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Here are a few pictures of Sky Valley Telescopes

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Don Foley's 24.25" and our 17.5" Rotating Tube Telescopes.

 

 

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Don Foley's scope with Tech 2000 Drive.

 

 

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Don and Barb at the Table Mountain Star Party.

 

 

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Don's new 6" F4 finder scope.

 

 

Our 17.5" Rotating Tube Telescope with mirror refigured by Swayze Optical.

 

 

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Jim Bielaga's 13.1".  This scope is seen at many star parties. Jim works with Rex's Astro Stuff. For a schedule of star parties where you can see this scope go to my links page.

 

 

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Upper cage of Jim's 13.1".

 

 

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Tech 2000 Drive installed on Dr. James Hermann's 18".

 

 

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Chris Mach's Ultralight Cubed.

 

 

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Ultralight Cubed ready for storage or travel.

 

 

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Detail shot of Ultralight upper cage.

 

 

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Bob Rainey's 18" Ultralight Cube "TOYS"

 

 

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Bob setting the scope up.

 

 

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Bob's scope set up.

 

 

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Even an Ultralight can be heavy in the larger sizes. Bob's answer is a portable collapsable forklift.

 

 

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Oak Veneer Tubes, 8"x48" and custom 5.5"x48".

 

 

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John Peak's 14.5" Ultralight Cube.

 

 

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Gary Woods' 14.5" Ultralight optical assembly.

 

 

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Mirror cell for Ed Locke's 12.5" rotator.

 

 

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Ed Locke's 12.5" Rotating Tube Telescope.

 

 

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Rick Redfields new 16" Rotating Tube Scope.

 

 

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Rick's scope has a carbon fiber upper cage and a Tech 2000 drive system.

 

 

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A close up of the rotator assembly.

 

 

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Bijan Goodarzi's new Ultralight Cube also has a Tech 2000 drive.   The first cube that has it and the last as this is the last scope I am building.

 

 

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Assembly directions for an Ultralight Cube.  This scope is available for sale on the Available Scopes Page as of 2/2/07

 

For More Information email:

info@skyvalleyscopes.com

Ken Ward

Sky Valley Scopes

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