GIR
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5049741 - 02/01/12 12:20 PM Attachment (133 downloads)
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Got this one last week after a long wait. It's such a nice (and still quite rare) instrument, so I thought to post a picture of it here also. A bit better quality picture can be found in my Flickr page.
Jyrki
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tclehman1969
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Reged: 05/18/10
Loc: SF Bay Area, California
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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Lets see if this works...attaching a pic that is.
I have a Super C8+ with the Byers drive. Great scope. Images 1 thru 4 show:
1) Visual use; 2) Visual but using my iPhone running GoSkyWatch as a poor man push-to scope (a closeup in the insert); 3) Piggyback photography with 18-55mm lens; 4) Piggyback with 70-300mm lens.
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tclehman1969
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Loc: SF Bay Area, California
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5050831 - 02/01/12 11:29 PM Attachment (77 downloads)
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And then lastly:
5) Using the C8 as the guide and a 90mm refractor as the camera lens; 6) Using the 90mm as the guide and the C8 as the camera lens; 7) A view of my drive corrector. I installed a frequency/voltage meter into the Parks tripod head I have so I can keep track of things during the night.
Pretty fun to use, I think.
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TONGKW
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/16/07
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5051034 - 02/02/12 05:26 AM Attachment (80 downloads)
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My Meade 4” SCT (100 mm f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain OTA) on a Kenko KDS AltAz mount and a Benro photo tripod as a grab and go set up for quick viewing of the night sky and for bird watching.
K W TONG
C8+CG5 GT, TSA102+HEQ5 PRO, MK67+Voyager, NexStar 6SE, C5+Mizar K, WO ZS80FD+Kenko NES, Megrez 72FD+Kenko KDS, Mini Borg 50, PST
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David Pavlich
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Reged: 05/18/05
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
[Re: GIR]
#5051378 - 02/02/12 10:29 AM
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Welcome to Cloudy Nights, Jyrki! Very nice hardware.
David
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GIR
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Loc: Finland
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5052863 - 02/03/12 05:10 AM
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Welcome to Cloudy Nights, Jyrki! Very nice hardware.
David
Thanks David,
I'm really looking forward taking pictures with Veloce. It has been such a lousy weather for the past couple of months that I have only been able to take some test photos. Anyway, it looks like a very high quality scope and I'm happy to finally have it in my hands
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Douglas729
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Reged: 12/25/10
Loc: Clarksville Mo.
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5054386 - 02/03/12 11:42 PM
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Just remove the OTA, fill gaps, sand and use masking tape at both ends.
Did you locate the 'how to' thread I posted?
I recommend you wrap rather than paint cause it looks like a perfect pro paint job.
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Tharsis
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Loc: Almería, Spain.
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5080471 - 02/19/12 03:28 PM
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titanio
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Loc: Alicante, Spain
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5080576 - 02/19/12 04:22 PM
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Nice Maksutov Tharsis, though plosses ar good eyepieces, you should consider using orthos instead, they are very good on planets.
Que los disfrutes
Toni
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mmalik
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Reged: 01/13/12
Loc: USA
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5081260 - 02/19/12 11:10 PM Attachment (58 downloads)
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Meade ETX-125AT (very recent model; before getting discontinued...) with enhanced diagonal/wide angle lens, and an improvised counterweight system. Pros: A nice long focal length viewing platform for planets as well as deep space. Cons: Very heavy with the setup shown, requires a wedge to overcome declination limitations. Note: There is no vignetting with this setup.
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Tharsis
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Loc: Almería, Spain.
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5081475 - 02/20/12 05:35 AM
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Nice Maksutov Tharsis, though plosses ar good eyepieces, you should consider using orthos instead, they are very good on planets.
Que los disfrutes
Toni
Hola Titanio.
I want to buy an ortho 7mm for planets, have a BST explorer 8mm very good but I need an eye piece for good seeing conditions at 300x.
Un saludo.
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Domerman
Just Lucky, I Guess.
Reged: 07/21/07
Loc: PA
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5084554 - 02/21/12 08:50 PM Attachment (79 downloads)
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All ready for Mardi Gras..
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jackw45
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Reged: 10/13/11
Loc: Fort Collins, CO
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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The Mak
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MrWarmaker
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Reged: 12/02/11
Loc: North Bend, OR
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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It's now a month old and has seen stars twice. That's the way it is in Oregon in the winter, cloudy and wet. This weekend is looking like it may allow some viewing. I hope so, I need to first light a new set of Astro Tech Titans. I hope the mount can handle the 38mm Titan, dang that thing is big.
Still stock C6-SGT except I have now replaced the 6x30 with a red dot finder. Astro Tech 2" diagonal
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jumna
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Reged: 10/24/11
Loc: NE Tennessee
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5089458 - 02/24/12 07:59 PM Attachment (77 downloads)
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My first scope, the grabNgo-able Celestar 8 - got it in October. The piggyback mount is a modded bracket from a doitbest branded hardware store.
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Douglas729
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Reged: 12/25/10
Loc: Clarksville Mo.
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5089920 - 02/25/12 07:22 AM
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I wish my boxy Telrad finder looked more like the device on your center adapter...what is it?
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SUN RA KAT
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Reged: 09/10/11
Loc: Centerville, Ohio USA
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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My 1980 Celestron C-14 in the morning after a night's work of astrophotography in my home built backyard roll off roof observatory.
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jumna
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Reged: 10/24/11
Loc: NE Tennessee
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5090317 - 02/25/12 12:45 PM
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Douglas, I got tired of it dewing up so quickly and added some arts&crafts foam from walmart or anywhere to top it (really works), but I put it along the whole length, which might be overkill. Someone told me it looked like a covered wagon, so with the funky bracket I think I'm going for a "Firefly" wild west meets sci-fi theme...!
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jackw45
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Reged: 10/13/11
Loc: Fort Collins, CO
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5095184 - 02/28/12 02:06 AM
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Hopefully I'll get a guidescope soon and have this set up for some photography!
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jackw45
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Re: Post a picture of your Cat
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#5095185 - 02/28/12 02:07 AM Attachment (58 downloads)
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