Mike Clemens
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> I think the TV85 is the most handsome refractor out there.
If by TV85 you mean AP130 f/8.35 in the CNC tube, I agree.
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rocco13
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LOL! 
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Rocco
Zhumell Z12
Super C8 (1984 vintage)
Celestron 102 f/5
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NHRob
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Mike,
That was exactly what I was thinking.
Rob
 
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Canon 12x36 IS binos
TEC-140: #433 on CGEM
Faworski orthos (7,10,16.7mm)
stuff ...
no free time ... lots of clouds !
" Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" !!
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rick rian
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Rick,
That is classic Televue .. sweeet!
Rob
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I think the TV85 is the most handsome refractor out there.
Rob
Rob, Thanks! You speak the truth! 
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Hi Rick-- That's a sweet-looking, versatile, and potent TV85 setup! I know because I have its twin--in forest green color--at my house as my grab-n-go rig. Everything goes out the door together in one trip, and it takes minutes to fire up the SkyTour and be observing. Bet you use your's that way too? Clear Skies.
Waterdog also speaks the truth ... 
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Rickster
NexStar 8i
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Canon 15x50is Bins
Quondo omni flunkus mortati
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rick rian
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> I think the TV85 is the most handsome refractor out there.
If by TV85 you mean AP130 f/8.35 in the CNC tube, I agree.
Mike ... behave ... 
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Rickster
NexStar 8i
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Canon 15x50is Bins
Quondo omni flunkus mortati
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Jeff Young
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Interesting, I would have thought "most handsome" refractor would be a very subjective thing.
But the TV85 is definitely my second fave, right behind the AP130 f/8.35. I think it must be a flared-tube thing (although I suppose it's a flared lens cell in the TV's case)....
-- Jeff.
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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO
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NHRob
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Jeff,
I think alike. I also consider the AP130 f/8.35 as the best looking and functional apo out there.
It's just made from Unobtanium !
Rob
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Canon 12x36 IS binos
TEC-140: #433 on CGEM
Faworski orthos (7,10,16.7mm)
stuff ...
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" Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" !!
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Jeff Young
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And, just to keep on topic, Rob and I will have to make do with our FC-76 and FC-100 until we can talk someone out of their AP130. Not a bad consolation prize, though....
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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO
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Mike Clemens
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seriously though... a TV scope... on a TV mount... with a pair of TV eps in a TV bino... is also "top of the food chain".
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jgw12936
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How about an AP 130 f6?
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Jim
APM/TMB 80/480
Takahashi FSQ ED 106
AP 155 EDFS
Mach1GTO
FLI Proline 11002M
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9/H9C
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jgw12936
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With an AP guidescope on top riding on a Mach1 GTO
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Jim
APM/TMB 80/480
Takahashi FSQ ED 106
AP 155 EDFS
Mach1GTO
FLI Proline 11002M
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9/H9C
http://jimwood.smugmug.com/
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rick rian
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OK Jim ... you win! What a sweet set-up!
Beautiful ...
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Rickster
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TV85
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gmacln
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OK Jim ... you win! What a sweet set-up!
Beautiful ...
I'll second that!
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Gord
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jgw12936
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Thanks Rick, Gord,
I got the AP 130 and Mach1 from a fellow CN'er and could not be happier!
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Jim
APM/TMB 80/480
Takahashi FSQ ED 106
AP 155 EDFS
Mach1GTO
FLI Proline 11002M
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9/H9C
http://jimwood.smugmug.com/
Edited by jgw12936 (06/25/08 08:20 PM)
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Dave Mitsky
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Here's my trusty old 101mm f/5.4 Tele Vue refractor and yours truly at the second Green Bank Star Quest. The fellow on the right is my observing pal Tony Donnangelo and the telescope behind us is his 14.5" f/4.3 Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob. The 110 meter Robert C. Byrd radio telescope dish can be seen in the background.
Dave Mitsky
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Dave Mitsky
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This is my venerable 80mm Orion f/5 ShortTube achromat, the first in a collection of fast refractors that for reasons beyond my comprehension I somehow managed to acquire. This is the photo that appeared in my chapter on the ST80 in the book Astronomy with Small Telescopes.
Dave Mitsky
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Mark Jenkins
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Wow! What a great time wasting thread! So many cool setups. Amazed that after 31 pages nobody has posted a photo of an AP Traveler so let me be the first! 
This is the setup I used for the past couple of years as I just couldn't bear to use a 1200GTO for a Traveler "grab & go" setup. I mean you really don't even need the counterweight shaft never mind an actual counterweight!
I designed and manufacture the Counterweight Shaft adapter for the Modified TeeGul btw.
Didn't use it much as I am a spoiled GOTO brat so I finally made a deal to trade my 1200GTO (plus some cash! YES!) for a Mach1 GTO. I sold the TeelGul and the tripod setup to finance the Eagle 6" Pier as well.
I just love my Traveler and I put it up there in the best looking refractor ever category!
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TEC MC200/15.5
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EarthWin PFS-B
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DFK21AU04.AS
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PhilCo126
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With such scopes I won't bother posting a photo of mine 
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rushintuit
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With a small adjustment, you might get M110 in the eyepiece.
Edited by rushintuit (06/27/08 06:51 PM)
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Mark Jenkins
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That photo was pretty much the end of my astrophotography pursuits. It's a 9 panel mosaic using the Astro-Physics FastMax 235 MakNewt and an SBIG ST-10. It took over 3 months to get all the exposures.
Something had to give, my "hobby" (ie. OCD) or my marriage.
We just celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary this month so you know which one won that battle! 
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Astro-Physics 130mm f6.3 StarFire EDF 'Gran Turismo'
TEC MC200/15.5
Astro-Physics AP Mach1 GTO
EarthWin PFS-B
Canon EOS 50D Hap Modified
DFK21AU04.AS
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