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Patricko
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WHOOOHOOO! That 50mm is BEAUTIFUL Carol!  I bet it is a real performer under the stars! Do you have any info as yet about who made the objective, etc, etc? I know almost nothing about the Swift scopes.  Of course I'm looking forward to your first good nights report with the scope.
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Clear skies,
Patrick
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Siderea
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Reged: 11/21/05
Posts: 2066
Loc: Left Coast
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First light will be this weekend. High time I took her out and did some observing!
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lc Carol
..."Then the blue above grows darker and a million stars erupt
From the places where they hide throughout the day
Into pictures in the heavens even we cannot corrupt
And the vastnesses of time can't wash away..."Jeff Green
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Astrojensen
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Reged: 10/05/08
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Loc: Bornholm, Denmark
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Do you have any info as yet about who made the objective, etc, etc?
Takahashi, from what I've been able to glean from various sources on the internet.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
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Patricko
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Thanks Thomas for the info. If Takahashi made the objective then it most likely is a good one. 
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Clear skies,
Patrick
INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION
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"You can always have better, but will you ever be happy with what you have?" - Me, myself, and I
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Doug76
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Reged: 12/05/07
Posts: 5494
Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan
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A very good one indeed. Congrats Carol.
Banana Pudding & Clear Skies!
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Doug
Truckstop Astronomer
The Universe, the light of God, in all it's majesty
6 achro refractors 50mm-150mm
1 apo refractor 90mm
1 SCT 8inch
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Siderea
Astronomess
Reged: 11/21/05
Posts: 2066
Loc: Left Coast
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Takahashi is what I have gleaned from others also. I'm going to do a comparison with the Widefield Jaegers 60mm and the Swift 818 makeover scope(the formerly pink one) Haven't been out under the stars since May, so its about time.
Gotta meeting tonight, but tomorrow the coast is clear !
A plum and blueberry tart for the 4th, Doug!
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lc Carol
..."Then the blue above grows darker and a million stars erupt
From the places where they hide throughout the day
Into pictures in the heavens even we cannot corrupt
And the vastnesses of time can't wash away..."Jeff Green
60mm Telescope Club
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1188
Loc: Arizona
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Gotta meeting tonight, but tomorrow the coast is clear !
Looking forward to hearing about it - and how it stacks up against others in the fold.
I have a new (surprising) appreciation for a 50mm objective - and an alt-az mounted one.
Observing distilled down to the absolute lowest common denominator.
Please report on your session with Nokomis.
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 254mm (f4.9 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
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Preston Smith
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Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3370
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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First light will be this weekend. High time I took her out and did some observing!
We want a comparison to your Tasco and Pentax!
BTW: The extra focal length (700mm) is the same as the Unitron 50mm...
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
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Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
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