f29pc
professor emeritus
Reged: 05/23/05
Posts: 732
Loc: Maine
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Here is my New To Me MI250 in it's new home, ready to go with My 12" LX200 OTA. I'm planning on tandem setup with my WO 105, but for now, I'm still getting use to the Gemini 4. I will be breaking ground on a 10X12 roll-off in the spring that will give me more room around the setup. Who knows, with more room around the scope, I might even buy and eyepiece!  
Paul
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14" LX200 R OTA
12" LX200 UHTC OTA
WO 105mm APO, 80mm APO, 66mm APO
MI250
Next day air makes every night X-mas eve!
www.burkesobservatory.com
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Moggi1964
Vendor - Astro Laugh
Reged: 11/07/05
Posts: 3636
Loc: Madison. NJ. USA
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Here's my recently acquired NJP with the little scopes on it.
I have a Tandem plate on the way and might be borrowing a larger scope to go on it in a month or two.
The clamshells are too big for each of the scopes I have so they were rigged up with some grippy fabric and hold well (a better solution will be sought - one option is to buy two Takahashi scopes:) )
This is the first time the tripod has EVER touched solid ground.
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Morris
www.astrolaugh.com
Astrosystems Telekit 10" with F/6 JC Wilkinson mirror
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Moggi1964
Vendor - Astro Laugh
Reged: 11/07/05
Posts: 3636
Loc: Madison. NJ. USA
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next one
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Morris
www.astrolaugh.com
Astrosystems Telekit 10" with F/6 JC Wilkinson mirror
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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 1588
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Bob:
These old Cave Observatory mount are beasts! 
You won't be disappointed with the upgrade.
Jeff
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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 1588
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Here it is during my observatory restoration project.
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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 1588
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And finally with the "goods" on top.
Jeff
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1502
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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The C14/CGE ready to go.
David
Nice David!! Is that the Robin Casady CGE saddle I see there???  Did you take the stock saddle off and replace it with the RC? (I know, stupid question!) Or did you put a dovetail on the bottom of the cge saddle and put it in the stock saddle? ALSO I see you replaced the stock dovetail on the C14, is that alot better?
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Pasquale
Encrypted
Reged: 10/12/05
Posts: 2224
Loc: Arifjan, Kuwait
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CGE's, AP's, MI's, ME's, NJP's, I'd love to haul any one of those initials out on my back deck... Beautiful mounts and scopes, folks! It's fun looking at other observers' equipment 
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Pasquale
Go Mariners!
NexStar 9.25 GPS / SkyAlign
Stellarvue SV102ED
WO ZS80FD Anniversary
WO ZS66ED Triplet
Vixen Sphinx SXW
Canon EOS XT/350D, Meade DSI, NexImager
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Jim Easterbrook
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/25/04
Posts: 564
Loc: Surrey, UK (N51.36 W0.25)
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Humble EQ-6, upgraded with William Optics 3" saddle and home made 20lb counterweight, carrying a C9.25 with piggybacked WO ZS66 SD.
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Jim (N51.36 W0.25)
9¼" SCT & 4" Mak. 6" f/5 achro, 80mm f/7.5 apo & 66mm f/5.9 apo refractors.
EQ-6 SkyScan & NexStar 80 mounts. CoolPix 4500 & EOS 350d cameras.
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BYoesle
Post Laureate
Reged: 06/12/04
Posts: 3510
Loc: Washington USA
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These old Cave Observatory mount are beasts!
Hi Jeff -- you're not kidding! Mine, as modified, and on the "transportable pier," weighs in at over 360 lbs. without the OTA(s).
Very nice CAVE restoration and D&G! Just curious, what did your restoration consist of -- did you replace the original drive? It looks very similar to the Mathis (except color) I replaced the original drive on my mount with.
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Bob  diagonally parked in a parallel universe...
Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it.
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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 1588
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Bob:
Thanks.
It's a long story so it's better if I refer you to this link under Observatories:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1977484/page/1/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1
The 10" Mathis drive is "original" in that I scrounged the mount from pieces from various sources including the vendor that made Cave's mounts. The pier, RA, DEC and saddle castings came from a store room at Boston University in 1980, the drive from Mathis. In about 1982, I found the vendor who use to do Cave's mounts and sure enough, he had a bunch of parts laying around that Cave had never paid him for. So we struck a deal and I sent him what I had, minus the pier, ...and a pound of 20's. A few months later he sent me back a beautiful "new" Observatory equatorial head with the Mathis drive, 12" illuminated setting circles and stainles steel shafts, all beautifully crated. Sometimes things work out well.
