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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Preston Smith]
      #2373269 - 05/05/08 06:22 PM
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Uh-oh, Jared ... that mount's too pretty for this thread. You'll have to post as well in the mount section! NICE FLT-110!

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Clive Gibbons]
      #2373428 - 05/05/08 07:31 PM
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Yeah, it's about as steady as a portable mount is going to get.

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- Jared Willson
  • TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
  • Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
  • Stellarvue SV80S
  • Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
  • Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
  • STL-11000

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Paul Milligan]
      #2373430 - 05/05/08 07:32 PM
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Jared

A nice black paint job (no gold) to match the mount!

Nice job

Paul M..



Thanks, Paul! I love the FLT but hated the gold trim. This is an easy (and fairly easy to remove) solution to the problem!

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- Jared Willson
  • TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
  • Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
  • Stellarvue SV80S
  • Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
  • Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
  • STL-11000

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: ScottAz]
      #2373434 - 05/05/08 07:34 PM
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Uh-oh, Jared ... that mount's too pretty for this thread. You'll have to post as well in the mount section! NICE FLT-110!



Don't worry, Scott, I put a picture of it in the Mount section as soon as it arrived. Thanks for the compliment on the FLT--it's a scope for a lifetime. Yuri grinds some truly lovely glass!

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- Jared Willson
  • TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
  • Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
  • Stellarvue SV80S
  • Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
  • Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
  • STL-11000

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Jared]
      #2373608 - 05/05/08 09:03 PM
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Outstanding setup, Jared! Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: ngc6475]
      #2373962 - 05/05/08 11:35 PM Attachment (84 downloads)
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TV85 and Denk.

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: spaceydee]
      #2374051 - 05/06/08 12:04 AM Attachment (115 downloads)
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My Astro-Physics 180EDT (180mm f/9 APO triplet) on an AP1200GTO mount.
The small scope mounted like a finder is a TV-76.

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Rich N]
      #2374658 - 05/06/08 10:09 AM Attachment (107 downloads)
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This is the current setup and it's pretty amazing what the combo can do with the EQMOD/Pulseguide setup.

Modified EQ6
TMB 130SS
TMB 80SS Carbon Fiber

CS's

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Bobby

StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
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Edited by Strgazr27 (05/06/08 10:11 AM)

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Strgazr27]
      #2374661 - 05/06/08 10:10 AM Attachment (92 downloads)
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A little better view.............

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Bobby

StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG

YAHOO TMB 130SS Group

Astronomy Technologies Yahoo Group

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Strgazr27]
      #2375239 - 05/06/08 03:09 PM
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Beautiful scopes everybody!

I've already posted shots of my other rig so here is a shot or two of my Tak102NSV rig getting ready for a bit of photography last weekend..



and another without the rolling scope case in the background...



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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Rich N]
      #2375248 - 05/06/08 03:21 PM Attachment (88 downloads)
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Beautiful photos!

Here is the scope and mount I use most often. Astro-Physics 155EDFS (155mm f/7 APO triplet)and AP 900GTO mount.

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Rich N]
      #2375273 - 05/06/08 03:35 PM
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Great looking scopes everyone!!!

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Custom AR5
Stellarvue 80/9D
Bosma Goto Mount

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Rich N]
      #2375290 - 05/06/08 03:40 PM
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Man that is Sooooooo pretty

CS's

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Bobby

StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG

YAHOO TMB 130SS Group

Astronomy Technologies Yahoo Group

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) new [Re: Strgazr27]
      #2375381 - 05/06/08 04:16 PM
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Hopefully my next post will be with a mount. Hoping to get one very soon. Until then here is another one of my antares 1300mm grounded...





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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: saveyaris]
      #2377113 - 05/07/08 10:09 AM Attachment (83 downloads)
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I finally have a refractor and a REAL mount. This all happened yesterday, still waiting for first light. Can't wait for some wide-field targets this summer!

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JOhn A Davis

Scopes: TEC 140, FSQ 106ED, FS60C, LX200 ACF 10", Borg 50mm, CPC 800

Mounts: TAK EM-200, AstroTrac

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: neutronman]
      #2377571 - 05/07/08 01:10 PM
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Man, this is a "Top Shelf" page! Beautiful scopes, you bunch of showoffs!! Bobby, I never get tired of looking at carbon fiber! Post a close up or two of that 80SSCF, please...

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: Pasquale]
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Man, this is a "Top Shelf" page! Beautiful scopes, you bunch of showoffs!! Bobby, I never get tired of looking at carbon fiber! Post a close up or two of that 80SSCF, please...



Hows This

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Bobby

StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG

YAHOO TMB 130SS Group

Astronomy Technologies Yahoo Group

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: Pasquale]
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One more for ya! The work that was done on this tube is top notch stuff. The final finish is flawless from what I can see.

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Bobby

StonyHill Observatory
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG

YAHOO TMB 130SS Group

Astronomy Technologies Yahoo Group

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: neutronman]
      #2377652 - 05/07/08 01:38 PM
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That's a beautiful scope/mount combo, John!

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Re: Post a Pic of Your Refractor(s)! (restart) [Re: Rich N]
      #2377657 - 05/07/08 01:39 PM
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Beautiful scopes everyone!

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Custom AR5
Stellarvue 80/9D
Bosma Goto Mount

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-Zachary

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