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Kurt Mihalco
member

Reged: 04/26/08

NEAF 2012 Photos new

#5195395 - 04/28/12 06:43 PM

How about someone attending the show post some vendor photos here? I'd like to see what TEC is showing.
Thanks,
Kurt

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Starhawk
Post Laureate

Reged: 09/16/08

Loc: Tucson, Arizona

Re: NEAF 2012 Photos new

[Re: Kurt Mihalco]
#5195573 - 04/28/12 09:02 PM

TEC had a reflecting astrograph and the 110 FL. He didn't even have an eyepiece along. A little odd.

-Rich

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peleuba
professor emeritus

Reged: 12/01/04

Loc: Southern PA

Re: NEAF 2012 Photos new

[Re: Starhawk]
#5199810 - 05/01/12 10:09 AM

Quote:

TEC had a reflecting astrograph and the 110 FL. He didn't even have an eyepiece along. A little odd.

-Rich

I don't think its odd at all. Have you ever been to NEAF? Its indoors, in a community college field house (think basketball arena). Most of the telescopes on display do not have eyepieces.

On the back of the TEC astrograph was a FLI camera. In order to have an eyepiece on this telescope with the camera, you would need a somewhat sophisticated beam splitter and even then its doubtful it would come to focus visually. The 110FL was on a camera tripod sitting on a table.

This was TEC's first NEAF and they drove all the way from Golden CO. Yuri brought three other staff members with him. They talked to alot of people, answered a lot of questions...

It was a rather lackluster NEAF, with no big announcements. I've been to 18 of the 21 and the last several as a vendor working in the Mag1 (Portaball) booth. Along with the AP 175 the TEC astrograph was highlight of the show.

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