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LivingNDixie
Lord of Ferrets

Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 15798
Loc: Hoover, AL

Post a Picture of your CAT...
#867711 - 03/13/06 05:15 PM Attachment (1306 downloads)

... and no I don't mean the kind with four legs, fur and a tail.

This is an 8in LX200. It gets used quite a bit and now has a new hand paddle comming because its owner dropped the one he has and its now has some issues. Other than the hand paddle, this scope has been great, its previous owner was our own John Crilly. My wife has learned not to trust packages comming from Ohio

Edited by LivingNDixie (03/13/06 05:17 PM)

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Chris G
Post Laureate

Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 4027

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#867729 - 03/13/06 05:25 PM

"Virgil"

Oh man you meant scopes, I shoulda read closer!!!

Ok, I'll post the Beast later, also a John Crilly cast off!!!

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"Ain't nothin' Human 'bout the Human Race"

Edited by Chris G (03/13/06 05:28 PM)

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NeoDinian
Experienced Postmaster

Reged: 10/05/05
Posts: 12073
Loc: Rockford Illinois

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: Chris G]
#867751 - 03/13/06 05:39 PM Attachment (1125 downloads)

LX200 10"... Only seen the light of night 4 times since November.

Makes a GREAT coat rack though... And the wife thinks it looks like a Robot at night in the corner.

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Neo... (Jeff)
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10" LX200-GPS/SMT UHTC "Draco"

Rockford, Il.

NeoDinian's Eye on the Sky!

Coming soon:

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John_Gillies
Vendor - Earthwin Optical

Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 1385
Loc: Ontario, Canada

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#867773 - 03/13/06 05:58 PM Attachment (1115 downloads)

12" LX200GPS...

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John Gillies
12” LX200 GPS / Double Stacked PST
EarthWin Optical PFS-D Binoviewer System(s)
Skywatcher ST 80, 102 & 120

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LivingNDixie
Lord of Ferrets

Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 15798
Loc: Hoover, AL

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: John_Gillies]
#867788 - 03/13/06 06:08 PM

John,
I think you need a another refractor to mount on top of the OTA

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Preston

Celestron 11" Nexstar GPS XLT
Lunt LS60T/Ha 60mm f/8.33 (on order)

It’s not finishing something when your tank is empty that makes you a stronger person. It’s brushing yourself off and refacing the foe that defeated you with the same determination and willingness to fight that you had when you began your journey.

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John Jarosz
I'm being watched...

Reged: 04/25/04
Posts: 2193
Loc: Chicago area, IL

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#867831 - 03/13/06 06:28 PM Attachment (1111 downloads)

This is the only CAT I have.

It seems most of you (the other forums as well) keep your scopes in your living areas. There's no way on earth I'd be able to do that.

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Of course, I've taken over the garage so I suppose I shouldn't.

John

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6" F4.6(w/Paracorr) GEM reflector, 8" F11 Dall Relay Scope
6" F5 RFT Refractor, Garrett Gemini 20x80 LW

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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie again

Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 22472
Loc: NE Ohio

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: John Jarosz]
#867849 - 03/13/06 06:39 PM Attachment (1144 downloads)

Here's my current pair of cats.

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John C
Urban Observatory
Tele Vue Pronto
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 152ED F/9 "APO"
152mm F/10 achromat
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
LXD750, EM-200, CI-700
ST-10XME

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bierbelly
Postmaster

Reged: 01/23/04
Posts: 5435
Loc: Sterling, VA

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: jrcrilly]
#868082 - 03/13/06 08:49 PM Attachment (999 downloads)

You've seen this.

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12" DSH
8" f/4 Vega MakNewt
6" MN66
TV85

Edited by bierbelly (03/13/06 08:56 PM)

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camvan
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 05/02/05
Posts: 2086
Loc: British Columbia

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: bierbelly]
#868248 - 03/13/06 10:22 PM

man...I only have one word to say after looking at these scopes!

'MEOW!!!'

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Cameron
"Aperture can only be replaced by even more aperture. Dark transparent skies cannot be replaced by anything else." - Stathis Kafalis

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celestial_search
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 11/18/04
Posts: 2286
Loc: Iowa, USA

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#868374 - 03/13/06 11:38 PM

Well, the response so far is nowhere the same as the show your scope pics in the reflector and refractor forum.

Well, we all know that is SCT is what a telescope is supposed to look like anyway.

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Frank

C-11 XLT
8" f/6 Newt on GEM
Tak FS-102II
SV 80L Triplet APO
Orion Mak 127mm
EQ-6 Mount on pier in backyard observatory
CG-5 AS (GOTO)
Surveyor's tripod/Hercules single-arm alt-az mount
SBIG ST-5C CCD and Canon Digital Rebel XT
Oberwerk 15X70s and Pentax 10X21s

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bginaz
sage

Reged: 12/15/04
Posts: 309

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: celestial_search]
#868617 - 03/14/06 05:42 AM

8" LX200GPS

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Brian G
Carlsbad NM

JC Penny 7x35
Pentax 10x50
Miyauchi 20/26/37x100

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stuart
super member

Reged: 11/09/03
Posts: 121
Loc: Australia

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: bginaz]
#868623 - 03/14/06 06:04 AM Attachment (634 downloads)

10"LX200

Edited by stuart (03/14/06 06:06 AM)

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Jim Chung
super member

Reged: 12/07/05
Posts: 115

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: stuart]
#868642 - 03/14/06 06:48 AM Attachment (918 downloads)

Here'e my Cat, I'm so fond of my cat that I use my TV refractor as a finderscope for it!

