your Owls 8" Telescope Making: Draw The Rest of the Owl 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: So close... 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: So close... Meniscus mirror: grinding tool making attempt 2 Meniscus Mirror: Making a Grinding Tool, Attempt 1 Meniscus mirror: draping success! 8" Mirror Grinding: At the finish line for the third time 8" Mirror Grinding: At the finish line for the third time Meniscus mirror: The power of teamwork! Meniscus mirror mold attempt #5: success! Meniscus mirror mold attempt #4 8" Mirror Grinding: Seeing Flaws 8" Mirror Grinding: Seeing Flaws Free Mirror?? Check check 1 2 3 SUN CANNON: ASSEMBLED The rock displeased me so I set it on fire Meniscus mirror attempt #3: OH NO Meniscus mirror attempt #3: I'M A GENIUS 12" Meniscus mirror mold attempt #3 8" Parabolizing attempt #2: Abort... 8" Parabolizing attempt #2: Abort... 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror grinding: Parabolization #1 8" Mirror grinding: Parabolization #1 8" mirror grinding: SPHERICAL ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE 8" mirror grinding: SPHERICAL ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE Mirror grinding update Mirror grinding update 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power A Ronchi Test Infographic: How to read my funny red stripe pictures A Ronchi Test Infographic: How to read my funny red stripe pictures 8" mirror grinding: yahoo! 8" mirror grinding: yahoo! Current mirror progress: March 1 edition Current mirror progress: March 1 edition Setting things on fire Meniscus mirror mold attempt #2 Current mirror progress Current mirror progress Grinding continues Grinding continues The Art Of Figuring The Art Of Figuring 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth It's mirror time It's mirror time My gearbox finally has gears in it Gearbox has some decent progress Gearbox design going... okay First gearbox test The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Cracked a Black Hole Grabbing Gears Oops, pifinder actually wasn't done Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils Pifinder is almost pifinding! Maybe this camera will make the pifinder see stars Circle cutting: Failure A friendly older guy helped me use his shopbot A friendly older guy helped me use his shopbot Adjusting for mirror size Secondary mirror get! I tested my donated mirror I tested my donated mirror Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun An incredibly generous donation An incredibly generous donation I think I figured out why the pifinder recommends you use a beefy raspberry pi 3. oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder Possible telescope upgrades

12" meniscus mirror: Cool Channels Meniscus Mirror: Grinding start! The planets... There's two of them 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Telescope Making: Remember to Measure your Owls 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? Meniscus mirror: draping success! WHOOOAAAAAAA COOOOOOL Check check 1 2 3 SUN CANNON: ASSEMBLED Half Moon The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Observing amongst the salt thieves The galaxies are aligned!! THE STARS ARE ALIGNED The stars are not aligned Those galaxies are just too darn faint Oops, pifinder actually wasn't done Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils Pifinder is almost pifinding! Circle cutting: Failure My first Orion nebula! Adjusting for mirror size Secondary mirror get! M13, the great hercules cluster Annular eclipse today! I GOT THE RING NEBULA Telescope update: I tested my donated mirror I tested my donated mirror Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun An incredibly generous donation An incredibly generous donation ANDROMEDA GALAXY CORE Dumb telescope idea: liquid mirrors I think I figured out why the pifinder recommends you use a beefy raspberry pi 3. oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder Possible telescope upgrades JUPITER BELTS JUPITER BELTS Uploaded my telescope mount to Printables On the Night of the True Enemy, I tried to find the ring nebula! Attacking vibration in Hill Mount v3 Oh my god there's so many stars in this galaxy Brightnesses are cursed Which 3D model takes less material to print? I saw a meteor! Only bad space today, said the sky An idea for better images Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy! Pictures from My 3D Printed Telescope, with Mount v3 Maybe it wasn't the cheap filament's fault Telescope mount v3 is half printed Telescope mount v3 is printing! Here's a cool cutaway of how I'm holding the rods in place Gas giants, wooden wobbles Built part of it Another Way Forward A new rod challenger Telescope mount v2: complete! Telescope mount V2 construction begins! Triforce of Space It didn't work My telescope mount prototype is finished printing! Designing a new mount Moon Nyoom Telescope upgrade 2: Electrical tape and openocular phone mount One imposter remains

WHOOOAAAAAAA COOOOOOL 8" Parabolizing attempt #2: Abort... 8" Parabolizing attempt #2: Abort... 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror grinding: Parabolization #1 8" Mirror grinding: Parabolization #1 8" mirror grinding: SPHERICAL ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE 8" mirror grinding: SPHERICAL ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power A Ronchi Test Infographic: How to read my funny red stripe pictures A Ronchi Test Infographic: How to read my funny red stripe pictures The Art Of Figuring The Art Of Figuring 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth The galaxies are aligned!! My first Orion nebula! A friendly older guy helped me use his shopbot A friendly older guy helped me use his shopbot Adjusting for mirror size Secondary mirror get! M13, the great hercules cluster Annular eclipse today! I GOT THE RING NEBULA Telescope update: I tested my donated mirror I tested my donated mirror Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun An incredibly generous donation An incredibly generous donation ANDROMEDA GALAXY CORE Dumb telescope idea: liquid mirrors oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder Possible telescope upgrades JUPITER BELTS JUPITER BELTS On the Night of the True Enemy, I tried to find the ring nebula! Attacking vibration in Hill Mount v3 Oh my god there's so many stars in this galaxy Brightnesses are cursed I saw a meteor! Only bad space today, said the sky A rabbit hole of bluetooth An idea for better images Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy! Pictures from My 3D Printed Telescope, with Mount v3 Telescope mount v3: Complete! Maybe it wasn't the cheap filament's fault Telescope mount v3 is printing! Here's a cool cutaway of how I'm holding the rods in place Gas giants, wooden wobbles Another Way Forward A new rod challenger Telescope mount v2: complete! Telescope mount V2 construction begins! Triforce of Space It didn't work My telescope mount prototype is finished printing! Designing a new mount Telescope upgrade 2: Electrical tape and openocular phone mount Telescope upgrade 1: basket Today I learned about Living Newspapers

