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[Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 richs member Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 51 Loc: California, USA Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope       #2298083 - 04/01/08 05:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is the link to the 48" telescope I was talking about on my broadcast last night. http://www.opticalmechanics.com/48Dob/index.html RichS -------------------- RichS15" Obsession10" Meade LX200 GPS8" Celestron NexStar GPSCelestron Carbon Fiber C-11TEC 140 APODayStar .5a Ha Solar FilterCelestron CGEOrion AtlasMallinCam Hyper Color PlusSpeco 9" CRT monitorMarshall 4" LCD MonitorCelestron Sky ScoutDew Buster Post Extras:       adkstars member Reged: 03/11/06 Posts: 79 Loc: Au Sable Forks,NY Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: richs]       #2298095 - 04/01/08 05:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dang! I think I'd get a nose bleed just standing on the ladder! WOW! rick. -------------------- MallinCam Hyper Plus Color Meade LXD-75 SN10 Meade 8" LX-90 WO ZS-66 Coronado PST Meade ETX-125 Meade ETX-70 10x10 Explora-Dome http://www.freewebs.com/adkstars/index.htm Post Extras:       Jack Huerkamp Vendor - Waning Moon Reged: 10/13/05 Posts: 519 Loc: Louisiana Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: richs]       #2298473 - 04/01/08 07:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Talk about a perfect MallinCam telescope. I have been working with the people from Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network over the last few days on getting one of their MallinCams set up on the Sangre 25.5" f/7.6 RC telescope. They have installed a focal reducer into the optical path yielding an f/3.3 system speed. This will provide an 11.2' FOV at 267 power on the 25.5" scope. Here are a few images of the scope. The first shows the small finderscope on the main tube assembly, a 6" f/12 Astro Physics APO: The next shows three of the LCOGTN team along with Jim Hill (with tie) who runs Rainwater Observatory: The next shows the entire OTA: Finally an image of the instrument assembly containg the MallinCam: Dedication of the scope is on Friday. Hopefully we will get a chance to try out the camera on the scope before then, but the weather report is not promising. Jack -------------------- Orion ED80 Coulter CT-100 Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor 8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount Classic C-8 Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans Waning Moon II Observatory Post Extras:       richs member Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 51 Loc: California, USA Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: Jack Huerkamp]       #2298484 - 04/01/08 07:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WOW, that sure is pretty and the Mallincam looks like the finishing touch!!! RichS -------------------- RichS15" Obsession10" Meade LX200 GPS8" Celestron NexStar GPSCelestron Carbon Fiber C-11TEC 140 APODayStar .5a Ha Solar FilterCelestron CGEOrion AtlasMallinCam Hyper Color PlusSpeco 9" CRT monitorMarshall 4" LCD MonitorCelestron Sky ScoutDew Buster Post Extras:       Chris Schroeder Postmaster Reged: 12/11/04 Posts: 5101 Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: richs]       #2298631 - 04/01/08 08:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dang, there goes another keyboard -------------------- Chris Mallincam Color Hyper Plus 10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com Post Extras:       Sky Captain Scope Builder Reged: 11/07/04 Posts: 5746 Loc: Seattle Washington Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: Chris Schroeder]       #2298778 - 04/01/08 09:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, I gotta question, (maybe I'm not seeing the right angle) but I can see where the eye piece is, what is giving the camera its image...or will it replace the EP when viewing electronically. -------------------- Equipment Overload! Kerry. Post Extras:       Jack Huerkamp Vendor - Waning Moon Reged: 10/13/05 Posts: 519 Loc: Louisiana Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: Sky Captain]       #2298891 - 04/01/08 10:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The eyepiece, SBIG1100, MallinCam and spectroscope all reside on a circular platform, and it is easy to quickly rotate into the light path the device desired. All are set up to be parfocal with final focus tweaking done by moving the secondary. Jack -------------------- Orion ED80 Coulter CT-100 Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor 8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount Classic C-8 Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans Waning Moon II Observatory Post Extras:       greg sage Reged: 01/25/05 Posts: 389 Loc: Central Ca. Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: Jack Huerkamp]       #2299218 - 04/02/08 01:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I want it.... Greg -------------------- 30" F/4.5 Truss 12" LX200 GPS Orion ST120mm F/5 Celestron 102mm F/5 Finderscope 2" 26mm 70* Illuminated Reticle 26mm T5 Nagler 20mm T5 Nagler 13mm ETHOS Pentax XW 10mm MallinCam Color Hyper Plus 9" Speco HighRes. Color CRT Monitor Light polluted Backyard 10' Home Dome MallinCam Deep Space Observatory Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away Post Extras:       richs member Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 51 Loc: California, USA Re: Link to Pictures of Perfect Mallincam Telescope [Re: richs]       #2305214 - 04/04/08 04:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   When he gets aperture fever where does he go from here . -------------------- RichS15" Obsession10" Meade LX200 GPS8" Celestron NexStar GPSCelestron Carbon Fiber C-11TEC 140 APODayStar .5a Ha Solar FilterCelestron CGEOrion AtlasMallinCam Hyper Color PlusSpeco 9" CRT monitorMarshall 4" LCD MonitorCelestron Sky ScoutDew Buster Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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