Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy 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 >> Mounts Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | (show all) LLEEGE Running out of Oxygen Reged: 03/03/05 Posts: 7025 Loc: Cloud-chester,NY Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: LLEEGE]       #1290542 - 12/07/06 05:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I have one of the EZT somewhere to dig up. -------------------- Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 6683 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: LLEEGE]       #1290639 - 12/07/06 06:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's a couple taken before the ST2K showed up: Charlie -------------------- Weston CSC: Post Extras:       Strgazr27 Scope Junkie Reged: 10/04/04 Posts: 6136 Loc: StonyHill Observatory Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #1290739 - 12/07/06 07:20 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice guys !! I'll be able to add mine by Friday night FEDEX says its in Jersey right now. Keep 'em coming ! -------------------- Bobby StonyHill Observatory Atlas w EQMOD Vixen R200SS Orion ED-80 AT-111 AT66-ED QHY-8 SSAG YAHOO TMB 130SS Group Post Extras:       Glassthrower Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Reged: 04/07/05 Posts: 15034 Loc: Kuiper Belt Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Strgazr27]       #1290836 - 12/07/06 08:13 PM Attachment (436 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ok, My mount is not the prettiest. Nor is it the most modern. But it has sweet vintage goodness .... Japanese-made Towa/Meade EQ-2 (circa early-mid 1970's) -------------------- Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars. Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Specializing in exotic and rare meteorite falls. Post Extras:       Glassthrower Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Reged: 04/07/05 Posts: 15034 Loc: Kuiper Belt Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Glassthrower]       #1290837 - 12/07/06 08:13 PM Attachment (334 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With scope - -------------------- Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars. Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Specializing in exotic and rare meteorite falls. Post Extras:       R_Angkasa scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/16/06 Posts: 899 Loc: SO PAS - CA Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Glassthrower]       #1290879 - 12/07/06 08:43 PM Attachment (313 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is another Atlas on a 35 years old Pier -------------------- 10x42L IS FS128 12" DSH 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 30, 40 Post Extras:       Jeff Pleines member Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 35 Loc: Catonsville, MD Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Strgazr27]       #1290887 - 12/07/06 08:49 PM Attachment (339 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here 'tizz -------------------- Jeff Pleines NightSky 16 Truss Dob Takahashi NJP (for sale--call Hands on Optics) Celestron C-8 (for sale--call Hands on Optics) Stellarvue SV-85S (for sale--call Hands on Optics) Discovery Mars Scope Canon 20Da/SX MX-7C (for sale--call Hands on Optics) Post Extras:       JAT Observatory Space Freak Reged: 02/20/05 Posts: 5873 Loc: Eastern PA Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: LLEEGE]       #1290949 - 12/07/06 09:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a picture of my overloaded Paramount ME before I had enough sense to put a more adaquately sized OTA on it. -------------------- -Marcus The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice. http://jatobservatory.org 12" LX200R on a Paramount ME Post Extras:       doctordub scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 01/11/06 Posts: 934 Loc: New Rochelle, New York Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: JAT Observatory]       #1290956 - 12/07/06 09:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I hope your not going to try and image with that overloaded mount, it will take 10 min. to stop shaking! -------------------- Jonathan TeleVue TV102 Vixen SXW mount Meade LXD 55 SN10/UHTC Modified Jason Monolux 60mm F11 Canon 15x50 IS & Celestron Regal 8X42 LX Binoculars Olympus E-510 Meade DSI, LPI, Eep TeleVue Binovue, barlow,filters, & eps Siebert Power Mag wheel ASUS Eeepc Post Extras:       PJ Anway scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 06/04/03 Posts: 882 Loc: Michigan's U.P. Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: Jeff Pleines]       #1290967 - 12/07/06 09:34 PM Attachment (382 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Oldie but goody: Losmandy G-9 -------------------- PJ _________________ Lookum Observatory Spooner 203mm Showa 100mm Zeiss 80mm Tak 78mm Post Extras:       PJ Anway scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 06/04/03 Posts: 882 Loc: Michigan's U.P. Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: PJ Anway]       #1290972 - 12/07/06 09:39 PM Attachment (393 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Oldie but goody 2: Takahashi EM100 -------------------- PJ _________________ Lookum Observatory Spooner 203mm Showa 100mm Zeiss 80mm Tak 78mm Post Extras:       Strgazr27 Scope Junkie Reged: 10/04/04 Posts: 6136 Loc: StonyHill Observatory Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: PJ Anway]       #1290982 - 12/07/06 09:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dam PJ that 100 is BEAUTIFUL CS's -------------------- Bobby StonyHill Observatory Atlas w EQMOD Vixen R200SS Orion ED-80 AT-111 AT66-ED QHY-8 SSAG YAHOO TMB 130SS Group Post Extras:       arowana Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/02/06 Posts: 2748 Loc: Pleasant View,Tennessee Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: JAT Observatory]       #1291001 - 12/07/06 09:50 PM Attachment (382 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Custom Painted and Shortened Celestron CGE -------------------- Orion 80-ED Refractor w/ Moonlite Focuser Post Extras:       arowana Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/02/06 Posts: 2748 Loc: Pleasant View,Tennessee Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: arowana]       #1291008 - 12/07/06 09:53 PM Attachment (346 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And loaded!!! -------------------- Orion 80-ED Refractor w/ Moonlite Focuser Post Extras:       s58y Post Laureate Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 4937 Loc: Eastern NY Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: arowana]       #1291105 - 12/07/06 10:30 PM Attachment (367 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I currently use a G-11 (shouldn't need a picture -- seen one, seen 'em all). Here's a picture of my old barndoor tracker (which is still intact, but no longer attached to the tripod): -------------------- Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider SV80S, SV66 guidescope AP900, G-11, Barndoor tracker http://www.pbase.com/s58y Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 6683 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: s58y]       #1291262 - 12/08/06 12:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   a thing of beauty... no kidding! Charlie -------------------- Weston CSC: Post Extras:       F.Meiresonne Post Laureate Reged: 12/22/03 Posts: 3039 Loc: Eeklo,Belgium Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: GordonCopestake]       #1291704 - 12/08/06 09:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeah, great mount huh.Gordon, how much weight was on the mount in the picture? -------------------- Freddy Meiresonne Obsession 18 inch #1638 Orion Optics 8 inch F/4.5 -1/8 wave optics -Vixen GP-E 20x80 Helios Stellar Binos 10x60 Helios Quantum 4(= Obie Mariner) 10x50 Helios Nature sport plus 8x40 Helios Nature sport plus Eyepieces in use :Pan 35,24,19, N13T6, Pentax 10 XW, N9T6, Ultrascopic 7.5, TV2, baader ortho 12.5 and 9 mm Post Extras:       stefsaber Post Laureate Reged: 06/24/06 Posts: 4546 Loc: Rainy Florida Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: F.Meiresonne]       #1292183 - 12/08/06 02:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Woah great mounts everybody! I'm going to run off and take some pics of my new mount and post them shortly... Then maybe I can get around to reading the manual -------------------- -Stefan "It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end." -Douglas Adams Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob -Sirius Mount---Canon Rebel XT- Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf Fort Myers, FL Post Extras:       stefsaber Post Laureate Reged: 06/24/06 Posts: 4546 Loc: Rainy Florida Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: stefsaber]       #1292212 - 12/08/06 03:09 PM Attachment (367 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here it is the Sirius mount, for a non-serious person , finally together, after being seperated in delivery and a rather tense putting together... And now that the week is done I have some free time that I hopefully can take it out for first light! Oh look the clouds are coming at the mere mention of it... Oops, picture is a bit shaky...I should of used a tripod... -------------------- -Stefan "It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end." -Douglas Adams Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob -Sirius Mount---Canon Rebel XT- Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf Fort Myers, FL Edited by stefsaber (12/08/06 03:10 PM) Post Extras:       Strgazr27 Scope Junkie Reged: 10/04/04 Posts: 6136 Loc: StonyHill Observatory Re: Post a picture of your Mount !! [Re: stefsaber]       #1293495 - 12/09/06 11:42 AM Attachment (373 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well I started this one so finally I'm able to throw one up here -------------------- Bobby StonyHill Observatory Atlas w EQMOD Vixen R200SS Orion ED-80 AT-111 AT66-ED QHY-8 SSAG YAHOO TMB 130SS Group Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 15 registered and 17 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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