Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Mounts Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | (show all) MDearingJaxFL Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/28/04 Posts: 1499 Loc: Florida Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: MDearingJaxFL]       #2305953 - 04/04/08 11:30 PM Attachment (154 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   another view; definitely an old school mount, but it tracks and guides beautifully. 130# payload capacity is a conservative rating, I'm sure. -------------------- Post Extras:       MDearingJaxFL Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/28/04 Posts: 1499 Loc: Florida Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: MDearingJaxFL]       #2305997 - 04/04/08 11:59 PM Attachment (120 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   another old school mount; Meade research series eq upgraded with Byers 7.5" ra gearing. Tracks very well now since the modification :>) mark -------------------- Post Extras:       darylf96 Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/28/04 Posts: 1246 Loc: Danville, California Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: MDearingJaxFL]       #2321141 - 04/12/08 01:01 AM Attachment (163 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The "Holy Grail" of Alt-Az mounts. If you want to observe, this is the mount to own. Regards Daryl -------------------- Intes Micro MN66 - Meade 10" SCT Skywatcher 150mm f8 Achro CGE Mount - DiscMount DM-6 on Meade Field Tripod with SkyCommander DSC Lumicon 80mm Super Finder ED80 w MoonLite focuser on CG5A-GT mount WO ZenithStar ST 80mm/WO B-viewer Astro-Tech AT80 Refractor f6.9 APO On SV M1 mount & Grab-Go Tripod Stellarvue 20x85 binos - Unimount Kunming United Optics 7x50 binocs Canon Rebel XT, Canon 20D, SB ST8XE Orion DSCI, Meade DSI Post Extras:       leexeen sage Reged: 08/08/07 Posts: 369 Loc: Beijing, China Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: darylf96]       #2325115 - 04/13/08 10:13 PM Attachment (131 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My lightest grab and go.. -------------------- TMB 130F6 in the making TAK TSA-102S,TAK FS-60CSV Astroslew TITAN(4"),AIM(2") Alt/Az mount Nagler Zoom 3-6, Nagler 16T5, Super Mono 4 Post Extras:       Rudy Nix newbie Reged: 03/19/08 Posts: 1 Loc: Hollister,CA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: leexeen]       #2328645 - 04/15/08 12:03 PM Attachment (113 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just removed the forks off my Meade LX200 Classic 10" f10 and replaced it with an Atlas EQ-G mount. Rudy Post Extras:       mikey cee Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/18/07 Posts: 2326 Loc: bellevue ne. Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: Rudy Nix]       #2365789 - 05/02/08 01:16 AM Attachment (120 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well here is my puny mount. Didn't have the DEC circle or the 60 lbs. of counterweights on it yet when I snapped the picture. Oh and by the way those shafts are a solid 3"! You just might guess that the scope is not a 60mm. Mike -------------------- Mike 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957). Post Extras:       Magellan professor emeritus Reged: 01/26/06 Posts: 518 Loc: Dartmouth, NS Canada Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: mikey cee]       #2366087 - 05/02/08 08:34 AM Attachment (121 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is mine. I just got it almost 2 weeks ago and haven't had a chance to use it, nothing but RAIN the entire time. It was high level clouds the day I set it up outside. I upgraded from the trusty Nexstar mount and tripod to the Antares EQ5 that came in a Skywatcher EQ5 box Look I see Blue on the CSC, theres hope yet. -------------------- Jeff D Coulter Odyssey 2 8" Dobsonian Celestron Nexstar 102SLT Antares EQ-5 Mount Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Messier Certificate Count: 71/110 St. Croix Observatory RASC-Halifax Post Extras:       AZKick super member Reged: 02/25/08 Posts: 129 Loc: Phoenix, AZ Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: Magellan]       #2366634 - 05/02/08 01:16 PM Attachment (120 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's mine. I am a long way off of a real mount so this will do for now. Post Extras:       stulevine.com super member Reged: 01/14/08 Posts: 186 Loc: PA, USA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: AZKick]       #2367546 - 05/02/08 07:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hey! Very cool. You have any good APs from that setup? Be curious to see. Stuart -------------------- Tucson, AZ 85739 Post Extras:       goathunter member Reged: 04/23/08 Posts: 12 Loc: The Netherlands Re: Post a pic of your mount [Re: BYoesle]       #2368343 - 05/03/08 06:17 AM Attachment (89 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   a old but stable Unitron mount with a Skywatcher mak Edited by goathunter (05/03/08 06:18 AM) Post Extras:       Orion f 6.3 member Reged: 08/04/06 Posts: 44 Re: Post a pic