Telescope Reviews: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart

· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt

· Submit a Review / Article

Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums

Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User

You are not logged in. [Login]

Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online
FAQ · Calendar

Equipment Discussions >> Refractors

Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | (show all)

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: 18UCinVA]
#5592237 - 12/28/12 07:59 AM

Ebay of course!

Hands said, "I stole it!"

Post Extras:

t.r.
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/14/08

Loc: Upstate NY

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592241 - 12/28/12 08:01 AM

I like the 6" F/9 Starfire in "Cadet Blue" on the Mart. Alas, pickup only in CA.

Post Extras:

Darren Drake
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/09/02

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: t.r.]
#5592289 - 12/28/12 08:49 AM

Guess who has to go take Napersky to pick it up at UPS?! His car is a little to small to fit but my van is in cargo mode right now and should be fine. Maybe I'll take the unpacking pics...

Edited by Darren Drake (12/28/12 09:01 AM)

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Darren Drake]
#5592361 - 12/28/12 09:51 AM

Thanks Darren....I hope to get it delievered to a close by store so we can unpack and setup right away.

Tim Blue scopes are cool. I really didn't understand the colored OTAs that SEARS used to sell but later learned that the Alvan Clarks produced their scopes in all kinds of colors.

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592463 - 12/28/12 11:04 AM

Astro-physics sold this scope with the Losmandy G11 mount in 1986 as the Superplanetary Package. Does anyone know what they charged for the package back then?

Was the Astrophysics AP1200 mount available then? Does anyone know what year the AP1200 came out?

Mark

Post Extras:

gillmj24
Post Laureate

Reged: 12/06/05

Loc: PA

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592558 - 12/28/12 11:56 AM

Late 90s maybe. The GTO version came out in the early 2000s I think.

Post Extras:

vahe
professor emeritus

Reged: 08/27/05

Loc: Houston, Texas

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592637 - 12/28/12 12:51 PM

Quote:

Astro-physics sold this scope with the Losmandy G11 mount in 1986 as the Superplanetary Package. Does anyone know what they charged for the package back then?
Was the Astrophysics AP1200 mount available then? Does anyone know what year the AP1200 came out?

G11 was introduced in 1992 and I bought one of the early models in that year ($1400), by then the F/12 superplanetary was out of production.
Astro-Physics never offered G11 with any of their scopes.
AP’s 1993 catalog shows both 800 mount ($2750) and the early all black 1200 mount ($4450). In the following year the 800 mount was phased out and the 1200 continued its developments up until last year.

Vahe

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: vahe]
#5592668 - 12/28/12 01:08 PM

Was just told my serial # is either 61244 or 51244.
NASA glass?

Post Extras:

Sean Cunneen
Let Me Think

Reged: 08/01/07

Loc: Blue Island Illinois

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592721 - 12/28/12 01:45 PM

WOW! Congrats! How about a head-to-head? I'll throw some gauze over your dew shield to even things up a bit

Post Extras:

Darren Drake
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/09/02

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Sean Cunneen]
#5592761 - 12/28/12 02:14 PM

Yea we're gonna put my optically excellent 8 inch f/6.9 newt up against it and se what happens...

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Darren Drake]
#5592789 - 12/28/12 02:33 PM

Thanks Sean...Darren U Bet..

Post Extras:

ryderc1
sage

Reged: 04/15/06

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: Napersky]
#5592801 - 12/28/12 02:44 PM

The serial must be 61244 since the 6 indicates the aperture and the 12 represents the f ratio.

Post Extras:

18UCinVA
professor emeritus

Reged: 10/24/08

Loc: Virginia

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: ryderc1]
#5593122 - 12/28/12 06:48 PM

Napersky, Welcome to the 6" AP club!!!

Sometimes I still want the f/12 Superplanetary. Just for the way it looks set up in the daytime. After some amazing observing this year, I dont think I can improve optically on what I have now.
Maybe a 10" Mak?

Post Extras:

gillmj24
Post Laureate

Reged: 12/06/05

Loc: PA

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: 18UCinVA]
#5593144 - 12/28/12 06:58 PM

Yeah it better be a 6

Post Extras:

mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: gillmj24]
#5593702 - 12/29/12 01:19 AM

Mark I'm really happy for you man! You're one lucky rat that's all I can say. Let's see some pics....huh?

Mike

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new

[Re: mikey cee]
#5594458 - 12/29/12 01:46 PM

Thanks Guys..its a 6.

Mikey Cee it's shipping sometime this week is all I know, once they send it they will email me the tracking numbers. Darren Drake will help me pick it up. I really believe this was Divine Providence. I never imagined I would own one of these. The one I would look thru at AstroFest was the best views I have had planetary with a telescope with the exception of the Dearborn and Darren Drake's dob.

Some day Mikey I'll even have an obseratory like yours!
Mark

Post Extras:

Napersky
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/27/10

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: AP 6" Superplanetary on AstroMart new