waterdog
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Beautiful scopes & mounts here everybody. Here's my setup: TEC140, Discmount DM6, Stellarview F50 finder, ATS portable pier:
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Deep13
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Loc: NE Ohio
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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... 
Nifty. Very Unitrony.
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Starlighter
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Loc: Sunny California
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Beautiful scopes & mounts here everybody. Here's my setup: TEC140, Discmount DM6, Stellarview F50 finder, ATS portable pier:
Beautiful!
How much does the Discmount weigh?
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Celestron C4-R 102mm achromat
Celeston Nexstar 6SE SCT
Meade 80mm APO Triplet
Televue NP-101
Televue TV-85
Vixen A70Lf
Vixen A80Mf
William Optics 66mm Zenithstar Patriot
Celestron CG4 EQ mount
Orion Skyview Pro AZ mount
Vixen Portamount
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ScottAz
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Reged: 02/06/05
Posts: 1151
Loc: Millington, TN
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Here's my setup: TEC140, Discmount DM6, Stellarview F50 finder, ATS portable pier:
Impressive set-up! I'd like to think that I'll eventually build toward something similar ... 
Why not? I already have the 50mm SV finder!  Gorgeous rig! 
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Scott Azmus
SV80BV, C6S XLT, NexStar 11, & 18" Obsession 
Many Views Yield Truth
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waterdog
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Reged: 06/23/07
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The DM-6 weighs about 16 pounds--almost the same as the TEC140. Together, they make a great combo for visual.
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ngc6475
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Terrific setup, Waterdog! Thanks for sharing!
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Walter
"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."
-George Carlin
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gmacln
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Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Nice Waterdog!
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Gord
Webster D18 (soon...)
TeleVue140 #1033
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Rich N
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Hi waterdog,
Neat scope/mount combo!
I'll bet it sets up quickly.
Thanks for the pic.
Rich
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Edwin Quiroga
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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!
Really, really beautiful setup!
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TeleVue 85 w/FeatherTouch
Televue Panoptic 35
Pentax XW (3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20)
Pentax XO 2.58
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MacDougal
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Just received my TSA102 mounted on EM11 temma mount. First light Saturday I hope :-) Even my wife says it looks good.
So much stuff and so little time.
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ngc6475
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Loc: 38°21'N 120°55'W
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Thanks for the pic, Mac! Your wife's right: it looks very good!
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Walter
"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."
-George Carlin
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waterdog
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Reged: 06/23/07
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Hi waterdog,
Neat scope/mount combo!
I'll bet it sets up quickly.
Thanks for the pic.
Rich
Thanks everybody for the nice words. I see a couple of you guys have Obsessions--I hope to step up to one of those one day when I grow up.
Rich--Yes, this rig sets up fast and easy. I'm too lazy and impatient to fool around with a GEM for visual observing. The ATS pier and DM6 pop together in seconds and work terrifically. I have the TEC stored in its aluminum transport case, with rings, dovetail plate, and Stellarview finderscope attached. The finderscope is mounted on the TEC bracket (which is a really slick design by the way) and stays attached to the scope and so far has stayed in pretty good alignment. I pull the scope out, pop the dovetail into a tilt-in saddle on the Discmount, tighten the captive knobs, add a diagonal, and I'm ready to roll. Plus, the oil-spaced objective usually cools down within 10-15 minutes most nights. Almost, but not quite, a grab-n-go. Well... as close as you get to one with a 5.5 inch refractor 
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HAC
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 534
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Now that is one smokin setup. Ya gotta luv Takahashi.
Good luck with a beautiful system.
take care,
john
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Darren B
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Reged: 05/02/05
Posts: 226
Loc: Poole, Dorset UK
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Here is a picture of my latest Telescope. A Skywatcher Equinox ED66.
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Darren
WO ZS80FD 10th AV with Vixen Porta Mount
Skywatcher Equinox 66ED
William Optics 7x50
Edited by Darren B (05/10/08 03:02 AM)
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digitaldave
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Reged: 04/23/06
Posts: 269
Loc: Stevenage, UK
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How did you manage to take a pic of YOUR scope in MY kitchen? Those tiles look very familiar .
Anyway, very nice scope, the new Equinox/EON scopes look very nice IMO.
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BillP
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Reged: 11/26/06
Posts: 3835
Loc: Vienna, VA
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Finally decided after running three threads on the topic...two here, one on AM. The TSA-102 won out. Put my Z66APO on top so rich field is always handy. At the ready in the tray and on the diagonals: 40Paragon, 24 Hyperion, 7-6-5-4mm Planetaries.
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XT10i Dob---TSA-102 S-APO---APM80/480 S-APO--- P.S.T.
Supermono---Radian---Panoptic---Titan II
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BillP
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And the business end...
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XT10i Dob---TSA-102 S-APO---APM80/480 S-APO--- P.S.T.
Supermono---Radian---Panoptic---Titan II
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spaceydee
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Loc: Where the Kittens Are
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great choice!
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Dee
space-scientist
student violinist
Nexstar8i,SV80S,80/9D,FC100,94 Brandon,TMB92SS,GM8
8" f/7 Discovery,12.5" Portaball, PST
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Catapoman
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 06/06/03
Posts: 772
Loc: VA
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Gosh, Bill! That's a sweet looking setup. Congratulations and check Saturn out soon.
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Pernel
Nexstar 11 GPS
Takahashi TSA-102
Mewlon 210
GM-8
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Darren B
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Reged: 05/02/05
Posts: 226
Loc: Poole, Dorset UK
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How did you manage to take a pic of YOUR scope in MY kitchen? Those tiles look very familiar
Dave, I hope you didn't have the same builders/kitchen installers as I had. Seeing all these lovely Tak's and Tec's is bad for one mental/wallet health. 
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Darren
WO ZS80FD 10th AV with Vixen Porta Mount
Skywatcher Equinox 66ED
William Optics 7x50
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