Starlighter
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Reged: 08/03/07
Posts: 4486
Loc: Sunny California
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My exact impression before I read your reply!  Mike
Same here!
A self-levitating dob...Neatly solves the weight issue of setting up and tearing down thereby creating the ultimate grab 'n go.
Confirms my suspicion that Nodinute is from another planet! 
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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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Ziggy943
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 1506
Loc: Utah
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This is the D&G 6" F17.5
My back reminded me why I got the 160. It's a lot easier to set up than anything that has to go on the Byers mount.
This is my daughter Becky's graduation present from last year. Since she doesn't have a place to house it yet I still have it here. I have yet to take out under the stars. I thought maybe tonight but, if it's clear, I'm going to take the 160. I don't want to set this up twice in one day.
But just looking through at the mountains it looks pretty good. So far so good.
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May your skies always be clear,
Ziggy
www.slas.us
4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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bluestar
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/06/05
Posts: 1123
Loc: Maryland Eastern Shore
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This is the D&G 6" F17.5
Hey Sigfried, I LIKE that! 
@ f/17.5 I assume you're pretty much color free...a veritable semi-apo  Barry crafts a killer lens...Let us know when you do first-light!
BTW...good things come in looong tubes 
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D&G refractors 5" f/12 & f/15; 6" f/15; 8" f/12...
Royce Dall-Kirkham Cass 10" f/20
Epoch Instruments Parsec/12, Astro-Physics 1200 DA, AP800 HDA mounts...
Previous telescopes A-Z...Astro-Physics to Zeiss
Old school @ BlueStar Observatory...this is how we do it.
D&G Optical Telescope Users Group ...D&G/long focus Yahoo refractor Group...back up and running
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plyscope
sage
Reged: 11/23/06
Posts: 326
Loc: Perth, West Australia
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Great scope Seigried!
Thanks for the picture and hope you have a great first light.
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Andy
6" f15 refractor
90mm f16.7 refractor
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Scott Beith
SRF
Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 37110
Loc: Frederick, MD
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Siegfried that is a seriously cool scope. 
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   SLAP Observer (TMB130SS, SV102V, SV80ED)
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
"The measure of a man’s greatness is not determined by what he accomplishes for himself, but by what he accomplishes for others.” -- Some Bald Guy
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m9x18
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 10/12/07
Posts: 811
Loc: Abilene, Texas
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Presenting my Burgess Optical Planet Hunter 80.
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Robert
All that is complex is not useful and all that is useful is simple. -- Mikhail Kalashnikov
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m9x18
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 10/12/07
Posts: 811
Loc: Abilene, Texas
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One more PH80 shot!
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Robert
All that is complex is not useful and all that is useful is simple. -- Mikhail Kalashnikov
Edited by m9x18 (05/25/08 03:46 AM)
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Mike Clemens
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/26/05
Posts: 4247
Loc: Wasilla, Alaska 61N
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F17.5... ! Looks great.
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Luis.E
sage
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 280
Loc: Portugal
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Here my ED80. 
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" we're just a chemical scum " Stephen Hawking.
Edited by Luis.E (05/25/08 05:35 AM)
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Reverie
super member
Reged: 03/27/08
Posts: 109
Loc: Lost in Translation
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This is probably the most affordable 90mm f/5.6 refractor on the market, just costing me $69. The scope is accompanied with 3 eyepieces, one Barlow lens, a 8x21 right angle finder, and a not so stable tripod.
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There are observers observing the stars with their equipment, there are also observers observing their equipment with the stars.
