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RichfromRoch
super member

Reged: 01/30/08

Loc: Rochester, NY

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

[Re: alpal]
#3301984 - 08/29/09 01:41 PM

Thanks. This is my grab-and-go setup, and the SV90 is a great performer, especially for low-power sweeps of the sky. Then there are the color-free views of the Moon and Jupiter. The Unistar Light is at its limit with the SV90, but it would easily handle an 80mm or smaller scope. I eventually may look for a mount with more beef. The new KB Systems tripod is very steady, despite weighing only 7.5 pounds. Vibration times are in the one to three second range.
Rich
Rochester, NY

Edited by RichfromRoch (08/29/09 01:50 PM)

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Steve40
member

Reged: 10/15/06

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

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3303410 - 08/30/09 08:58 AM Attachment (444 downloads)

Here's my AP1200 with a couple cheap refractors on it.

Steve

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DeanS
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 07/12/05

Loc: Central Kentucky

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

[Re: Steve40]
#3303469 - 08/30/09 09:47 AM

Very nice, but if you ever want to upgrade and get rid of one of those cheap dime store scopes, just let me know

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Steve40
member

Reged: 10/15/06

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

[Re: DeanS]
#3303495 - 08/30/09 10:08 AM

Thanks! As soon as Walmart starts stocking those sweet Christmas scopes, I'll be in touch!

Steve

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Panza
sage

Reged: 09/26/07

Loc: Lillehammer, Norway

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

[Re: Steve40]
#3307356 - 09/01/09 01:22 AM Attachment (385 downloads)

Here's my 900GTO. It just arrived yesterday. I am very happy. I was totally worth the wait and $$$$.

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Panza
sage

Reged: 09/26/07

Loc: Lillehammer, Norway

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

[Re: Panza]
#3307357 - 09/01/09 01:24 AM Attachment (331 downloads)

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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: Panza]
#3307689 - 09/01/09 08:28 AM

Sure is pretty! More pictures once you get the scopes mounted.

David

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Steve40
member

Reged: 10/15/06

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

[Re: Panza]
#3308979 - 09/01/09 06:52 PM

Great---you'll love it!

On the GTO control box, are those little purple things covers to protect the RS 232 sockets?

Steve

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chuckscap
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/18/09

Loc: Colorado Springs, CO USA

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

[Re: pferendzo]
#3310028 - 09/02/09 08:16 AM

My Orange C14 on it's original fork mount on my deck in Colorado Springs ... Spring 2005

Chuck

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Panza
sage

Reged: 09/26/07

Loc: Lillehammer, Norway

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

[Re: Steve40]
#3310541 - 09/02/09 12:43 PM

Quote:

Great---you'll love it!

On the GTO control box, are those little purple things covers to protect the RS 232 sockets?

Steve

Yes, they are just plastic covers. I don't have a laptop so they will be left on.

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Steve40
member

Reged: 10/15/06

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

[Re: Panza]
#3311844 - 09/02/09 10:52 PM

Hi again!

Did those covers come with the mount? I ask because I don't use those ports, and would like to keep them clean and protected.

Thanks,

Steve

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Panza
sage

Reged: 09/26/07

Loc: Lillehammer, Norway

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

[Re: Steve40]
#3312525 - 09/03/09 09:42 AM

Yes they did.

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saturn5
super member

Reged: 09/02/07

Loc: Idaho

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Panza]
#3313470 - 09/03/09 06:25 PM Attachment (271 downloads)

Here is a picture of my Orion 90mm f/10 refractor setup that i use on my car roof at lunch time at work [graveyard] to look at the planets and moon. It's just in the first stage as i have a lot of work still to do to make it look nice. Setup weight is about 10 pounds. Why home made you ask. Well i want to keep every thing cheap price wise, in case the setup gets stolen from my car's trunk. I plan on hooking up a slow motion control or motor drive on the R.A. axis. In between the two wood disk is a lazy susan. And the legs are 1/2 inch metal conduit pipe with "u" shaped clamps to hold on the lower two legs.

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chuckscap
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/18/09

Loc: Colorado Springs, CO USA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: saturn5]
#3317344 - 09/05/09 05:29 PM

Mewlon 250 on a Vixen Sphinx SXW ... a tad undermounted ...

Chuck

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sgcullen
journeyman

Reged: 05/17/07

Loc: Rodeo, NM USA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: chuckscap]
#3317644 - 09/05/09 09:06 PM Attachment (419 downloads)

Here is my RCOS Professional Series Equatorial Fork Mount (.61m RCOS Ritchey-Chretien telescope on board)...

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David Pavlich
Transmographied

Reged: 05/18/05

Loc: Mandeville, LA USA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: sgcullen]
#3317717 - 09/05/09 10:16 PM

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Here is my RCOS Professional Series Equatorial Fork Mount (.61m RCOS Ritchey-Chretien telescope on board)...

Welcome. Now that's a dandy. Is your setup at a remote site or is this magnificent pile of hardware in your backyard? Really nice!

David

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alpal
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 06/15/09

Loc: Melbourne Australia.

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Steve40]
#3317804 - 09/05/09 11:24 PM

To Steve40
Those Starfire telescopes are hardly cheap LOL.

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alpal
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 06/15/09

Loc: Melbourne Australia.

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: sgcullen]
#3317809 - 09/05/09 11:26 PM

sgcullen - that setup must have cost a fortune!
You make me feel like a cheapskate.

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sgcullen
journeyman

Reged: 05/17/07

Loc: Rodeo, NM USA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: alpal]
#3317986 - 09/06/09 03:06 AM Attachment (367 downloads)

LOL...don't feel like a cheapskate...I just go overboard on things. This is actually in my backyard, but we have a pretty big backyard in a very remote area in New Mexico. There is also a 12.5" RC and, coming soon, an ASA N8 newtonian astrograph.

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David Pavlich
Transmographied

Reged: 05/18/05

Loc: Mandeville, LA USA

Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: sgcullen]
#3318484 - 09/06/09 12:52 PM

Do you have need for a 58 year old son?

That has to be the neatest looking backyard observatory I've ever seen. You must be quite proud!!

David

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