Mark Jenkins
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Reged: 06/25/08
Posts: 437
Loc: Wisconsin
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Wow!
That's just awesome Luke!
Are you using a Casady Tandem bar?
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Astro-Physics 130mm f6.3 StarFire EDF 'Gran Turismo'
TEC MC200/15.5
Astro-Physics AP Mach1 GTO
EarthWin PFS-B
Canon EOS 50D Hap Modified
DFK21AU04.AS
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LLEEGE
Running out of Oxygen
Reged: 03/03/05
Posts: 9075
Loc: Cloud-chester,NY
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With all the saddles and plates I've got, I just made my own. 
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"Okay! You draw the straws. I'm-a taking the parachute."
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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1454
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Okay, here's one of mine:
Mint Super Polaris I bought off craigslist a couple months ago and added an iOptron Gotonova kit to. No mods of the mount required whatsoever - just the gotonova plastic motor covers.
Here it is with my also recently acquired TV NP101is, which also required no modifications to either the mount or the rings holding the OTA.
Looks like it came from a store like that, in fact.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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Mark Jenkins
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Reged: 06/25/08
Posts: 437
Loc: Wisconsin
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Finally got a nice day to put this together.
Balance is not a problem at all.
This arrangement eliminates the need for 1 18lb counterweight!
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Astro-Physics 130mm f6.3 StarFire EDF 'Gran Turismo'
TEC MC200/15.5
Astro-Physics AP Mach1 GTO
EarthWin PFS-B
Canon EOS 50D Hap Modified
DFK21AU04.AS
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BarrySimon615
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Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Here is my Light Speed Telescopes "Wagon" mount. Available in about 2000 to 2002, it was made by Charles Riddell (Half Hitch Mounts). Payload capacity is about 60 lbs and it is encoder equipped.
Barry Simon
Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:43 PM)
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BarrySimon615
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Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Here is another shot giving more a sense of how bit this is. I am 5' 9".
Barry
Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:45 PM)
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BarrySimon615
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Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Wagon Mount with closeup of "eyepiece caddy".
Barry
Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:53 PM)
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BarrySimon615
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Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Here is a homemade mount, an English cross-axis. I got the idea for this way back in the early 80's from a small drawing in "All About Telescopes" by Sam Brown. The cross-axis mount was invented in 1824. Using common galvanized plumbing pipe I designed this mount to work in an open box with a board tilted and off-set 30 degrees from vertical supporting the lower end of the right ascension axis and the inside of the box top at the same offset supporting the upper end of the right ascension axis. When not in use, everything fits inside the box. In addition the telescope tube has enough height above the box top so as to not be obstructed in any way by the box.
My mount was featured in the column - "Gleanings for ATM's" in the October, 1983 issue of SKY & TELESCOPE. Unfortunately the mount was sold years ago, but I still have the scope. In truth this setup was a bit cumbersome in this size. Someday I would like to make a smaller version, perhaps suitable for something like an AstroTech 66. In an updated version a smaller box could be attached to a tripod.
Here is a picture of the original mount I made before painting.
Barry Simon
Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 02:52 PM)
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BarrySimon615
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Reged: 03/01/04
Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Another shot of the English cross-axis. The scope is a 4.25" f/4.1 (Edmund optics) with a traditional 5" diameter tube.
Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 02:55 PM)
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Mark Jenkins
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Reged: 06/25/08
Posts: 437
Loc: Wisconsin
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That's cool Barry!
Was it adjustable for proper polar alignment??
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Astro-Physics 130mm f6.3 StarFire EDF 'Gran Turismo'
TEC MC200/15.5
Astro-Physics AP Mach1 GTO
EarthWin PFS-B
Canon EOS 50D Hap Modified
DFK21AU04.AS
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BarrySimon615
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Posts: 1279
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Altitude adjustment - tilt of the bottom board and the lid - with the bottom attachment being tilted 30 degrees from vertical, the ra axis is angled at 30 degrees which is what we need for my location in New Orleans.
