...The tube was a 12in concrete post tube, and we melted, cast and polished and mirrored the main mirror -- completion of the main mirror took almost 3 months. The eye-piece lenses we bought, but we machined the two eye-piece cylinders from PVC tubes. With that telescope we were able to image Jupiter's Red-Spot and see moons transit it! (read more)
...I'm a BYU-Idaho graduate with a bachelors in secondary math education. I love working with students to help them not just get the right answer but to understand why the answer is what it is. I love helping people understand the big picture along with the little details. (read more)