Charlie Hein
Postmaster
Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 7958
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Starting a new thread... the previous versions of this thread can be found here and here.
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"He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Weston CSC:
Edited by Charlie Hein (04/26/09 06:19 PM)
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Myles
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/25/06
Posts: 595
Loc: Seattle, Washington
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Stellarvue TSL5 with a DiscMount DM-4 on top of it.
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Seattle, WA
LB10", SV115T, SV80ED
35Pan, 27Pan, 14XW, 10XW, 7XW, 5XW, 3.5XW
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antilles72
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 03/06/07
Posts: 1648
Loc: Rhode Island
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WO EZ Touch
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Royston
Royston's Cosmic Log
Royston Kane Photography
Orion 80ED
WO Eazy Touch
Orion Scenix 10x50
Bushnell Sky Chief III 60mm F/15
William Optics 16mm UWAN
Orion Sirius Plossl 10mm, 20mm, 25mm
B/TMB Planetary 4mm
Sony Alpha A100
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charles genovese
super member
Reged: 02/04/06
Posts: 131
Loc: Madisonville Louisiana
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My Franken mount. C8 on a Vixen GP with Meade LXD 75 drives on a homade pier. Here is the perfect grab and go. And the telescope is good too.
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Graystar
member
Reged: 04/19/09
Posts: 90
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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My brand new Orion Skyview Pro...in pieces! It was a brand new floor model. When I got it I found the RA axis seized. Normally I'd return something that doesn't work for a new one, but I had read that giving these mounts an overhaul does wonders for its operation, and I'm the type of person that would perform such a task.
The RA axle and worm (the seized parts) are going to be repaired by the seller, and with the removal of the old gunk, deburring of the worm, good grease, and a careful adjustment, it should actually be better than new, so I'm not terribly upset at the moment...but check back in a couple weeks when the axle get back :P
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Warning! I'm a newbie...I don't know anything!
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PJ Anway
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 06/04/03
Posts: 1134
Loc: Michigan's U.P.
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Here is my Losmandy G-9. Sold back in the early to mid 90's, you don't see many of these.
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PJ
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Lookum Observatory
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scopemankit
super member
Reged: 01/27/09
Posts: 136
Loc: south africa
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Here's my old home-mde mount for my 12"cass. It's been going for 14 years with only 1 change of stepper motor. The drive program used is Mel's "Scope" (I use only 1 channel as the dec is driven by a small dc motor.
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Chris
Cape Town
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waassaabee
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/26/07
Posts: 2681
Loc: Central California Coast
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My Franken mount. C8 on a Vixen GP with Meade LXD 75 drives on a homade pier. Here is the perfect grab and go. And the telescope is good too.
Mighty fine mount you got there Charles!! What telescope...?
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Gary
34N 120W
-My kingdom for blue squares!-
WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF
AT8RC
mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD
CGEM
Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o
My Friend Flickr
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 8300
Loc: Bremerton Washington
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My retro fitted Cave OB series mount with 2.5" stainless shafts. I freshly painted the newly finished saddle/tube rings that will hold my 10"f/16 refractor.
Rob
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www.goldmtobservingcenter.com
A great place for amateur astronomers, and ATM's to come and enjoy their hobby.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomemadeRefractorTelescopes/ My homemade refractor group.
www.vimeo.com/6014031
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Darenwh
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/11/06
Posts: 1219
Loc: Covington, GA
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Nice but I think you are going to need a longer peir....
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Daren
Covington, GA
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 8300
Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Nice but I think you are going to need a longer peir....
Oh yeah Daren...I keep it on that short pier to roll it around with the tube in its rings...so I can work on it.
The GEM and saddle alone will be mounted on a permenent steal pier in an OB. I wouldn't be able to even look over the trees if I left the 12" X 14ft scope fixed in this arrangement.... 
Rob
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www.goldmtobservingcenter.com
A great place for amateur astronomers, and ATM's to come and enjoy their hobby.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomemadeRefractorTelescopes/ My homemade refractor group.
www.vimeo.com/6014031
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Starlighter
Post Laureate
Reged: 08/03/07
Posts: 4486
Loc: Sunny California
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Orion Skyview AZ with TV-85 and Meade 80mm triplet:
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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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Rudy Nix
member
Reged: 03/19/08
Posts: 61
Loc: Hollister,CA
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Here's a picture of my LX200 10 SCT with the fork mount and then on an Atlas EQ-G, and my wide field setup on the EQ-G. I decided to take the 10" sct off the fork mount so that I could switch easily between scopes for astrophotography.
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csa/montana
Wild Spirit
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 40124
Loc: montana
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Here's my AstroTech Voyager!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Pentaxes; 5XW, 7XL, 10XW.
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
TV Panoptics; 22, 35
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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beachchairbill
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/06/08
Posts: 503
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Here is a picture of my new Astrowood P-Mount
Beachchairbill
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Doug D.
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/23/05
Posts: 1854
Loc: Virginia
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Oh my, Elvis is finally in the building. Just got the mount a few days ago. All I can say so far is that it was worth the wait. Can't wait to give a scope a ride.
Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO on AP/Baader wood tripod with A-P accessory trays....
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Hooville
AP 105EDF f/6 Traveler; AP 140 EDF StarFire f/7.5; TV 76 f/6.3 with Solarscope SF70 filter; Solarscope Solarview 50; Coronado CaK 70; Orion XT-10; Baader Mk V & ZAO II's; Half-Hitch Mk II; Astrotrac TT320X, pier & wedge; AP Mach1GTO; PGR Flea 2
Edited by Doug D. (05/18/09 11:07 AM)
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dweller25
sage
Reged: 08/30/07
Posts: 248
Loc: 53.6°N - UK
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Here is my trusty GP-DX with the SkySensor 2000PC system.
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Be true to your teeth and they will never be false to you.
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GeorgeNC
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/26/07
Posts: 1119
Loc: Land of the Sky, North Carolin...
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Got a new CGEM last week, but last night was first clear skies to give it a trial. Worked great! Aligned it roughly north - did the 2 + 4 alignment, then the polar alignment routine on Arcturus. Everything was spot on. Imaged M53 - it was close to the meridian so I could check out the tracking across the meridian.
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Celestron C11 on CGE Mount
Stellarvue 80mm Nighthawk II
W.O. Flt110 on CGEM
Canon 40D (Hap Griffin modified)
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
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jmasin
sage
Reged: 12/22/08
Posts: 489
Loc: Murphy, TX (DFW)
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my humble setup awaiting the sun to say goodnight...
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Cheers,
Jon
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Orion Atlas 8" (203mm f/4.9 on Atlas EQ-G)
Tasco 60mm (~35 years old and still kicking!)
Nikon D300, 80, 70 & many lenses
http://www.pbase.com/jmasin/astro
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pferendzo
member
Reged: 02/10/08
Posts: 90
Loc: St Louis
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I'm refurbishing my 10" newt (Orion) and I'm trying to decide if I should repurpose my Atlas from primary use with my refractors and CATs to an equatorial for the 10" newt. My viewing is from the SE to SW, not that great of an arc. Do you find the 10" comfortable to use on the Atlas, or is it a bit of pain?
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