Charlie Hein
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Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
#3066411 - 04/25/09 02:25 PM
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Starting a new thread... the previous versions of this thread can be found here and here.
Edited by Charlie Hein (04/26/09 06:19 PM)
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Myles
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/25/06
Loc: Seattle, Washington
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3069239 - 04/26/09 09:02 PM Attachment (1606 downloads)
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Stellarvue TSL5 with a DiscMount DM-4 on top of it.
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antilles72
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 03/06/07
Loc: Rhode Island
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3075471 - 04/29/09 05:06 PM Attachment (1296 downloads)
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WO EZ Touch
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charles genovese
sage
Reged: 02/04/06
Loc: Madisonville Louisiana
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3083274 - 05/03/09 06:24 PM Attachment (1556 downloads)
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My Franken mount. C8 on a Vixen GP with Meade LXD 75 drives on a homade pier. Here is the perfect grab and go. And the telescope is good too.
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Graystar
super member
Reged: 04/19/09
Loc: Aiken, SC
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3083624 - 05/03/09 09:21 PM
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My brand new Orion Skyview Pro...in pieces! It was a brand new floor model. When I got it I found the RA axis seized. Normally I'd return something that doesn't work for a new one, but I had read that giving these mounts an overhaul does wonders for its operation, and I'm the type of person that would perform such a task.
The RA axle and worm (the seized parts) are going to be repaired by the seller, and with the removal of the old gunk, deburring of the worm, good grease, and a careful adjustment, it should actually be better than new, so I'm not terribly upset at the moment...but check back in a couple weeks when the axle get back :P
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PJ Anway
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/04/03
Loc: North Coast
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3083728 - 05/03/09 10:18 PM Attachment (1359 downloads)
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Here is my Losmandy G-9. Sold back in the early to mid 90's, you don't see many of these.
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scopemankit
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Reged: 01/27/09
Loc: south africa
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3086885 - 05/05/09 03:56 PM Attachment (1187 downloads)
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Here's my old home-mde mount for my 12"cass. It's been going for 14 years with only 1 change of stepper motor. The drive program used is Mel's "Scope" (I use only 1 channel as the dec is driven by a small dc motor.
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waassaabee
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/26/07
Loc: Central California Coast
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: charles genovese]
#3087143 - 05/05/09 06:52 PM
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My Franken mount. C8 on a Vixen GP with Meade LXD 75 drives on a homade pier. Here is the perfect grab and go. And the telescope is good too.
Mighty fine mount you got there Charles!! What telescope...?
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Loc: Always Dark skies of Belfair W...
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3088628 - 05/06/09 02:23 PM Attachment (1163 downloads)
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My retro fitted Cave OB series mount with 2.5" stainless shafts. I freshly painted the newly finished saddle/tube rings that will hold my 10"f/16 refractor.
Rob
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Darenwh
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/11/06
Loc: Covington, GA
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3088656 - 05/06/09 02:44 PM
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Nice but I think you are going to need a longer peir....
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Loc: Always Dark skies of Belfair W...
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3088704 - 05/06/09 03:10 PM
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Nice but I think you are going to need a longer peir....
Oh yeah Daren...I keep it on that short pier to roll it around with the tube in its rings...so I can work on it.
The GEM and saddle alone will be mounted on a permenent steal pier in an OB. I wouldn't be able to even look over the trees if I left the 12" X 14ft scope fixed in this arrangement.... 
Rob
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Starlighter
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Reged: 08/03/07
Loc: Sunny California
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3099541 - 05/11/09 11:52 PM Attachment (968 downloads)
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Orion Skyview AZ with TV-85 and Meade 80mm triplet:
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Rudy Nix
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Reged: 03/19/08
Loc: Hollister,CA
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3105694 - 05/14/09 10:32 PM Attachment (932 downloads)
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Here's a picture of my LX200 10 SCT with the fork mount and then on an Atlas EQ-G, and my wide field setup on the EQ-G. I decided to take the 10" sct off the fork mount so that I could switch easily between scopes for astrophotography.
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csa/montana
Den Mama
Reged: 05/14/05
Loc: montana
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3106328 - 05/15/09 09:33 AM Attachment (897 downloads)
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Here's my AstroTech Voyager!
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beachchairbill
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/06/08
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3107501 - 05/15/09 09:47 PM Attachment (828 downloads)
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Here is a picture of my new Astrowood P-Mount
Beachchairbill
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Doug D.
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/23/05
Loc: Virginia
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3108947 - 05/16/09 04:05 PM Attachment (1081 downloads)
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Oh my, Elvis is finally in the building. Just got the mount a few days ago. All I can say so far is that it was worth the wait. Can't wait to give a scope a ride.
Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO on AP/Baader wood tripod with A-P accessory trays....
Edited by Doug D. (05/18/09 11:07 AM)
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dweller25
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Reged: 08/30/07
Loc: Lancashire, UK
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3110820 - 05/17/09 04:08 PM Attachment (759 downloads)
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Here is my trusty GP-DX with the SkySensor 2000PC system.
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GeorgeNC
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Reged: 03/26/07
Loc: Land of the Sky, North Carolin...
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3115140 - 05/19/09 05:05 PM
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Got a new CGEM last week, but last night was first clear skies to give it a trial. Worked great! Aligned it roughly north - did the 2 + 4 alignment, then the polar alignment routine on Arcturus. Everything was spot on. Imaged M53 - it was close to the meridian so I could check out the tracking across the meridian.
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jmasin
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/22/08
Loc: Murphy, TX (DFW)
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
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#3122571 - 05/23/09 10:36 AM Attachment (1151 downloads)
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my humble setup awaiting the sun to say goodnight...
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pferendzo
super member
Reged: 02/10/08
Loc: St Louis
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3)
[Re: jmasin]
#3122720 - 05/23/09 12:20 PM
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I'm refurbishing my 10" newt (Orion) and I'm trying to decide if I should repurpose my Atlas from primary use with my refractors and CATs to an equatorial for the 10" newt. My viewing is from the SE to SW, not that great of an arc. Do you find the 10" comfortable to use on the Atlas, or is it a bit of pain?
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