{"id":5044,"date":"2013-10-24T17:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2013-10-29T05:35:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T05:35:15","slug":"amateur-astronomer-building-telescope-with-1-8-meter-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5044","title":{"rendered":"Amateur astronomer building telescope with 1.8 meter mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Truck driver and amateur astronomer Mike Clements is building a telescope with a 1.8 meter (70 in) mirror he got as surplus from a government auction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?sid=27301024\" target=\"_d\">Utahn sets record by building world&#8217;s largest amateur telescope &#8211; ksl.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jaysastronomyobservingblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/mike-clements-70-inch-reflector.html\" target=\"_d\">Mike Clements 70 inch Reflector &#8211; Jay&#8217;s Astronomical Observing Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?sid=22987812&amp;fm=related_story&amp;s_cid=article-related-1\" target=\"_d\">Steel beams and a giant mirror: how a Utahn is creating a galactic first &#8211; ksl.com &#8211; Nov.15.12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a fun TV news video about Clements from last year:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/api\/jwplayer\/player.php?file=http:\/\/media.ksl.com\/Bkbzl5NjrtfFy413w-aLOLA55qfZv-P5.mp4&amp;image=http:\/\/media.ksl.com\/Bkbzl5NjrtfFy413w-aLOLA55qfZv-P5.jpg&amp;width=500&amp;height=281\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here is their updated report from this week:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/api\/jwplayer\/player.php?file=http:\/\/media.ksl.com\/1382156999-508828604.mp4&amp;image=http:\/\/media.ksl.com\/1382156999-508828604.jpg&amp;width=500&amp;height=281\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Via the comments comes this pointer to the company supplying Clements with the spray system to silver the mirror: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/angelgilding.com\/Mike_Clements.html\" target=\"_d\">Mike Clements \u00a0&#8211; Angel Gilding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/angelgilding.com\/Mike_Clements.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/angelgilding.com\/media\/cgallery\/ClementsMike.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truck driver and amateur astronomer Mike Clements is building a telescope with a 1.8 meter (70 in) mirror he got as surplus from a government auction: Utahn sets record by building world&#8217;s largest amateur telescope &#8211; ksl.com Mike Clements 70 inch Reflector &#8211; Jay&#8217;s Astronomical Observing Blog Steel beams and a giant mirror: how a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5044\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amateur astronomer building telescope with 1.8 meter mirror<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-diy-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2201,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2201","url_meta":{"origin":5044,"position":0},"title":"Grote Reber inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader points me to the news that Grote Reber, a ham radio operator and amateur astronomer, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the radio telescope: Grote Reber Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame - Susquehanna Astronomical Society Invent Now |\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.invent.org\/2013induction\/reber_lr.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3992,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3992","url_meta":{"origin":5044,"position":1},"title":"Video: Advice on selecting a telescope","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Slashdot technology forum site posted this two part introduction to telescopes for amateur astronomy: Bruce Berger is an IT guy, but he's also an amateur astronomer who takes at least one aspect of astronomy more seriously than most sky-watchers. 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