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[clamchip]

How about my University Optics 8 inch f/7 it's very far-out and cool I like it.

At one time I mounted it on my black Astrola equatorial and it looked like a bumblebee.

Robert  

 

[tturtle]

1 black sct

2 white fracs

1 blue sct

1 yellow frac

1 orange sct

1 blue frac

[jragsdale]

Good question!

Lots of black and white of course.

But also:

4 red Edmund scopes

1 Navy Green Alvan Clark

Lots of Brass!

Blue ETX-90

Beige/Brown Swift 831

Orange C8 Tricolor

Cadet Blue AP 6" f/8

[CHASLX200]

The Unitrin colors are the best in jest.  This 2 piece OTA is ugly and needs to go to a body shop for a glass over and white paint.  Was a one off made by proto star.

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[ccwemyss]

Ever notice how few consumer production scopes are really green? Not the blue-green of TeleVue or Sears, or the green trim of Takahashi, but really forest, lime, or fluorescent green all over (a Tinsley and a Clark have been mentioned in this thread). I’ve seen a few others (a toy scope, and I think an LL Bean). Red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, and violet are all well represented. There must be some marketing insight behind this.

 

Chip W. 

[tim53]

12.5" f/23 Cassegrain:  Teak

10" f/6 Newtonian:  Mahogany with indian rosewood stain.

8" f/9 Newtonian:  Cherry (the wood, not the color)

 

Many years ago, I made a 9 sided tube out of Vermilion Padauk for a 5" f/6 Jaegers lens that was in a PVC tube with a built in diagonal and military surplus Erfle.  But I haven't used it yet, as the PVC tube works quite well.

 

-Tim.

[grif 678]

Orange, orange, orange, orange

blue

white

silver

[deSitter]

Orange, orange, orange, orange

blue

white

silver

This is the worst haiku ever typed.

 

-drl

[clamchip]

How about wrinkle black, not many mentions for this color. I love wrinkle paint.

My 1956 Jupiter is wrinkle black. Doesn't show fingerprints. 

There are other advantages to a black painted tube. Read

in here and go to "tube color" https://alpo-astrono...sh/Tel_Tube.pdf

Robert

 

[strdst]

Ever notice how few consumer production scopes are really green? Not the blue-green of TeleVue or Sears, or the green trim of Takahashi, but really forest, lime, or fluorescent green all over (a Tinsley and a Clark have been mentioned in this thread). I’ve seen a few others (a toy scope, and I think an LL Bean). Red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, and violet are all well represented. There must be some marketing insight behind this.

 

Chip W. 

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[ccwemyss]

So what is it? Hard to tell how green it is from the photo.

 

Chip W. 

[strdst]

So what is it? Hard to tell how green it is from the photo.

 

Chip W. 

The tube is pastel green, the rest is forest-esque green. A rebranded Swift 839. Backside of the label is Swift. Might be a one off. 

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[bjkaras]

I’m boring. Mine are all white.

[Chuck2]

My colors over the years… white most common:

 

Current:

1 White - 102mm APO Refractor - 2020

1 White - 126mm Bino-Telescope  - 2016

1 White - LS60 Pressure Tuned Ha Solar - 2014

1 Black - C90mm Astro Maksutov - 1985

 

Past:

1 White - C5+ Schmidt Cass - 1992

1 Blue - LX200 10” Schmidt Cass - 1992

1 Grey - 10” ATM Newtonian - 1972

 

 Somehow, I missed the ‘ORANGE ’ phase? 

[BillinBallard]

White scopes  are only boring until you look through them.  1985 AP 6” F9. Now and then

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Edited by BillinBallard, 18 February 2025 - 11:11 AM.

[bobhen]

Three refractors are white

Two refractors are black

One C8 (not depicted) is black

 

I guess I'm old school but (with few exceptions) I like white refractors best. 

 

Bob 

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[VA3DSO]

Meade Dark Blue.

 

 

My other two scopes (which are not classics) are also blue - but not that gorgeous Meade dark blue!

[John Huntley]

1 x dark silver metallic.

2 x brass

1 x gold

3 x white

[abe]

Terra - from a fan of colorful telescopes:

3x red,

3x blue,

2x orange,

2x white

1x black

 

I debated how to arrange them - by color or by shape / size?

Does anyone have a complete spectrum?:

red: Edmund
orange: Celestron
yellow: JSO
green: Televue
blue:  Skywatcher
indigo: Meade
violet:  Questar

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Edited by abe, 19 February 2025 - 09:17 PM.

[deSitter]

Terra - from a fan of colorful telescopes:

3x red,

3x blue,

2x orange,

2x white

1x black

 

I debated how to arrange them - by color or by shape / size?

Does anyone have a complete spectrum?:

red: Edmund
orange: Celestron
yellow: JSO
green: Televue
blue:  Skywatcher
indigo: Meade
violet:  Questar

Living with books. Good life.

 

-drl

[izar187]

My 2 oldest

Red - Edmunds

Red - Coulter

[YourNotSirius]

My old man's 1965 4" f/15 Jeagers refractor on his "Super Modfied" iOptron Mini Tower.

 

I will see if I can find an image of his 6" f/15 which was painted the same color as his 1972 Dodge Polara. It was NOT the factory color, either. LOL

 

Q

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Edited by YourNotSirius, 23 February 2025 - 09:32 AM.

[Terra Nova]

My old man's 1965 4" f/15 Jeagers refractor on his "Super Modfied" iOptron Mini Tower.

 

I will see if I can find an image of his 6" f/15 which was painted the same color as his 1972 Dodge Polara. It was NOT the factory color, either. LOL

 

Q

I love the color. Very cool!

[schiefspiegler]

Monochrome can be very aesthetically appealing.

 

Thomas Jensen's vintage Zeiss Maksutov-Cassegrain is an exceptionally attractive instrument to my eye.  The pale cream ("French white") color of both the OTA and mount makes a striking combination. 

 

https://www.cloudyni...1#entry13019118

 

I've always liked the look of the monochrome instruments make by George Carroll circa the 1970s that had light bluish-grey OTAs and mounts.

 

https://www.cloudyni...george carroll

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[strdst]

A green, a black, a blue, a grey, lots of white, some age yellowed, and this Fecker...hard to say. 

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