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punk35
super member
Reged: 01/26/05
Posts: 171
Loc: lower michigan
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heres my c4r with new-to-me ed80 focuser. noimage shift now and nice and smooth. i can only imagine what a feathertouch or moonlite must be like 
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Wade
c4r
SVPw/intelliscope
expanse set,40mm Optiluxe
2" gso dielectric diag
shorty plus
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punk35
super member
Reged: 01/26/05
Posts: 171
Loc: lower michigan
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focuser
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Wade
c4r
SVPw/intelliscope
expanse set,40mm Optiluxe
2" gso dielectric diag
shorty plus
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Reverie
super member
Reged: 03/27/08
Posts: 109
Loc: Lost in Translation
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heres my c4r with new-to-me ed80 focuser. noimage shift now and nice and smooth. i can only imagine what a feathertouch or moonlite must be like
That's cool! Mine OEM version is in a very bad condition: dusty and dismantled. The mount is broken, and so to the tripod.
The apartments are very small in Hong Kong. Even I have no place to store the scope but to dismantle it.
Sometime I feel sorry even for getting start in this hobby. One have to order accessories overseas. 
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There are observers observing the stars with their equipment, there are also observers observing their equipment with the stars.
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Ziggy943
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/11/06
Posts: 1506
Loc: Utah
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Thanks guys. I still have to put a laser pointer on it and a telrad. Becky says she can't find anything without a telrad.
I like the 80mm finders. They double nicely as an RFT. It's been a fun project.
I'll put it under the stars first chance. I really want to do a side by side with the 160.
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May your skies always be clear,
Ziggy
www.slas.us
4" Mak
#1, 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900
6" F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008)
9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812
14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory
Others, that have come and gone
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Nodinute
member
Reged: 06/05/07
Posts: 28
Loc: 49°21'N / 6°10′E
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You're right...my name is David Vincent, and this dob is incredible...he can fly 
yes, it's pasted in the pic...sorry for that 
Here's a closer view of my favorite refractor..the TMB/APM 130/780 on a tak em200 with fs2. (more pics here )
Clear skies
Michael
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Welcome to the Dark Side
SkyVision UC 12.5"/F4
TMB/APM 130/780
Tak Sky90
Baader Scopos 66/400
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John Jarosz
Astro Gearhead
Reged: 04/25/04
Posts: 2287
Loc: Chicago area, IL
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I posted a thread in ATM aboiut the construction of my 6" F5. Now that I finished it I feel I can post a pic of it here.
The objective is a cheapo off ebay. The handles at the viewing end are from an aluminum pot. The dewshield and cap is from a cannister from Bed Bath & Beyond. Kineoptiocs focuser. A Baader Semi-APO filter is permanently set on the front of the diagonal.
Great views with the 30mm Hyperion Aspheric. Not a bad Grab&Go for 6"
John
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6" F4.6(w/Paracorr) GEM reflector, 8" F11 Dall Relay Scope
6" F5 RFT Refractor, Garrett Gemini 20x80 LW
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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3425
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Hi John!
I love seeing your scope again! It's a great ATM project. The handles really are the finishing touch!
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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Clive Gibbons
Mostly Harmless
Reged: 05/26/05
Posts: 13420
Loc: Oort Cloud
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Ed and Ed, the refractor brothers. 
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A few telescopes of dubious value.
Understanding wife, two curious cats and one sadly departed.
"Semper ubi sub ubi"
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John Jarosz
Astro Gearhead
Reged: 04/25/04
Posts: 2287
Loc: Chicago area, IL
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Wouldn't that be ED and ED ?
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6" F4.6(w/Paracorr) GEM reflector, 8" F11 Dall Relay Scope
6" F5 RFT Refractor, Garrett Gemini 20x80 LW
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bluestar
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/06/05
Posts: 1123
Loc: Maryland Eastern Shore
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Pot handles, canister parts...thats a cool looking scope! Nice project.
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D&G refractors 5" f/12 & f/15; 6" f/15; 8" f/12...
Royce Dall-Kirkham Cass 10" f/20
Epoch Instruments Parsec/12, Astro-Physics 1200 DA, AP800 HDA mounts...
Previous telescopes A-Z...Astro-Physics to Zeiss
Old school @ BlueStar Observatory...this is how we do it.
D&G Optical Telescope Users Group ...D&G/long focus Yahoo refractor Group...back up and running
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