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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09
Posts: 18

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: David Pavlich]
#3321043 - 09/07/09 08:40 PM

Here is my mount.

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Tom

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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09
Posts: 18

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Tech Hiker]
#3321046 - 09/07/09 08:41 PM

And a better picture of the head.

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Tom

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mikey cee
Post Laureate

Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3507
Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Tech Hiker]
#3321462 - 09/08/09 02:31 AM

If I didn't know better I'd say that looks like Merritt Reservoir!

Mike

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7x35 and 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), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.

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alpal
sage

Reged: 06/15/09
Posts: 204

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: sgcullen]
#3321664 - 09/08/09 08:17 AM

wow sgcullen - I have never seen anything as good as that
owned by an amateur.
Most universities couldn't afford what you have.
I hope you allow research to be done there?

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Location: Melbourne Australia.

8" f6 custom built Newtonian with
EQ6 Pro mount.
Takahashi LE 5mm eyepiece & 2 x Tak. Barlow.
Williams Optics Eyepieces - 2" 40mm & 25mm, 1.25" 15mm & 9mm.
Saxon 11 x 70 binos.
Set of 11 Hirsh Optics 1.25" filters.
Set of 4 Orion 2" filters.
Antares 1.25" ALP filter.
+ One cheap 4.5" Newt. complete with eyepieces.

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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09
Posts: 18

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: mikey cee]
#3322802 - 09/08/09 07:42 PM

Quote:

If I didn't know better I'd say that looks like Merritt Reservoir! Mike

Ah, you've been there. Nice dark skies.

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Tom

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Taylor
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/10/05
Posts: 558
Loc: Federal Way, WA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Tech Hiker]
#3324525 - 09/09/09 05:12 PM Attachment (60 downloads)

My freshly arrived CGEM:

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Some OTAs, a mount, some eyepieces, and some cameras

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soupaman
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Reged: 07/26/09
Posts: 58

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Taylor]
#3328570 - 09/11/09 07:11 PM Attachment (47 downloads)

New G11. Yay! I think.

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Starmaster 14.5

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soupaman
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Reged: 07/26/09
Posts: 58

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: soupaman]
#3328578 - 09/11/09 07:14 PM Attachment (54 downloads)

Kinda hard to expose at night.

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Starmaster 14.5

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Doug D.
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/23/05
Posts: 1854
Loc: Virginia

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: soupaman]
#3330130 - 09/12/09 04:26 PM Attachment (47 downloads)

Chomping to test out the new pier and wedge with my Astrotrac but weather only good for photographing the mount - not the sky.

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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

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John Downing
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Reged: 08/27/09
Posts: 34
Loc: Anaheim, CA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3331605 - 09/13/09 02:18 PM Attachment (62 downloads)

This is my new set-up in my partially finished but useable roll-off observatory. AP900GTO, Meade 10" f6.3 (yes, an old one), Optec NGF-S, Stellarvue 105APO Triplet. A dream of over a decade to have my own observatory and a permanent mounting for my equipment. The rewards are wonderful and I have just started using it.

The obs. has fold-down sides (2') on three walls and is located near Julian, Ca. (San Diego County) at 4,000' elevation.

John

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La Ventana a las Estrellas
Roll off Roof Obs. Julian, CA
Meade 10" f6.3 SCT
Stellarvue SV105APO
Optec TCF-S
SBIG ST-7 w/CFW
Canon 40D
AP 900GTO
The Sky, CCD Soft, Nebulosity, T-Point, Pulse Guide.

Edited by John Downing (09/13/09 02:48 PM)

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johnmarkw
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Reged: 07/29/09
Posts: 12
Loc: Virginia

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: John Downing]
#3333485 - 09/14/09 02:37 PM Attachment (60 downloads)

Posted in SCT forum as well. New CGEM with used C 9.25 OTB.

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Mark W.