of your mount [Re: BYoesle]       #2371068 - 05/04/08 04:12 PM Attachment (113 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   he is my new pillar mount -------------------- Deep and Dark. Orion Optics 250mm f 6.3 Hi-Lux 1/4PV DOB EQ6 Tripod / Pillar Mounted Revelation 80mm f 6 Reflector Zeiss 7x50 Binos Star Raker Bino Mount Very Heavy Duty Tripod For The Star Racker 055 Manfrotto/A-Z Mount 12vdc 7ah Power Supply Unit (Home Made) Edited by Orion f 6.3 (05/04/08 04:14 PM) Post Extras:       Steem member Reged: 02/01/07 Posts: 22 Loc: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: MDearingJaxFL]       #2460364 - 06/14/08 05:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are a overall and some detail pictures of the Losmandy GM-8 I received last week. I haven't had the change to test it's guiding capabilities good yet but the first short tests I did are positive. It carries it's load wonderfully and in the near future I wish to add a guiding scope. I read about the problems in backlash a lot on the internet, but I don't understand the fuzz really.. There was no backlash on the DEC-axis yet a considerable bit on the RA. Yet I just used a clamp to clamp the wormgearblocks and was able to remove the backlash in under 10 minutes. It is now as backlashfree as I think it can be and it's very stable! My first opinions on the mount are that it is as good as I hoped it to be. Very ingenious and also very easy to use, both visiually as well as for astrophotography. -------------------- - 200mm F/4 GSO | 127mm F/6.5 achromat - Losmandy GM-8 | Vixen GP - 40D | EF-S 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS | EF 70-200mm F/2.8 IS L Post Extras:       phedias super member Reged: 04/16/07 Posts: 155 Loc: Nicosia,CYPRUS Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: DarkDude]       #2460582 - 06/14/08 08:24 PM Attachment (78 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My Vixen SXD with VISAC and Ed81 APO -------------------- Vixen SXD Vixen VC200L Vixen ED81S Zhumell 10 inch dobsonian Post Extras:       phedias super member Reged: 04/16/07 Posts: 155 Loc: Nicosia,CYPRUS Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: phedias]       #2463320 - 06/16/08 12:41 PM Attachment (72 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   my ED81 above -------------------- Vixen SXD Vixen VC200L Vixen ED81S Zhumell 10 inch dobsonian Post Extras:       Myles sage Reged: 03/25/06 Posts: 493 Loc: Seattle, Washington Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: phedias]       #2488303 - 06/28/08 04:36 PM Attachment (74 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are some heads. Discmount 4 (4 inch diameter bearing surfaces - Teflon I presume) Stelleview M1 (2 inchs surfaces) Bogen 410 geared. How did I ever get to 3 mounts, 4 tripods, and 4 scopes - Myles -------------------- Seattle, WA 100ED, SV80ED, SV115 on order PST DS, WO66 white light 35Pan, 27Pan, 14XW, 10XW, 7XW, 5XW, 3.5XW Post Extras:       JJS member Reged: 10/13/06 Posts: 24 Loc: Verona, WI Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: Myles]       #2488566 - 06/28/08 07:39 PM Attachment (62 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My SV90T on a Production Half Hitch mount... -------------------- Stellarvue SV90TBV Production Half Hitch Mount w/Sky Commander Post Extras:       Robert Provin professor emeritus Reged: 08/14/06 Posts: 565 Loc: Northridge, California Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: DarkDude]       #2488934 - 06/28/08 11:23 PM Attachment (88 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a shot of my Losmandy Titan supporting an Astro-Physics 180 EDT f/9 apo refractor. Robert -------------------- Robert W. Provin Dept. of Geography California State University Northridge, CA 91330-8249 Post Extras:       Mike Clemens Post Laureate Reged: 11/26/05 Posts: 3051 Loc: Wasilla, Alaska 61N Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: Robert Provin]       #2489141 - 06/29/08 02:55 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I can finally see here that the Titan is quite a large mount. What a great setup! There appear to be vibrant spheres growing in your tree. We have no vibrant sphere bushes here! Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/14/05 Posts: 1300 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: Mike Clemens]       #2489328 - 06/29/08 08:35 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just stumbled onto this German webpage which shows some home-made mounts: http://www.zellix.de/selbstbau/bino1.htm -------------------- TS 152/1200 ( f 7.90 ) Achromatic Refractor Saving/Looking for 180/1620 ( f 9 ) Refractor Post Extras:       lazhow member Reged: 11/11/07 Posts: 19 Loc: Boynton Beach,FL Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 2) [Re: PhilCo126]       #2489831 - 06/29/08 02:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   llllll Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 16 registered and 11 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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