Azimuth adjustment - kick the box with your shoe - we are not talking rocket science here!
Barry
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Jimmy2K63
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Reged: 04/26/09
Posts: 1192
Loc: Kentucky
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But...But...But...it couldn't possibly work. It's not a CGEM or an Atlas or a Tak and it's got that thing in there that looks like a wheel wrench. :-)
Very nice mount Barry. Loved Gleaning's. I once built the barn door for astrophotographers I saw there - little manually guided mount with threaded rod, couple of boards, piano hinge, you may remember. Too bad I don't have any pictures of it. You may remember the Edmund's books about mounts and so forth - think Sam Brown wrote them. Lots of good ideas for homemade mounts in there.
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http://astronomyguy63.blogspot.com/
LXD75 SN6-UHTC
Cave Astrola 10" f/5
Garrett 15x70/FarSight
Canon XS (1000D)
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drg
journeyman
Reged: 05/01/09
Posts: 8
Loc: Georgia, USA
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CG5 Equatorial GoTo
Edited by drg (06/14/09 01:16 PM)
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lenny arsenault
journeyman
Reged: 06/09/09
Posts: 6
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I will try and post pictures of one of my starliner mounts in restoration. Lenny
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gnowellsct
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/24/09
Posts: 733
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AP900QMD on ATS pier
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"Aperture will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no aperture."
featuring selected astrojunk:
bunch o' widefield eyepieces
bunch o' narrowfield eyepieces
couple o' Barlows
couple o' scopes
couple o' mounts
couple o' tripods
and a pier 'n' stuff
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gnowellsct
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/24/09
Posts: 733
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G11 on Berlebach tripod
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"Aperture will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no aperture."
featuring selected astrojunk:
bunch o' widefield eyepieces
bunch o' narrowfield eyepieces
couple o' Barlows
couple o' scopes
couple o' mounts
couple o' tripods
and a pier 'n' stuff
Edited by gnowellsct (07/23/09 11:59 AM)
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Mike Clemens
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/26/05
Posts: 4274
Loc: Wasilla, Alaska 61N
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LOVE THE QMD on the ATS!!!
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historius apochromaticus
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tbone0168
member
Reged: 04/23/09
Posts: 56
Loc: Long Island, New York
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Orion 120 ST f/5 on a date with CGEM and Black and Decker....
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Orion StarQuest XT8 Classic
Orion Apex 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
Orion 120 f/5 ST Refractor
Orion 80mm f/5 ST Refractor
Meade 80AZ-ADR
Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imager III
Meade DeepSky Color Imager II
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
CGE Mount
Astro Tech Voyager Mount
Celestron SkyMaster 15X70 Binoculars
Explore Scientific 14mm
Meade Series 5000 8.8mm Ultrawide
Orion Stratus 3.5mm
A seven year old son who is a budding astronomer
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MeadeMan
member
Reged: 08/25/08
Posts: 73
Loc: West Sussex, UK
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Meade 5000 series 127mm and 80mm ED APO's on a Tele optic Giro 2 Deluxe and Berlebach Uni 18 tripod.
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Chromatic aberration? I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. I only use the finest triplets!
Meade 8" LX200 R
Meade 5000 series 127mm ED APO Triplet
Meade 5000 series 80mm ED APO Triplet
Meade 5000 UWA 30mm/18mm/14mm/8.8mm/6.7mm/5.5mm/4.7mm
Meade 5000 Plossl 40mm/32mm/26mm/20mm/14mm/9mm/5.5
Meade 5000 2x TeleXtender
Meade 5000 5x TeleXtender
William Optics FLT 98mm Special Edition
EQ6 Pro
Berlebach UNI 24 Tripod
Giro 2 Deluxe
SynScan EQ6 Pro
Canon 450d DSLR
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tbone0168
member
Reged: 04/23/09
Posts: 56
Loc: Long Island, New York
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Orion 127 Mak and Astro Tech Voyager....travelling light tonight....
Edited by tbone0168 (07/31/09 07:18 PM)
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