· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Refractors Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: << 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | >> (show all) Scott Beith SRF Reged: 11/26/03 Loc: Frederick, MD Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Doug D.]       #5307060 - 07/07/12 04:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice setups! Post Extras:       contedracula member Reged: 10/11/11 Loc: Naples, Italy - Sarasota FL Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Scott Beith]       #5307081 - 07/07/12 05:08 PM Attachment (144 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is my new FH Refractor TMB 152mm F/15 made from APM Germany since 2004 Post Extras:       contedracula member Reged: 10/11/11 Loc: Naples, Italy - Sarasota FL Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: contedracula]       #5307083 - 07/07/12 05:10 PM Attachment (119 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is the Telescope NOT Sonotube but Phenolic Post Extras:       JWW Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/12/05 Loc: Arizona or Mexico hard to tell Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: contedracula]       #5307391 - 07/07/12 09:34 PM Attachment (118 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   ... here are a couple of my refractors. Post Extras:       mgwhittle scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/24/11 Loc: Chattanooga, TN Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: JWW]       #5307401 - 07/07/12 09:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow James, beautiful! Post Extras:       jrbarnett Eyepiece Hooligan Reged: 02/28/06 Loc: Petaluma, CA Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: contedracula]       #5307440 - 07/07/12 10:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   FS-78 set up for solar (white light). The mount is a Lapides modified Takahashi Teegul alt-az. The chair is a Catsperch Pro. Here's a close-up of the business end showing the Baader film filter: Regards, Jim Post Extras:       JWW Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/12/05 Loc: Arizona or Mexico hard to tell Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: jrbarnett]       #5307580 - 07/08/12 12:13 AM Attachment (92 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   As I've posted elsewhere, one of my favorites from the mid 60's. A nice R. E. Brandt 6 inch f/16 folded refractor with a super objective (you can see my dog in the objective <smile>). Post Extras:       JWW Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/12/05 Loc: Arizona or Mexico hard to tell Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: JWW]       #5307585 - 07/08/12 12:19 AM Attachment (59 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   ... this is just a hand held and cropped shot thru a vintage 40mm smooth sided Televue Plossi, using a Panasonic GH-1 4/3'rds camera. To bad the image doesn't do justice to what I actually viewed. Post Extras:       David Illig newbie Reged: 03/02/09 Loc: Near Annapolis, Maryland Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: LLEEGE]       #5308378 - 07/08/12 02:30 PM Attachment (91 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Tak TOA-150 and FSQ-106ED in my tiny home observatory Primordial-Light.com . Post Extras:       Scott Beith SRF Reged: 11/26/03 Loc: Frederick, MD Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: David Illig]       #5308384 - 07/08/12 02:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice gear guys! Post Extras:       jmiele Patron Saint? Reged: 12/04/10 Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Scott Beith]       #5308390 - 07/08/12 02:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   David, Very impressive.... All the rest as well.. Joe Post Extras:       joelimite Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/01/08 Loc: Fayetteville, AR Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: jmiele]       #5308418 - 07/08/12 03:00 PM Attachment (80 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My prized TMB 92L. Post Extras:       ion professor emeritus Reged: 04/26/08 Loc: Bortle Scale 2 Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: ion]       #5310002 - 07/09/12 03:27 PM Attachment (64 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Tabletop Solar Scope : Double stacked Lunt 60 with Televue Binovue and 24mm Panoptics on a Wimberley Head and RRS Ground Level Tripod. Post Extras:       jmiele Patron Saint? Reged: 12/04/10 Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: ion]       #5310047 - 07/09/12 03:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A microscope for the sun. I could sit at it all day. Very nice. Joe Post Extras:       SomeDoSomeDont super member Reged: 01/17/10 Loc: deathRay, Michigan Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: jmiele]       #5310103 - 07/09/12 04:42 PM Attachment (109 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   my Stellarvue SV90BVT with the Fluorite triplet. Post Extras:       Scott Beith SRF Reged: 11/26/03 Loc: Frederick, MD Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: SomeDoSomeDont]       #5310155 - 07/09/12 05:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is a really good looking scope. Post Extras:       ngc2289 Post Laureate Reged: 04/13/05 Loc: Some Where Around The Maypole. Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Scott Beith]       #5310174 - 07/09/12 05:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes very nice SV90!! What kind of mount is it on? Mike Traub Post Extras:       SomeDoSomeDont super member Reged: 01/17/10 Loc: deathRay, Michigan Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: ngc2289]       #5310977 - 07/10/12 07:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It is a homemade mount. I do not produce or sell this mount. It was simply a one-of-a-kind experiment in very hard polyurethane and it works well. Post Extras:       SomeDoSomeDont super member Reged: 01/17/10 Loc: deathRay, Michigan Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: SomeDoSomeDont]       #5310983 - 07/10/12 07:53 AM Attachment (108 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I have always wanted one like this. I have never seen the original commercial mount only pictures so I decided to try and make one. Here is another pic. About half the weight of aluminum. Post Extras:       exparrot member Reged: 02/13/12 Loc: DFW, TX Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: SomeDoSomeDont]       #5311175 - 07/10/12 10:26 AM Attachment (110 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just got this recently. It's my first refractor. I've only had it out once, but the views were really nice. 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