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[nreid]

Don't worry about the telrad. It stays put I just seem to catch the base on something everytime I put it up for the night.

[Run]

David,

Great solution, thanks for sharing it. I havent gotten the time to get the goo gone stuff to remove the excess tape yet, its on the list of things to do though and now so is some of those straps.

Thanks again

Rick

[b1gred]

I've made THIS thread "Sticky" so as not to lose the continuity of a thread that was already started. SO, sorry for any confusion, but let's post our pictures of our setup HERE>>>

[haleymon]

Here is my CPC 800 XLT About 2 hours before a star hopping session with friends.

Seen is...

CPC 800 XLT
Heated Dew Shield
Kenrick Heat Controller
Telrad
Power TanK 17
IBM Think Pad w/ Starry Night Pro 5.1
NexImage

This Scope...




Took This Picture



God I love this Hobby!!!!

[Nocturnal]

I've had a Rigel attached to my C8 with plain ol' electricians tape for two months now. It's not rock solid but when I do my polar alignment I simply adjust the rigel a tad once the scope is centered and it doesn't give me any trouble.

[Nocturnal]

Here's a pic of the business end of my Super C8+. You can see the homemade bracket for my laser and tape attached Rigel. Good thing it's dark at Starparties!

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[Nocturnal]

Here's one with the laser attached. 10 mW to point the way!

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[stevecoe]

Howdy all;

I am just getting the NS8 GPS set up in my observatory, so I will post it later. Here is my 11 incher that I take to dark skies. Often it has the Orion 100mm f/6 refractor piggybacked. I have an Orion red dot finder, Starizona landing pad and eyepiece tray and weight system.

Lots of fun;
Steve Coe

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[LivingNDixie]

Nice scopes guys and uh matt do you sleep with your scope or do you just like keeping it close to ya when your taking a snooze

[LivingNDixie]

Matt,
Wives hate telescopes, espically ones that don't look good next to the China cabinent My wife didn't like my old 10in f/6 dob that I kept next to the TV in the family room. She kept telling me to move it to the back bedroom and I told her that Mars was at opposition (this was in 2003) and that I would be going out that night to look at it, and I didn't want to try and bring the scope through the hallway. Well my wife is a sharp lady and when Mars starting getting smaller after opposition she tried again, so my reply was, "but honey Saturn starting to come up and by midnight is going to be well placed for viewing." Eventually I sold the dob On the other hand the wife doesn't mind the LX200 too much, since it looks like a telescope and not a cannon

[LivingNDixie]

Matt,
Wives hate telescopes, espically ones that don't look good next to the China cabinent My wife didn't like my old 10in f/6 dob that I kept next to the TV in the family room. She kept telling me to move it to the back bedroom and I told her that Mars was at opposition (this was in 2003) and that I would be going out that night to look at it, and I didn't want to try and bring the scope through the hallway. Well my wife is a sharp lady and when Mars starting getting smaller after opposition she tried again, so my reply was, "but honey Saturn starting to come up and by midnight is going to be well placed for viewing." Eventually I sold the dob On the other hand the wife doesn't mind the LX200 too much, since it looks like a telescope and not a cannon

[StarsAbove]

I keep mine in the living room (CPC 800). My says that we can call it "art"!

[LLEEGE]

Well, I know its not a CPC/GPS rig, but it is a Celestron and this is the closest forum to post it on. Plus, I think it is sweet!
C.925 on a CGE with a WO FLT110 guidescope.

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[Jeff_Richards]

VERY nice!

[LivingNDixie]

Awesome setup!

[LittleDob]

WOW Luke, that is just superb! The 9.25 for long focal lengths and the FLT110 for short - what a combo!! Also, from what I hear, the CGE tracks really well for it's price class. I think you've got an excellent setup there.

Jason