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R Botero
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Reged: 01/02/09

Loc: Kent, England

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) new

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[Re: Mike Clemens]
#5601293 - 01/02/13 01:51 PM

Hi Mike

Cheers. Very rare indeed. According to some forums, there were only two made at this aperture/focal length. Mine has serial ST6EDF05 so I don't know if the story is true (05 would indicate 5th one in that run?). I have only seen another one around - Mike Sidonio had it in Australia.

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andysea
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Reged: 09/03/10

Loc: Seattle, WA

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[Re: R Botero]
#5609498 - 01/07/13 12:02 AM Attachment (108 downloads)

Ok these are not telescopes but they are like mini apos!
I hope it's ok to post:)

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Paul G
Post Laureate

Reged: 05/08/03

Loc: Freedonia

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[Re: andysea]
#5609871 - 01/07/13 10:20 AM

Quote:

Ok these are not telescopes but they are like mini apos!
I hope it's ok to post:)

Nice glass!!!!!!

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snommisbor
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Reged: 06/15/09

Loc: Cedar Park, TX

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[Re: andysea]
#5609893 - 01/07/13 10:36 AM

Fine with me. Looks great. Looks like you have the 100-400 5.6 and that may be a 70-200 2.8 and 300 4. Im a Nikon guy so I dont know the Canon lenses as well. I have shot with my D700 using for wide fields a 105 2.8, 50 1.8 and my big boy 200-400 f4. Kind of why I got rid of my TV 101 for a TEC 140 figured if I wanted wide field I would just use the glass of my lenses. I ve seen some incredible shots with camera glass and adapters for AP cameras.

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andysea
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Reged: 09/03/10

Loc: Seattle, WA

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[Re: snommisbor]
#5609975 - 01/07/13 11:13 AM

Yes I've been using my lenses with DSLR so far but now I can use them with the QSI583. I Can't wait to try the 200 f2.8. I've seen some great wide field shots taken with it.
The zoom lenses are actually quite good but I'm expecting better results from my primes. I have not used the 100-400 much but I definitely want to test it out:)
....I left out the 24-70 f2.8 but I wonder if that works well for very wide field shots.
I heard great things about the Nikon 180 f2.8!

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Paul G
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Reged: 05/08/03

Loc: Freedonia

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[Re: andysea]
#5610434 - 01/07/13 03:27 PM

The primes should be better. I do mostly wildlife so zooms are more practical. I use the 70-200 f2.8 and the 100-400, like them both. A friend loaned me his 400 f2.8 and I was very, very impressed with it.

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andysea
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Reged: 09/03/10

Loc: Seattle, WA

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[Re: Paul G]
#5610893 - 01/07/13 08:53 PM

The 400 f2.8 must be amazing. Did you do AP with it at f2.8? I'm curious about what the stars look like at the edge of the field.

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dennilfloss
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Reged: 01/06/13

Loc: Ottawa, Canada

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: andysea]
#5611021 - 01/07/13 10:17 PM

This was my second refractor, a modest Short-tube 80 I mounted piggyback on my Celestar 8 during the mid-late 90s (first one was one of the dreaded Bushnell department-store scopes I had received as a gift a few years earlier). I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome but this did not matter much at the time as my apartment had a lovely south-facing veranda on the (top) seventh floor, so I could just take the scopes outside. Unfortunately, I had to move in late 2000 and my new apartment has no veranda and faces north (I live in Ottawa and have no car). The scopes became too heavy to move into the parking lot of the apartment building, so I stopped using them. Ended up using most often just the 80mm refractor on a camera tripod with my Speers Waler 24mm as my favourite eyepiece. About 10 years ago, I sold everything to my ex-wife (we remain best friends) and her companion and this is where the pics are from. Their house is in northern Ontario, a few km outside a small town, so they have nice dark skies (and also have a huge patio) but the scopes still remain unused, except mostly as a piece of 'modern art' in their living room. Once again, it's mostly the weight that's a problem. AFAIK, the scope is still exactly in that same spot 10 years later.

