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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]
#3774186 - 04/28/10 06:19 PM Attachment (99 downloads)

And yet another;

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zjc26138
Loved By All

Reged: 02/24/05

Loc: Mingo Junction, Ohio

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: eric_zeiner]
#3774231 - 04/28/10 06:46 PM

Eric,
Thats awesome looking. Very nice scope and mount!

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eric_zeiner
Phoenix's Dad

Reged: 12/09/06

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

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: zjc26138]
#3774258 - 04/28/10 07:04 PM

Quote:

Eric,
Thats awesome looking. Very nice scope and mount!

Thanks!!!

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ngc2289
Post Laureate

Reged: 04/13/05

Loc: Some Where Around The Maypole.

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: eric_zeiner]
#3774359 - 04/28/10 08:23 PM

I really like the mount your new scope is sitting on!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice indeed!!!!!!!!

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BCB
Undercover Saboteur

Reged: 11/24/03

Loc: Look over your shoulder

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: ngc2289]
#3774443 - 04/28/10 09:14 PM Attachment (97 downloads)

Latest incarnation.. 111EDT (original model) with the new 50mm finder mounted to it.. Just need to get a better mount, eventually..

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eric_zeiner
Phoenix's Dad

Reged: 12/09/06

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

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: ngc2289]
#3774911 - 04/29/10 06:55 AM

Quote:

I really like the mount your new scope is sitting on!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice indeed!!!!!!!!

Thank you as well!!!

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Pedestal
Post Laureate

Reged: 03/11/06

Loc: Smoggy Bottom, Baytown,Texas

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[Re: eric_zeiner]
#3775005 - 04/29/10 08:27 AM Attachment (79 downloads)

The "Travelin Light Show". Usually an electronic eyepiece hooked to a TV in one, and A Baader Zoom in the other.

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skyjim
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/07

Loc: Long Island, NY

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: BCB]
#3775265 - 04/29/10 10:58 AM

Nice scope, is that a Plastic storage shed you have it in or is that one of those plastic sheds tha you made into an observatory

Looks

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Sean Cunneen
Let Me Think

Reged: 08/01/07

Loc: Blue Island Illinois

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[Re: skyjim]
#3775794 - 04/29/10 03:20 PM Attachment (79 downloads)

Not quite completed yet, but what the heck...

6" f15 refractor on mount, all homebuilt. Istar lens. First light June 26th...
Sean

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GlenM
Vendor - Lyra Optic

Reged: 05/20/07

Loc: Lancashire England

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: Sean Cunneen]
#3776044 - 04/29/10 04:46 PM

Very nice Sean.

Just a couple of questions please.
How long is the dew shield?
What mount is that?

Thanks Sean.

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Sean Cunneen
Let Me Think

Reged: 08/01/07

Loc: Blue Island Illinois

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: GlenM]
#3776142 - 04/29/10 05:24 PM

Quote:

Very nice Sean.

Just a couple of questions please.
How long is the dew shield?
What mount is that?

Thanks Sean.

It's all Homemade, mount included. See my build-thread: Mount project
The Dew shield is 18" Long.

Thanks!
Sean

Edited by Sean Cunneen (04/29/10 06:53 PM)

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ngc2289
Post Laureate

Reged: 04/13/05

Loc: Some Where Around The Maypole.

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[Re: Sean Cunneen]
#3776262 - 04/29/10 06:34 PM

WOW!!! That is one NICE set up!!!!!!

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ngc2289
Post Laureate

Reged: 04/13/05

Loc: Some Where Around The Maypole.

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: Sean Cunneen]
#3776294 - 04/29/10 06:47 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Very nice Sean.

Just a couple of questions please.
How long is the dew shield?
What mount is that?

Thanks Sean.

It's all Homemade, mount included. See my build-thread: Mount project

The Dew shield is 18" Long.

Thanks!
Sean

Your link seems to be dead at this moment.

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SkyscraperJim
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/29/07

Loc: Providence, RI

Re: Post a Picture of Your Refractor(s)! (part 3) new

[Re: ngc2289]
#3776582 - 04/29/10 09:15 PM Attachment (78 downloads)

Here's my setup from an imaging session 2 weeks ago. The APM 130 on the G11, with the DMK~04 cam attached, gathering data from Saturn.

The guidescope is a mini-Borg 50mm f/10.

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SteveThornton1
member

Reged: 12/16/07

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[Re: ngc2289]
#3776592 - 04/29/10 09:20 PM Attachment (91 downloads)

Well, here's mine. I bought a 6", f/9 Starfire lens from Astro-Physics in 1990 and built the OTA around it. And it's pretty much been a long work-in-progress since. For this final version, I took my fiberglass tube and covered it in a Red Oak veneer, then I coated it with a Urethane varnish. The thing I like about it is that it's great to look at and look through.

I bought a surplus 50mm lens from Surplus Shed and built the finder OTA. you can't see it in this shot but I also built a one-inch thick wood tray to stabilize the G-11 tripod. It's been a fun project.

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nemo129
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/03/10

Loc: WMass

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