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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09

Loc: Columbus Nebraska USA
Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: David Pavlich]
      #3321043 - 09/07/09 08:40 PM
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Here is my mount.

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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09

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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Tech Hiker]
      #3321046 - 09/07/09 08:41 PM
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And a better picture of the head.

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mikey cee
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Tech Hiker]
      #3321462 - 09/08/09 02:31 AM
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If I didn't know better I'd say that looks like Merritt Reservoir! Mike

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alpal
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Reged: 06/15/09

Loc: Melbourne Australia.
Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: sgcullen]
      #3321664 - 09/08/09 08:17 AM
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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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Tech Hiker
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Reged: 07/29/09

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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: mikey cee]
      #3322802 - 09/08/09 07:42 PM
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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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Taylor
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Tech Hiker]
      #3324525 - 09/09/09 05:12 PM Attachment (298 downloads)
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My freshly arrived CGEM:

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soupaman
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Reged: 07/26/09

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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Taylor]
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New G11. Yay! I think.

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soupaman
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: soupaman]
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Kinda hard to expose at night.

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Doug D.
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: soupaman]
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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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John Downing
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Reged: 08/27/09

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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Charlie Hein]
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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

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

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johnmarkw
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: John Downing]
      #3333485 - 09/14/09 02:37 PM Attachment (268 downloads)
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Posted in SCT forum as well. New CGEM with used C 9.25 OTB.

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

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courtierr
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: johnmarkw]
      #3338160 - 09/16/09 09:06 PM
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Rob Courtier

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Paul Romero
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: courtierr]
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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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Paul Romero
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Paul Romero]
      #3343506 - 09/19/09 04:46 PM Attachment (266 downloads)
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And Another:

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Paul G
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Paul Romero]
      #3346274 - 09/21/09 08:39 AM Attachment (216 downloads)
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My 900 GTO.

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Bart
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) new [Re: Paul G]
      #3358726 - 09/26/09 09:43 PM
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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-
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Bart]
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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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seethat?
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Reged: 03/12/09

Loc: NOVA
Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Falcon-]
      #3361731 - 09/28/09 01:04 PM
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Here is my 100mm over 120mm.
CA squared. Double howizter.
ALT-AZ Astroview mount.

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seethat?
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Reged: 03/12/09

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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: seethat?]
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Dugh! The pic.

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SteveG
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Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: seethat?]
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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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