So here's the little refractor I enjoyed more than the 8" SCT it sat on.

Currently thinking about taking the hobby again after 10 years of being scopeless but this time I'm angling towards much lighter and smaller, with fewer parts (grab n' go + computerized easy align & go to). Something like an 80mm (or possibly 102mm) Lunt ED OTA + a diagonal, adapted to a Celestron Nexstar mount and with a single Hyperion 8-24mm zoom and a 3x barlow to look mostly at Jupiter, Saturn and the moon, and the occasional DSO. Money is much scarcer now so I cannot go for things like Televue. Anyway, like I said, just starting to consider this.

Edited by dennilfloss (01/08/13 12:10 AM)

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andyrud
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Reged: 05/21/07

Loc: Philo, California

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: R Botero]
#5615410 - 01/10/13 12:15 PM Attachment (60 downloads)

Here's my NexStar 102 GT on a home made Pier mount.

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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/30/06

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: andyrud]
#5619823 - 01/12/13 09:21 PM Attachment (84 downloads)

My new-to-me APM/TMB 175 F8. It's been around a few owners before me and is the same unit that was reviewed here on CN in 2004. Not sure when first light will be...new scope curse and all.

We'll see how the G11 handles it, though the G11 handles my C14 just fine and that beast needed another 11 pound weight
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Jeff

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Jeff B
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/30/06

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jeff B]
#5619827 - 01/12/13 09:24 PM Attachment (74 downloads)

Another view. It's very nose heavy and needs that finder/counterpoise weight/ring assembly in the rear to help balance the lens.

Jeff

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Scott in NC
Mad Hatter

Reged: 03/05/05

Loc: NC

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jeff B]
#5619904 - 01/12/13 10:09 PM Attachment (86 downloads)

SV115 f/7 TMB/LZOS triplet apo

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Jim Curry
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 10/29/07

Loc: STL

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jeff B]
#5620254 - 01/13/13 07:53 AM

Jeff:

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Mike Clemens
Frozen to Eyepiece

Reged: 11/26/05

Loc: Alaska, USA

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jim Curry]
#5620847 - 01/13/13 01:55 PM

Nice 175, Jeff. The 175 was what caused me to ditch the G11 and get a used AP900 QMD.

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stevew
Now I've done it

Reged: 03/03/06

Loc: British Columbia Canada

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jeff B]
#5620942 - 01/13/13 02:36 PM

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My new-to-me APM/TMB 175 F8. It's been around a few owners before me and is the same unit that was reviewed here on CN in 2004.

Congrats Jeff.
But, I can't understand why a 7 inch apochromat would go through so many owners.
If I owned a big refractor like that I don't think I'd bother with any other scope.

Steve

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mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Mike Clemens]
#5620951 - 01/13/13 02:39 PM

Guess what Mike? I'll bet noone would know or could tell that your mount was used.

Mike

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mikey cee
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Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Jeff B]
#5620958 - 01/13/13 02:43 PM

Nice looking scope there Jeff. What did you do sell the 11"?

Oh by the way....great furniture placement!

Mike

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Mike Clemens
Frozen to Eyepiece

Reged: 11/26/05

Loc: Alaska, USA

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: mikey cee]
#5621007 - 01/13/13 03:01 PM

> I'll bet noone would know or could tell
> that your mount was used.

Not the G11... I flipped it off the back of a truck once by accident : )

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Agatha
professor emeritus

Reged: 06/04/12

Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Scott in NC]
#5621098 - 01/13/13 03:50 PM

Scott,

That is a beautiful telescope.

Best, Linda B.

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Scott in NC
Mad Hatter

Reged: 03/05/05

Loc: NC

Re: Post a picture of your refractors (PART 5) [Re: Agatha]
#5621113 - 01/13/13 03:59 PM

Thanks, Linda! The views through it are quite beautiful as well.

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