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Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009020 - 03/27/09 11:18 PM Attachment (72 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The new owner with his baby. Edited by denjo (03/27/09 11:22 PM) Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009024 - 03/27/09 11:24 PM Attachment (56 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I was quite impressed with the weights. They have a nice machined look to them I thought. Edited by denjo (03/28/09 12:35 PM) Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009030 - 03/27/09 11:28 PM Attachment (59 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Next we disassembled the tripod head from the legs to use on top of the pier plate. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009034 - 03/27/09 11:31 PM Attachment (64 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We use U bolts to hold it down to the top plate in the pier. This has worked very well on the last 3 Celestrons my buddy has had. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived *DELETED* [Re: denjo]       #3009036 - 03/27/09 11:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post deleted by denjo Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009038 - 03/27/09 11:35 PM Attachment (64 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   What do we have here? Post Extras:       LLEEGE True Blue Reged: 03/03/05 Loc: Cloud-chester,NY Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009042 - 03/27/09 11:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice! Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009044 - 03/27/09 11:37 PM Attachment (72 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I was impressed. One beatiful looking mount. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009050 - 03/27/09 11:39 PM Attachment (63 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I really like the dove tail being alot larger than my Atlas. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009053 - 03/27/09 11:41 PM Attachment (56 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The master at work doing the final tighting/ajustments before setting the CGEM on it new home. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009056 - 03/27/09 11:45 PM Attachment (61 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Brings a tear to my eye. Its beautiful. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009061 - 03/27/09 11:48 PM Attachment (53 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Get those beautiful weghts on. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009066 - 03/27/09 11:52 PM Attachment (56 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Final inspection before the big bucket goes on. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009072 - 03/27/09 11:54 PM Attachment (68 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is soooo sweet. Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009075 - 03/27/09 11:57 PM Attachment (70 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Coopatory back in business. Post Extras:       7331Peg Sirius Observer Reged: 09/01/08 Loc: North coast of Oregon Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009199 - 03/28/09 01:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice post and great pictures, denjo. Congrats! I used to work for a freight company for too many years, and it was always a big day when all the boxes in one shipment arrived together, and without looking like the truck ran over them. (Well, not really quite that bad). Should be able to re-"coop" your investment first night out! John Post Extras:       LateViewer Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/17/05 Loc: Manhattan Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: 7331Peg]       #3009297 - 03/28/09 05:53 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very cool! How high is the top of your pier and how big is that telescope? Thats an 11"? Al Post Extras:       jcrew sage Reged: 08/07/08 Loc: Mechanicsville, VA. Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: LateViewer]       #3009550 - 03/28/09 10:24 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks awesome! Post Extras:       waassaabee Post Laureate Reged: 11/26/07 Loc: Central California Coast Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: jcrew]       #3009587 - 03/28/09 10:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice!! You must have been ready for delivery, it would have taken me a couple of days to get all that together!! First light yet? Post Extras:       denjo professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/05 Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: jcrew]       #3009802 - 03/28/09 12:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   LateViewer, Yes that is a 11". Not sure of the height of the pier? Maybe the owner "Gary Cooper" can chime in with that for you. Gary is my best friend and lets me share his observatory with him. I took the photos and posted so everyone could have a look at this great mount. Most photos don't show details because the mount is so black so I had to brighten and tweek the photos up alot. Hope this gives you all a better idea of the size and what this mount looks like. I had a blast last night helping Coop set it all up. Now we have the best of both worlds, a wide field refractor and a large SCT. Perfect. Coop is a visual observer mostly and some web caming of the planets. The scope is a little too high right now but it will be perfect once a metal dew shield is installed. To balance it right now the scope is all the way forward on the dovetail. With a metal dew shield installed the scope will be slid back on the dovetail to balance making the height just right for visual work. My scope is in the back ground in the last photo, AT 111 on a Atlas with a WO 80ED piggybacked. Last night was first light for the GGEM, under very poor skys. It worked perfectly. Very little mirror shift also. Stars were very pin point and set up, alignment were very straight forward. Edited by denjo (03/28/09 12:43 PM) Post Extras:       tboss70 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/25/05 Loc: Missouri Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3009832 - 03/28/09 12:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   ...just makes me want one! Thanks for the pics! Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: tboss70]       #3009881 - 03/28/09 01:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Indeed, a superb looking mount... thanks for sharing those photos! Post Extras:       BRCoz professor emeritus Reged: 10/21/05 Loc: Moreno Valley, CA Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: PhilCo126]       #3010101 - 03/28/09 03:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very Nice. Sharp looking mount. Bruce Post Extras:       coopfore1 super member Reged: 11/23/05 Loc: il Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: LateViewer]       #3010534 - 03/28/09 07:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   lateviewer< The top of the pier is 48 inches off the observatory floor. It is 52 inches to the top plate. Then the top of the tripod is set on top of that. It puts the 11 inch scope around 6 inches too high for me. I am only 5foot 6. One would probably want to make the pier around 36 to 40 inches according to your height. I purposely made the pier 48 so I could accomadate a large refractor... Hope this helps.. CS Gary Post Extras:       hersey0308 super member Reged: 12/04/08 Loc: Ontario Canada Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: denjo]       #3010659 - 03/28/09 08:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   hey denjo - you have to be incredibly proud of this gear. pier looks fabulous as well. thanks for all the detail you posted on this impressive package. david Post Extras:       coopfore1 super member Reged: 11/23/05 Loc: il Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: waassaabee]       #3011000 - 03/29/09 01:28 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Waassaabee,Yea, I was waiting in the front yard when fed ex drove up. The driver was impressed with our roll off roof observatory.I still was not really ready. I had to go to Lowes for some hardware. Thanks to astronomics the scope was delivered within 48 hours of me ordering it online. Good job astronomics. Plus I got the cloudy nights discount and Free shipping. What more could I ask for lol. cs Gary Post Extras:       coopfore1 super member Reged: 11/23/05 Loc: il Re: CGEM 11 just arrived [Re: coopfore1]       #3026891 - 04/06/09 12:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, we had first light with the cgem 11. The views were at least as good as my old 10 inch newt. The go-to is dead on. Much better then my asgt cg5. The cg5 was good sometimes but other times not. Probably user error? I was rather impressed with the hand control polar alignment. It gets you pretty close, so no need to purchase a polar scope. Although anyone taking astrophoto over 1 min. would more than likely need to do a drift alignment. I also enjoyed the real time clock. No more need for entering time and date. There is a little bit of mirror shift on the focus. But ,all in all, I am very happy with the set-up. Cannot wait to do some web cam shots with it. 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