C 9.25
CGEM
Agena 35mm SWA
Baader Hyperion 8 - 24

Nikon D700
Nikon 180mm f2.8
Nikon 105VR f2.8
Nikon 50mm F2
Nikon 20mm f2.8

Edited by johnmarkw (09/14/09 02:41 PM)

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courtierr
newbie

Reged: 04/22/09
Posts: 1

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: johnmarkw]
#3338160 - 09/16/09 09:06 PM

Rob Courtier

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Paul Romero
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 04/05/05
Posts: 757
Loc: Reno, NV

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: courtierr]
#3343503 - 09/19/09 04:43 PM Attachment (68 downloads)

Hello,

Guys,

This is the day after I received my totally cool MI-250 back from the manufacturer. The refurb service is advertised at www.mountaininstruments.com. My mount is 9 years old and I am the 4th owner, but you wouldnt know it from looking at it!

BTW, I took this photo to show moi and my new mount, but whats really amazing is all the 'big boxes' built recently around my house. (Sarcasm inteded)..hopefully they will put a high intensity floodlamp up soon!

cheers from the Biggest Little City ...er just Big City,

Paul

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Good As New MI-250 Refurb
'nough said

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Paul Romero
scholastic sledgehammer

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Posts: 757
Loc: Reno, NV

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Paul Romero]
#3343506 - 09/19/09 04:46 PM Attachment (53 downloads)

And Another:

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Good As New MI-250 Refurb
'nough said

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Paul G
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 05/08/03
Posts: 2268
Loc: Freedonia

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Paul Romero]
#3346274 - 09/21/09 08:39 AM Attachment (42 downloads)

My 900 GTO.

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Gus

Tasco 4.5 Reflector EQ Telescope

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Bart
professor emeritus

Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 592
Loc: Inside the (DC) Beltway

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new

[Re: Paul G]
#3358726 - 09/26/09 09:43 PM

Perhaps the ultimate grab & go mount. Small, lightweight, portable and best of all, you can carry it in your shirt pocket.

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Falcon-
sage

Reged: 09/11/09
Posts: 238
Loc: Gambier Island, BC, Canada

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Bart]
#3359881 - 09/27/09 02:56 PM Attachment (34 downloads)

My new CG-5, sitting near where a pier will grow! Ok... well it is ALREADY on a pier, but soon enough there will be a *pier* though my pier.

And yes... that is a Galileoscope mounted.

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Tasco 11TE-5 'Lunagrosso': 4.5" Newtonian, 900mm f/7.9
Meade DS-2114S: 4.5" Newtonian, 1000mm f/8.8
Galileoscope: 50mm Achromatic Refractor, 500mm f/10
Tasco EQ-2-like mount w/ clock drive
Celestron CG-5GT mount

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seethat?
member

Reged: 03/12/09
Posts: 79
Loc: NOVA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Falcon-]
#3361731 - 09/28/09 01:04 PM

Here is my 100mm over 120mm.
CA squared. Double howizter.
ALT-AZ Astroview mount.

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Mark
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

So far:
Orion 100mm F/6 piggy backed
an a Orion 120mm F/8.3
on a Astroview EQ3 mount
with wooden legs.

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seethat?
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Reged: 03/12/09
Posts: 79
Loc: NOVA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: seethat?]
#3361733 - 09/28/09 01:06 PM Attachment (45 downloads)

Dugh! The pic.

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Mark
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

So far:
Orion 100mm F/6 piggy backed
an a Orion 120mm F/8.3
on a Astroview EQ3 mount
with wooden legs.

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SteveG
sage

Reged: 09/27/06
Posts: 235
Loc: Seattle, WA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: seethat?]
#3364573 - 09/29/09 07:19 PM Attachment (48 downloads)

Man those AP & Losmondy mounts are machined works of art!

Here's my 22 year old Super Polaris - the surveyors tripod is the best upgrade in the world for these smaller mounts. I made the custom eyepiece tray which also improved the rigidity.

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WO Megrez 110 ED on SP Mount
10" Meade LightBridge
Orion ED 100 on Polaris Mount
6" f8 Edmonds reflector on GP Mount
4.5" F8 Orion EQ Reflector
Astroscan
Meade 226 2.4" f11.7

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