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Started by clamchip , Sep 29 2013 01:04 PM

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#101 clamchip

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 06:39 PM

and the whole enchilada. This Cave is a dream come true for me, I absolutely love it.

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#102 gelkin

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 07:15 PM

A Criterion Dynascope Deluxe I restored had an interesting motor mounting that was similar. Used a hose clamp instead.

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#103 turk123

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 07:19 PM

and the whole enchilada. This Cave is a dream come true for me, I absolutely love it.

Let's get restoring!!!! :smash:

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#104 TOM KIEHL

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 09:23 PM

and the whole enchilada. This Cave is a dream come true for me, I absolutely love it.

Plate and Polish , Maybe ????

http://www.cloudynig...CHROME-Starl...

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#105 youngamateur42

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 09:29 PM

That's an awesome scope. It's got a Carle focuser I see on there?

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#106 clamchip

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 10:19 PM

I do need to restore it, but for now I cleaned and serviced everything.
I've never owned tube rotating rings and how nice they are!
Tonight is first light.
The focuser is a Meade that was added probably in the early 1980's when the telescope underwent a overhaul. During that overhaul the mount was repainted, the new focuser, the spider was moved 1-1/2 inches closer to the primary, mirrors recoated, and a new 50mm Towa finder.
I'm not sure what the original focuser looked like but the location for it is on the other side of the tube and has a 3 hole pattern so it probably was not a Carle originally, I wish it was.
I like the feel of the scope, it handles very nice during the daytime.

Robert

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#107 youngamateur42

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 07:27 PM

This certainly fits in the Miscellany thread. I have been wanting to use a red dot finder to use with the Meade 12.5", but I didn't want to drill into the tube. So I've found a temporary solution. I used a cable tie and 2 rubber bands to secure it onto the rings. It works great! If you've got that old Cave or similar and your looking for a way to find objects quicker, this is the way to go.

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#108 clamchip

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Posted 20 July 2014 - 12:11 AM

I've had some requests for my Celestron orange recipe.

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#109 clamchip

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Posted 20 July 2014 - 12:15 AM

Celestron orange:
Half dozen full drops of International orange
A very small drop of brown
A full drop of yellow
The drops are dripped from the wide end of a flat toothpick.

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#110 clamchip

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Posted 20 July 2014 - 12:22 AM

I then use a toothpick to fill the scratch.

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#111 Datapanic

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Posted 20 July 2014 - 02:40 AM

That's the way to match the colors!

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#112 John Higbee

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Posted 20 July 2014 - 04:57 AM

Thanks, Robert!

John

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#113 wfj

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Posted 16 September 2014 - 11:21 AM

What is this? Gotten from a Orange Tube with dozens of chips (going to have to use Robert's formula, thanks again for that!).

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#114 Bob Myler

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Posted 16 September 2014 - 11:36 AM

Finderscope bracket with missing adjustment screw?

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#115 wfj

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 09:33 PM

Nope. Its perfectly identical on the other side. I assume a missing threaded rod like the other two. The cylinder has no threads or other artifacts/flanges/extrusions.

It is coated like the Polaris mount it came with. Did I stump you?

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#116 clamchip

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Posted 21 September 2014 - 10:17 AM

Isn't this a beautiful diffraction pattern: turn up the volume:

https://www.youtube....h?v=JAzTnsSgs2s

Robert

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#117 Bob Myler

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Posted 21 September 2014 - 10:29 AM

Yeow! It hurts to even look at...... :shocked:

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#118 Terra Nova

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Posted 21 September 2014 - 06:23 PM

That was always my favorite Donavan song. It was on the Sunshine Superman album. I bought it when it first came out (the final LP). Now my daughter has it.

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#119 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:22 PM

Hopefully this is the right place to post some pictures of my 3" Unitron at a observing trip to the old Solar Observatory north of Oslo last weekend.

This is the 3" with different riggs with different sophistication :grin:

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#120 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:24 PM

This is the 3" Unitron ready for a night of observing. In the background is the dome of the 6" Zeiss Cude refractor.

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#121 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:26 PM

This is the solar tower. Maybe not Classic, but certainly old :lol:

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#122 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:28 PM

Solar observation during the day. The Unitron is equipped with a Lunt Herschel wedge.

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#123 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:35 PM

This picture shows the heliostat at the top of the solar tower

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#124 Tore E

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 01:46 PM

Last picture. This is taken from the top of the solar tower. The strange building to the right is the Satellite Station. From 1960 and around seven years til housed a Baker Nun camera used to photograph Soviet satellites. It was built by the US Air Force.