So the short version is that the drive came with the mount...sort of. It all still works fine too, even after sitting outside for 18 years!
Hope your project goes well and keep us posted, with pictures of course.
Jeff
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Pat G.
sage
Reged: 04/24/03
Posts: 394
Loc: Sunny Southern Ontario
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to a star party to check out equipment. This is a great thread, some beautiful equipment. I think I have to go hide my wallet now, I feel my Visa getting hot. 
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Patrick G
Celestron NS11 GPS
Tele Vue 102
Miyauchi 20x77 binos
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Mike Clemens
Frozen to Eyepiece
Reged: 11/26/05
Posts: 6707
Loc: Alaska, USA
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Oh man, that MI-250 & pier, the tak tripod and the NJP, that big D&G setup, real showstoppers on this page! Did you guys see that NJP for $3500 the other day, what a steal.
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David Pavlich
Transmographied
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 21117
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA
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The C14/CGE ready to go.
David
Nice David!! Is that the Robin Casady CGE saddle I see there??? Did you take the stock saddle off and replace it with the RC? (I know, stupid question!) Or did you put a dovetail on the bottom of the cge saddle and put it in the stock saddle? ALSO I see you replaced the stock dovetail on the C14, is that alot better?
Hey Jon....the Cassady saddle was on it from Paul, who now has the MI250 I had. I had just installed MI's new tip in saddle, so we kind of traded. It's the 250 a few posts before this one. The RC saddle is a simple bolt on addition. Just take the stock saddle off and bolt on the RC saddle.
I like the Losmandy dovetail better than the Celestron dovetail. Just looking at it, you can see it's more solid.
David
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Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 1588
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Mike:
You got that right! I LOVE the MI, Tak and AP stuff. Very elegant looking IMHO and yes, I did see the NJP and yes it was gone before I could sell my first born....again.
How's the TEC 200?!
Jeff
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Moggi1964
Vendor - Astro Laugh
Reged: 11/07/05
Posts: 3636
Loc: Madison. NJ. USA
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Oh man, that MI-250 & pier, the tak tripod and the NJP, that big D&G setup, real showstoppers on this page! Did you guys see that NJP for $3500 the other day, what a steal.
A complete bargain! Someone got a great deal.
I have to say; so did I 
NJP and then some
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Morris
www.astrolaugh.com
Astrosystems Telekit 10" with F/6 JC Wilkinson mirror
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Sky Captain
Metal Whisperer
Reged: 11/07/04
Posts: 10375
Loc: Loc: Loc:
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Just a little "sick" fun. 
4" F15 on the EZT.
Swinging this baby around will put an eye out! 
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Kerry
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Jim7728
Postmaster
Reged: 04/10/05
Posts: 7284
Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC
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Nice missle launcher, Kerry!
Here's my humble Telepod head on a Oberwerks wooden tripod. Surprisingly for me, it's been a versatile work horse setup as I've been able to use it satisfyingly with a PST, TV 76, Genesis SDF and a 120ST. Anti-vibration pads help out with the high power views.
I'll probably add the Sky Tour DSC, somewhere down the line.
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<Jim>15x70-Ultra~TV-85/SM-60~MN-66
Unistar Deluxe~Unimount Light~DM-6
 
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Sky Captain
Metal Whisperer
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Posts: 10375
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Nice missle launcher, Kerry!
Thanks Jim.
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I'll probably add the Sky Tour DSC, somewhere down the line.
Jim, will the Sky Tour DSC help you find the Sun when using the PST? 
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Kerry
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Jim7728
Postmaster
Reged: 04/10/05
Posts: 7284
Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC
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I'll probably add the Sky Tour DSC, somewhere down the line.
Jim, will the Sky Tour DSC help you find the Sun when using the PST?
I knew that was coming. 
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<Jim>15x70-Ultra~TV-85/SM-60~MN-66
Unistar Deluxe~Unimount Light~DM-6
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