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Post a picture of your refractors (part 8)

Started by Scott in NC , Jul 27 2019 11:30 AM

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#51 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #51$ Nippon

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 10:44 AM

Hi,

I don’t think I posted these photos before so here goes.

C102 F at WSP 2019.

Me and my last me and my last night telescope Peach state star gaze 2017.

Hey I've looked through that old C102F at Chiefland:)

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#52 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #52$ Defenderslideguitar

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:03 AM

Love the C-102fl

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#53 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #53$ STE411

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:10 AM

Hi Paul,

Yes I remember that and I got to see the Great Red Spot through your EdgeHD the morning I left.

Hope to see you at Chiefland this fall.

Steve

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#54 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #54$ STE411

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:17 AM

Hi Barry,

Yeah the C102F is a keeper. Thank you for the owners manual and articles about it.

Steve

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#55 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #55$ Nippon

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:18 AM

Yes God willing I will be there. Just got to get some screen and button magnets:)

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#56 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #56$ jay.i

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:28 AM

Hi Jay,

can you reach focus without usomg anything is setup like that?

Beautifulll setup BTW!

Kind regards
Denis

Hey Denis, I can reach focus with the Baader Zeiss T2 prism without a GPC which is cool. However the 1.7x GPC that I use for my midrange magnification across my scopes extends the light path too much so I would have to use an extension tube. However, I switched over to using my Baader BBHS 2" mirror which eats up a lot more light path and I'm able to reach focus with my 9mm Tak Abbes using the 1.7x GPC with only a tiny amount of infocus left. I swapped my FTF2025BCR on the scope and I'm getting a 1.4" extension from Starlight so I can use the prism without compression ring extension tubes.

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#57 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #57$ Stargazer3236

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:31 AM

I am very interested in your tripod extension (nice scope too btw). I need to do the same for my long focus refractor. Is it a DIY, and how stable/ vibration free do you find it?

I bought the mount/tripod off someone on CN. The scope came with this homemade tripod extension. It is very stable. I never raise the tripod legs more than 6" above the ground, so stability is never an issue. I just adjust the tripod legs to reach level bubble and then proceed to polar align and star align. In most cases, my goto's are nearly dead nuts on either side of the meridian. But, just as an added security, I do a Sync to Target on stars near the object(s) in question.

You can find tripod extensions on Orion's website and iOptron's website too. I also believe that there are some talented machinist's out there that will probably manufacture one for you.

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#58 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #58$ Charon71

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 04:27 PM

I'm going to start Part 8 with a picture of my new favorite refractor, the venerable TEC 140.

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Nice setup.

What kind of tripod is this?

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#59 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #59$ Scott in NC

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 05:07 PM

Nice setup.

What kind of tripod is this?

DiscMounts DM-6 mount on a Berlebach Planet tripod.

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#60 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #60$ Thomarobb593753

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 07:05 PM

AR152 with EXOS2 PMC8 GOTO

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#61 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #61$ Spikey131

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 07:22 PM

TV76 in loon watching mode.

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#62 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #62$ Jeff B

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 08:28 PM

TV76 in loon watching mode.

Watching the hippie neighbors again?

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#63 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #63$ Nippon

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Posted 28 July 2019 - 09:03 PM

Hey some of us hippies became refractor owners. But is it one hippie and two hippies or two hippipotami ???

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#64 $Post a picture of your refractors (part 8): post #64$ tonyt

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Posted 29 July 2019 - 02:14 AM

Two little astrographs, Redcat 51 & Sharpstar 61EDPH.

It's been cloudy for a week so I'm relegated to posting a photo of the scopes instead of taking photo's through them. Sharpstar have also made a larger version, the 76EDPH.