Meniscus mirror after one and two hours of grinding 12" meniscus mirror: Cool Channels Meniscus Mirror: Grinding start! 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Mirror: actually done! 8" Telescope Making: Remember to Measure your Owls 8" Telescope Making: Draw The Rest of the Owl 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: Done?? 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: So close... 8" Telescope Mirror Parabolizing: So close... Meniscus mirror: grinding tool making attempt 2 Meniscus Mirror: Making a Grinding Tool, Attempt 1 Meniscus mirror: draping success! 8" Mirror Grinding: At the finish line for the third time 8" Mirror Grinding: At the finish line for the third time 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror Parabolizing: Oh No Not Again 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE 8" Mirror Grinding Update: ALMOST THERE 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power 8" Mirror grinding: Flower Power 8" mirror grinding: yahoo! 8" mirror grinding: yahoo! 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic 8" mirror Polishing, part 4: Seeing by Standing on the Shoulders of Plastic Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 Meniscus mirror mold, attempt #2 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 3: First Strokes 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 2: Curveball Pitch 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth 8" Mirror Polishing, Part 1: The Power of Teeth The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Cracked a Black Hole Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder

Goodbye Mars! Leavitt's First Light The planets... There's two of them It's M42! Half Moon The galaxies are aligned!! THE STARS ARE ALIGNED The stars are not aligned Those galaxies are just too darn faint My first Orion nebula! M13, the great hercules cluster I GOT THE RING NEBULA ANDROMEDA GALAXY CORE JUPITER BELTS JUPITER BELTS On the Night of the True Enemy, I tried to find the ring nebula! Oh my god there's so many stars in this galaxy Only bad space today, said the sky Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy! Pictures from My 3D Printed Telescope, with Mount v3 Gas giants, wooden wobbles A new rod challenger Moon Nyoom Telescope upgrade 2: Electrical tape and openocular phone mount Telescope upgrade 1: basket

Meniscus mirror after one and two hours of grinding 12" meniscus mirror: Cool Channels Meniscus Mirror: Grinding start! Meniscus mirror: grinding tool making attempt 2 Meniscus Mirror: Making a Grinding Tool, Attempt 1 Meniscus mirror: draping success! Meniscus mirror: The power of teamwork! Meniscus mirror mold attempt #5: success! Meniscus mirror mold attempt #4 The rock displeased me so I set it on fire Meniscus mirror attempt #3: OH NO Meniscus mirror attempt #3: I'M A GENIUS 12" Meniscus mirror mold attempt #3 Setting things on fire Meniscus mirror mold attempt #2 The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Cracked a Black Hole

Pifinder: complete! Pifinder is almost pifinding! Maybe this camera will make the pifinder see stars Adjusting for mirror size Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun Printing for the 8\" telescope has begun Dumb telescope idea: liquid mirrors Attacking vibration in Hill Mount v3 Telescope mount v3: Complete! Telescope mount v3 is printing! Telescope mount v2: complete! Telescope mount V2 construction begins! Triforce of Space Designing a new mount

12" meniscus mirror: Cool Channels The planets... There's two of them Hey, an aurora! There may be a bug in my image stacking code WHOOOAAAAAAA COOOOOOL SUN CANNON: ASSEMBLED Half Moon THE STARS ARE ALIGNED M13, the great hercules cluster Annular eclipse today! ANDROMEDA GALAXY CORE JUPITER BELTS JUPITER BELTS Only bad space today, said the sky Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy!

Hey, an aurora! Observing amongst the salt thieves My first Orion nebula! ANDROMEDA GALAXY CORE Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy! Pictures from My 3D Printed Telescope, with Mount v3 Gas giants, wooden wobbles Moon Nyoom Telescope upgrade 2: Electrical tape and openocular phone mount Telescope upgrade 1: basket rocket today

The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Oops, pifinder actually wasn't done Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils Pifinder is almost pifinding! Maybe this camera will make the pifinder see stars I think I figured out why the pifinder recommends you use a beefy raspberry pi 3. oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder Possible telescope upgrades

First gearbox test Oops, pifinder actually wasn't done Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder this intro to synths guide tells you how to build circuit boards WITH A PAINTBRUSH

Oops, pifinder actually wasn't done Pifinder: complete! Pifinder Perils Pifinder is almost pifinding! oh yeah, I'm making a pifinder this intro to synths guide tells you how to build circuit boards WITH A PAINTBRUSH

My gearbox finally has gears in it Gearbox has some decent progress Gearbox design going... okay First gearbox test The Jan 2024 Telescope Shenanigan List Grabbing Gears

Editing attempt 1 There may be a bug in my image stacking code WHOOOAAAAAAA COOOOOOL Check check 1 2 3 SUN CANNON: ASSEMBLED

Not Real Numbers Pifinder Perils I'M MAD AT AMERICAN PIPES How Microprocessors Make Music

It's M42! The Art Of Figuring The Art Of Figuring

Goodbye Mars! I'M MAD AT AMERICAN PIPES Aiming

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Telescope mount v3: Complete! Telescope mount v3 is printing! Here's a cool cutaway of how I'm holding the rods in place

Gearbox design going... okay

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Brightnesses are cursed Ionic Liquids

An incredibly generous donation An incredibly generous donation