6 Inch Newtonian Telescope

Update Jan.29/2021 All my Thingiverse tips are donated to children's charities, so I want to thank those of you who have provided support, and been so enthusiastic! I hope to update this particular model in summer 2021 (this was just the result of a quick hack! If I'd known it was going to be so popular I would have done a much better job). There are some great remixes already emerging that you might want to check out in the mean time! Thanks everyone.

Update Jan.01/2021 Posted Fusion 360 Files for those that have requested them. Enjoy.

Update Dec.28/2020 Improved 4" (102mm) Telescope: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4700213

This is a prototype design using a 6" primary mirror and a 35mm secondary.

There are adapters for 20mm and 32mm eyepieces. I may add additional sizes in future but are easy enough to model yourself.

The telescope uses standard 20mm extruded aluminum for the rails and a combination of 1/4-20 (M6 should also work), M5, and M4 hardware as well as