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clintwhitman
Caveman

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4173215 - 11/09/10 02:03 AM Attachment (180 downloads)

The Finder is an 80mm Brandon. Guide Scope is a 100mm 1950s Unitron, the Guide scope rings were literaly milled that morning by Bob Burns the same day, he drove them up and we installed them for testing while up on the mountain.

The Los Angeles Times was at Mnt. Pinos doing a piece on the Perseid meteor shower and included one photo of the AP in the online artical. Here is the shot they had in the artical.

Clint

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AdamThor
member

Reged: 11/05/10

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4173662 - 11/09/10 09:50 AM

Quote:

The Finder is an 80mm Brandon. Guide Scope is a 100mm 1950s Unitron, the Guide scope rings were literaly milled that morning by Bob Burns the same day, he drove them up and we installed them for testing while up on the mountain.

The Los Angeles Times was at Mnt. Pinos doing a piece on the Perseid meteor shower and included one photo of the AP in the online artical. Here is the shot they had in the artical.

Clint

Sweet! Beautiful photo to-boot!

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eric_zeiner
Phoenix's Dad

Reged: 12/09/06

Loc: Georgia USA 34 31'57.18N 83 53...

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4173715 - 11/09/10 10:12 AM Attachment (158 downloads)

Well this is my very modest setup that consists of Meade LXD 500 tripod legs, an Orion Starseeker tripod head, a pier made of 4"PVC with couplings and a Starseeker mount that has been modified with the Baader Nexstar dovetail kit. It is small but it works well and I enjoy it.

Edited by eric_zeiner (11/09/10 10:13 AM)

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eric_zeiner
Phoenix's Dad

Reged: 12/09/06

Loc: Georgia USA 34 31'57.18N 83 53...

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[Re: eric_zeiner]
#4173717 - 11/09/10 10:14 AM Attachment (136 downloads)

Here is a close up of the actual mount.

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eric_zeiner
Phoenix's Dad

Reged: 12/09/06

Loc: Georgia USA 34 31'57.18N 83 53...

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[Re: eric_zeiner]
#4173757 - 11/09/10 10:24 AM Attachment (117 downloads)

This is my Carton 60/1000 that I built on a mount that consists of a no name EQ2 head, a pier made of 3"PVC pipe and a coupling and a Meade LXD500 tripod.

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Andrew123
member

Reged: 11/15/10

Loc: Toledo, Ohio

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[Re: Charlie Hein]
#4190541 - 11/16/10 07:13 PM Attachment (143 downloads)

My SkyWatcher 150mm with a EQ5 GoTo. The other 2 are my home built travel scopes. 190mm (7.5") and 258mm (10")

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lunar
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 07/03/10

Loc: NY, United Sates

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[Re: Andrew123]
#4190560 - 11/16/10 07:18 PM

You make very beautiful telescopes! What are the views like through your 150MM refractor? The mount with it goes together nicely.

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Andrew123
member

Reged: 11/15/10

Loc: Toledo, Ohio

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[Re: lunar]
#4190608 - 11/16/10 07:44 PM Attachment (133 downloads)

I would rate the scope at about a 8. Not quite as nice as my 10" but the GoTo really makes it work. I just got it to work with my netbook yesterday. I couldn't get it to work with StarryNight Pro. I got it to work with Cartes du Ciel V3.0. Can't wait untill I get some veiw time.
P.S. I build theese too.

Edited by Andrew123 (11/16/10 07:52 PM)

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Agelos Kechagias
super member

Reged: 01/12/09

Loc: Greece

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4194103 - 11/18/10 10:03 AM Attachment (159 downloads)

My new AsA DDM60

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dan17
super member

Reged: 03/30/09

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[Re: Agelos Kechagias]
#4194161 - 11/18/10 10:30 AM

Congratulations, can't wait for even better Your DSO pictures

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frolinmod
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 08/06/10

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[Re: Myles]
#4194671 - 11/18/10 02:14 PM Attachment (186 downloads)

Here is a picture of my Paramount ME. It's sitting on top of a 42" high Astro-Physics 10" portable pier and is carrying a C-14 EdgeHD in an Andy Homeyer scope cradle. Attached to the front of the scope cradle is an ADM dovetail with an ADM weight system for balancing in declination. The dew shield on the front is one of those AstroZap aluminum ones. The focuser on the back is a TCF-S. I've wired three USB cables and a 12V power cable through the mount. The power cable goes to a West Mountain Radio Rigrunner 12V power distribution panel underneath the OTA. This supplies power for the dew heater controller, TCF-S, CCD camera, etc. as needed.

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clintwhitman
Caveman

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt

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[Re: AdamThor]
#4196031 - 11/19/10 01:54 AM Attachment (119 downloads)

Adam, Welcome to Cloudy Nights and thanks for the compliment!! I hang out mostly in the Classics group, As most of my equipment is along those lines... Have fun and hope to see you around the groups.
Clint (aveman Whitman
I guess I should post another mount pic.
How about some rare Nippon Kogakus 5CM & 6.5 CM

Edited by clintwhitman (11/19/10 02:07 AM)

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clintwhitman
Caveman

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt

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[Re: Agelos Kechagias]
#4196036 - 11/19/10 01:57 AM

Aggelos, Nice new mount. 25 Kilo max load and looks great. Are they planing a bigger one? I wonder...

Clint

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clintwhitman
Caveman

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt

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[Re: frolinmod]
#4196042 - 11/19/10 02:03 AM

Hey Dan,
Awesome setup... I sure wish the economy was cooking a bit better I sure would like to talk to you about the great deal you have on the old Para..
Clint

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clb
member

Reged: 11/14/10

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4197990 - 11/20/10 12:46 AM

Vixen NEX-SXD.
Celestron controller & NEXRemote.
ADM clamp.
C11
2" OPT dielectric
5D2+500/4.5 Sigma & 2x

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mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

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[Re: clb]
#4198030 - 11/20/10 01:34 AM Attachment (155 downloads)

Here's a GEM you don't see much either past or present! Argueably the nicest operating mount ever built by Royal Astro for the layman who couldn't afford an observatory class scope. Forty three pounds of slop free operation on a 75 pound pier....the Tasco 20TE.

Mike

Edited by mikey cee (11/20/10 01:37 AM)

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clintwhitman
Caveman

Reged: 01/01/07

Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt

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[Re: mikey cee]
#4198201 - 11/20/10 07:04 AM

Awesome Mike Classic invasion..
(aveman

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hypergolic
super member

Reged: 11/27/07

Loc: Home

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[Re: clintwhitman]
#4198999 - 11/20/10 04:03 PM Attachment (131 downloads)

Here is my venerable R200SS Vixen 8" F/4 perched above its GP-DX. This scope is one of the Orion branded ones. After 10 years, its still my favorite, and only telescope. The Skysensor 2000PC is not hooked up. I was preparing for dusk and decided to take some pictures of the 'scope.

Edited by hypergolic (11/20/10 04:04 PM)

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hypergolic
super member

Reged: 11/27/07

Loc: Home

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: hypergolic]
#4199892 - 11/20/10 11:59 PM Attachment (152 downloads)

And here is the absolute best scope I ever had. It was a 6" F/10, Jaegers mirror, stovepipe/pipe thread mount special. It was killer on the planets.

Edited by hypergolic (11/21/10 12:00 AM)

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frolinmod
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 08/06/10

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: hypergolic]
#4201322 - 11/21/10 05:54 PM

Sam Brown would be proud.

My old RV-6 was a killer on the planets. I can only imagine how much better that f/10 was. Quite a bit better no doubt.

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