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Adam E
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 06/29/09

Loc: Orlando, FL

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

[Re: snommisbor]
#3449360 - 11/15/09 12:26 PM

Here's my CGEM getting ready for some Jupiter imaging.

Stock with the exception of an ADM Saddle.

Edited by Adam E (11/15/09 04:17 PM)

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imargazi
member

Reged: 12/11/08

Loc: Firestone, CO, USA

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[Re: AJT12]
#3464994 - 11/24/09 12:41 AM

This is my setup from the other night while imaging in 17 degrees ... luckily I can control most of it from the warmth of my living room.... except for the running outside periodically to warm the optics to keep the frost away.

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Maurice Toet
member

Reged: 07/05/08

Loc: Sweet Lake City, Netherlands

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[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3478111 - 12/01/09 04:35 PM Attachment (279 downloads)

Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO.

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Jim7728
Postmaster

Reged: 04/10/05

Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC

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[Re: Maurice Toet]
#3487342 - 12/06/09 08:12 PM Attachment (194 downloads)

Another manual alt/az. AT Voyager head on a modified GP half-piller with HAL 120 tripod.

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David Pavlich
Transmographied

Reged: 05/18/05

Loc: Mandeville, LA USA

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

[Re: imargazi]
#3487510 - 12/06/09 09:59 PM

Quote:

This is my setup from the other night while imaging in 17 degrees ... luckily I can control most of it from the warmth of my living room.... except for the running outside periodically to warm the optics to keep the frost away.

Pretty neat...a cooled DSLR!

David

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David Rosenthal
Imager Extraordinaire

Reged: 06/23/06

Loc: NJ

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[Re: David Pavlich]
#3495427 - 12/11/09 07:52 AM

Here is my self-hypertuned Atlas with my new AT8IN and Tak FS-60C.

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guyroch
Vendor (BackyardEOS)

Reged: 01/22/08

Loc: 3rd rock from the sun, Canada

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[Re: Mark Jenkins]
#3527021 - 12/29/09 01:41 AM

Barry, This is what I call out-of-the-box. Awesome mount!

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plyscope
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 11/23/06

Loc: Perth, West Australia

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[Re: guyroch]
#3529032 - 12/30/09 06:27 AM Attachment (177 downloads)

Vixen Porta grab and go.

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jwaldo
Smart Mime

Reged: 04/26/04

Loc: Simi Valley, CA

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[Re: plyscope]
#3532049 - 12/31/09 05:24 PM

New LXD75 with ZS66:

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waassaabee
Post Laureate

Reged: 11/26/07

Loc: Central California Coast

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[Re: pferendzo]
#3533241 - 01/01/10 10:25 AM

My CGEM with the AT8RC and miniBorg 50 guider.

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akman1955
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 09/07/09

Loc: Alaska, USA

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[Re: BarrySimon615]
#3542971 - 01/06/10 10:20 AM

Barry, i never tire of looking at unitron mounts. Some nice setups you have there! thanks for sharing..

john

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Mr.Burns
member

Reged: 01/01/10

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[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3561621 - 01/14/10 11:32 PM Attachment (233 downloads)

Here we have the ISOstatic mount. I don't see too many of these around. Does anybody know if are worth anything? I am going to get a new mount to replace this.

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m4ilm4n
member

Reged: 02/20/06

Loc: shadows of the Blue Ridge

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[Re: Mr.Burns]
#3601137 - 02/02/10 09:53 PM Attachment (172 downloads)

Here's my new Atlas undergoing the first load test - 8in Newt with a piggybacked 80ED.

Edited by m4ilm4n (02/02/10 09:57 PM)

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emag
member

Reged: 04/06/08

Loc: Pensacola Florida

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[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3611728 - 02/07/10 11:06 PM Attachment (153 downloads)

One of my mounts. Old C-8 wedge and tripod reconfigured as a camera platform. The scope's new home is a CG-5.

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polaristom
sage

Reged: 12/17/07

Loc: Alaska

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[Re: emag]
#3616121 - 02/10/10 02:13 AM Attachment (226 downloads)

I just sold everything and upgraded. Here is the new set-up.

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coopfore1
super member

Reged: 11/23/05

Loc: il

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[Re: polaristom]
#3616140 - 02/10/10 02:38 AM Attachment (192 downloads)

CGEM and ATLAS

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Jim7728
Postmaster

Reged: 04/10/05

Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC

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

[Re: Jim7728]
#3616469 - 02/10/10 10:05 AM

Quote:

Another manual alt/az. AT Voyager head on a modified GP half-piller with HAL 120 tripod.

Update: Just wanted to say the FS-102 was a bit much for that setup, a shorter length ota would be a better match. Should have tested before posting.

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Joe F Gafford
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/15/06

Loc: Denver, Colorado, US

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[Re: Jim7728]
#3623117 - 02/13/10 06:32 PM Attachment (236 downloads)

Here's what happens when you forget the counterweights. I got good images of the Lagoon Nebula and the lunar occultation of Venus at sunrise that time!
Joe.

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Harold925
super member

Reged: 07/11/09

Loc: Near Charleston, S.C. Cluster

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: coopfore1]
#3623239 - 02/13/10 08:02 PM

Hello CS Gary,

Very nice observatory and equipment you have. Is that an AT111EDT mounted on your Atlas mount? If not, which is it? Everything looks great.

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rwiederrich
Goldfinger

Reged: 11/17/05

Loc: Always Dark skies of Belfair W...

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Joe F Gafford]
#3647788 - 02/25/10 09:49 PM Attachment (205 downloads)

Here is my *remade* and heavely modified Cave Observatory series large mount with 2.5" shafts.

Upgrades include a new Byers drive.....side reinforcing plates on the DEC RA junction..and on the alt and RA base.

I rebuilt the saddle with reinforced steel strapping and I built the 12" tube rings and brackets from rolled steel.

Just finished designing and building the new sector drive and fork....It sits with a new coat of paint too.

Last thing to do is build the 12v reduction drive motor for the sector drive. This thing has to hold and run my 10"f/15 around so it needed the upgrades. Its as rigid as anything now.

Rob

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