Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:41 pm
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Your refractor - let's see it
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Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:51 pm
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:58 am
voila ,
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:09 am
Les trois c'est magnifique!!
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:46 am
Merci beaucoup .
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:39 am
OK.
The Pocket Borg is a 25mm
Conversation piece.
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:43 am
I think I recognize the first two, but the last is unclear, to me.
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:29 am
I've never used it.
Bought it back in late December, it has just brought me rain and clouds since.
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:33 am
I love this little telescope. It’ll break down and all fit in the included backpack in about 2 minutes. I often take it after supper on clear nights, even on work nights.
Bresser AR102s 102 mm,f/ 4.5 Achromatic Refractor
Alt/Al Mount
Steve
Bresser AR102s 102 mm,
Alt/Al Mount
Steve
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:24 pm
Nakedgun wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:43 amthe last one is a lunt 102mm edmessier 111 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:58 am voila ,
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I think I recognize the first two, but the last is unclear, to me.
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:25 pm
The Wave Catcher wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:33 am I love this little telescope. It’ll break down and all fit in the included backpack in about 2 minutes. I often take it after supper on clear nights, even on work nights.
Bresser AR102s 102 mm, f/4.5 Achromatic Refractor
Alt/Al Mount
Steve
How odd. First I've seen one of this design. So it has some type of diagonal fixture within the tube assembly, like a Newtonian?
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:47 pm
Here ya go...got it from @Lowjiber a couple of years back
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:10 pm
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:25 am
The working horse for deep sky, clusters ,nebulae and wide field:
Skywatcher 150 mmf/ 5 Startravel ( Sold)
My Moon, planetary, globulars and uneven doublestars scope:
Skywatcher 120mmf/ 7.5 Evostar
The versatile allrounder, the venerable one:
Vixen ED 102mmf/ 9
Grab and Go. Skywatcher Startravel 102 mm F5
Skywatcher 150 mm
My Moon, planetary, globulars and uneven doublestars scope:
Skywatcher 120mm
The versatile allrounder, the venerable one:
Vixen ED 102mm
Grab and Go. Skywatcher Startravel 102 mm F5
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:22 pm
My ST120:
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:43 pm
Astro-Tech AT60ED (
Astro-Tech AT72EDII (
Celestron 80ED (
Celestron Omni XLT AZ 102 (
Sears Discoverer 6344 (76 mm
Stellarvue SV102 (
Cheers! Bob F.
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:44 pm
Whoa! It's a lovely day in the Fractorhood!Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:06 pm
OK, just a couple. Four inch RFT, entirely home built of war surplus, that's WWII stuff, including tripod and some hardware store pipe fittings. Total investment, in 1960's dollars, $50. Of course the 4 inch 4 element design lens is IR achromatized, but at 14X with that Sherman Tank eyepiece is not a problem since it was designed to cover a foot plus size film. In background an Orion 80SD on my attempt at a universal mounting plate on my old CG4.
Clear skies, a foot of snow here,
Steve
Steve
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:18 pm
Here's mine - Explore Scientific ED127mm APO .
Re: Your refractor - let's see it
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:06 pm