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Canon 20D wo IR filter, SXVH9 & QHY8 CCD
Vixen Great Polaris DX with Meade LXD motors and 497 GOTO
AstroPhysics 400 GTO
AstroPhysics 105mm Traveler
Vixen white C8 SCT!

Edited by Jim Chung (03/14/06 06:49 AM)

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John_Gillies
Vendor - Earthwin Optical

Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 1385
Loc: Ontario, Canada

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#868656 - 03/14/06 07:22 AM

Quote:

John,
I think you need a another refractor to mount on top of the OTA

Those are refractors? I thought they were counter weights!

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John Gillies
12” LX200 GPS / Double Stacked PST
EarthWin Optical PFS-D Binoviewer System(s)
Skywatcher ST 80, 102 & 120

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Clive Gibbons
Mostly Harmless

Reged: 05/26/05
Posts: 10369
Loc: Oort Cloud

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#868776 - 03/14/06 09:20 AM Attachment (919 downloads)

Just to dilute the Meade monopoly...

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A few telescopes of dubious value.
Understanding wife and three curious cats.

"Semper ubi sub ubi"

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BradH
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 06/19/04
Posts: 1008
Loc: Spencer, Indiana

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: Clive Gibbons]
#868868 - 03/14/06 10:31 AM Attachment (751 downloads)

Here is mine CAT

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AP 140mm f7.5 StarFire
AP 900 GTO
PST goto Meade DS mount
Mallincam Hyper Color Plus
Skyshed

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LLEEGE
Running out of Oxygen

Reged: 03/03/05
Posts: 6859
Loc: Cloud-chester,NY

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: BradH]
#868895 - 03/14/06 10:51 AM

The old:

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AP900,LXD75
AP140EDF, TSA102, ZS80EDII
SN6-OTA, C8-OTA
Canon 20D, 350Hutech
PST, Lunt LD60T/DS (on order)

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LLEEGE
Running out of Oxygen

Reged: 03/03/05
Posts: 6859
Loc: Cloud-chester,NY

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LLEEGE]
#868898 - 03/14/06 10:52 AM

The new:

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AP900,LXD75
AP140EDF, TSA102, ZS80EDII
SN6-OTA, C8-OTA
Canon 20D, 350Hutech
PST, Lunt LD60T/DS (on order)

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NorthCoast
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/05/04
Posts: 2195
Loc: Westerville, Ohio, U.S.A.

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LLEEGE]
#869471 - 03/14/06 04:48 PM

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Mark

Hold the "Alt Key" and type 248 on the number pad for °

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Flying_Fox
sage

Reged: 09/12/05
Posts: 272
Loc: Halifax, NS Canada

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#869552 - 03/14/06 05:47 PM Attachment (719 downloads)

Two cats - one on three legs, one on four.

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Nick

Celestron NexStar 8i SE XLT (with Ray's Bracket) on Heavy-Duty tripod
Stellarvue F50 finder
Starlight Instruments FeatherTouch Microfocuser, JMI EV-1C focuser + RoboFocus
DBK 21AU04.AS + Baader UV/IR cut filter
Denkmeier S2 Power Switch diagonal, Stellarvue BV3 binoviewer, Canon 10x30IS, Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 binoculars

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Doug Paddock
sage

Reged: 05/08/03
Posts: 281
Loc: Northern New Jersey

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... *DELETED* *DELETED* new

[Re: Flying_Fox]
#869696 - 03/14/06 07:03 PM

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Dean
Post Laureate

Reged: 12/31/04
Posts: 4372
Loc: Bailey Co Elev 8780 feet

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: Doug Paddock]
#869747 - 03/14/06 07:38 PM Attachment (562 downloads)

14" LX200 & 80mm TMB piggyback.

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deanrowe.net/astro
Whats with that avatar?

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davidmcgo
sage

Reged: 10/09/04
Posts: 447
Loc: San Diego, CA

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: Dean]
#869939 - 03/14/06 09:30 PM Attachment (577 downloads)

Here's my old Celestron Pacific C10, a 10" f15 from 1965 that I've refurbished.

Dave

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Andrew in VA
member

Reged: 09/09/04
Posts: 23
Loc: King George, VA, USA

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#869958 - 03/14/06 09:46 PM Attachment (616 downloads)

To help break the SCT monopoly:

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MN56
Mirage7
DenkII
GM-8

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LLEEGE
Running out of Oxygen

Reged: 03/03/05
Posts: 6859
Loc: Cloud-chester,NY

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: davidmcgo]
#869961 - 03/14/06 09:48 PM

Quote:

Here's my old Celestron Pacific C10, a 10" f15 from 1965 that I've refurbished.

Dave

THAT is a CLASSIC!

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AP900,LXD75
AP140EDF, TSA102, ZS80EDII
SN6-OTA, C8-OTA
Canon 20D, 350Hutech
PST, Lunt LD60T/DS (on order)

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paulg
member

Reged: 02/29/04
Posts: 22
Loc: California, US

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LLEEGE]
#869973 - 03/14/06 09:55 PM Attachment (526 downloads)

In case I mess this up, here's a link to my equipment page:

http://tinyurl.com/gdb53

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Rusty
Postmaster

Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16410
Loc: Brooker, FL

Re: Post a Picture of your CAT... new

[Re: LLEEGE]
#869983 - 03/14/06 10:01 PM Attachment (452 downloads)

Here's my first CAT (C5 S/N #724), bought in the early '80s - I still have it!:

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N11GPS Fastar
TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey