TheSkySearchers

I'd forgotten about this thread... Nice scopes! I notice the pic for my old Tasco is missing. A word of advice: Do not let your not-so-nice nephew use your computer, especially if TSS is still up and you're signed in... :flame:

Anyways, a repost of that and a few others:

My '61 12TE Tasco f/11.6 and the proof it's a '61:

A Jason 80mm f/15 and a Sears 60mm f/11.6:

My '97 Celestron C80-HD at f/11.4 on its CG4. This was the last C80 made that had Vixen optics, and made the year before Tasco bought Celestron :eek:

On the same mount rides my orange tube Celestron by Vixen, bought as an OTA only. One of the first, if not the first, model of C80 made. Dates from the early '80's. I see why they are legendary

And for good measure, my CG4 also takes a Vixen 70mm A70LF at f/12.8. My only complaint about this scope is the focuser; all plastic. I really need to find a better one...

And last (I think) is my "Towatron", the combination of an objective from a Tasco 55VTE and a cut down Celestron 60mm Astromaster LT tube that comes in at f/7.
The cap on the dew shield is actually the lid from a goldfish container; Celestron orange

I really do like Japanese glass

All the best,

A lovely group of refractors Mark

Celestron Omni 150mm F5 achro and Celestron Onyx 80mm F6.25 ED doublet on SkyWatcher SkyTee2 mount (with 8" SCT in the 3d position)
Stelarvue 102mm F7 ED doublet on SkyWatcher AZGti mount
Meade 80mm F5 achro set for solar projection

Here's my 80mm sat on top of my SCT and making sure I don't wander off target!


Regards

Graeme

Rainmaker wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 9:09 am

Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:06 am A beautiful refractor Matt!

Thanks Gabby, my wife even allows it to be set up in the lounge room !!!!

I also finished my big refractor setup today, the final item was to make a counterweight for the OTA to help balance the heavy Russian optic up front.
The counterweight near the focuser allowd the scope to move forward in the rings 2" and thus avoid any clash with the tripod legs...

I just found this thread: some great set-ups all round! I love your herd Matt! That counter-weight, not to mention some of your other work like the Tak binos and your amazing "Excaliber" reflector, makes my add-ons, builds and "fixes" look very agricultural. They (generally) work, but they aren't pretty like yours...

Keep up the good work!

- Dean

(PS: Looking at your brass scope reminds me how every so often I open the Moonraker site just to have a bit of a drool. For those who don't know it, here is a link: http://www.moonrakertelescopes.co.uk/te ... range.html We can dream, can't we...)

My William optics flt132

My Tasco Model 304 from mid 1959 ! 60mm, f15 !

My 62mm Celestron Cometron and my wife's 60mm Tasco 9VR ! Sorry for the fuzziness but I can’t find my good pics, I must have dumped them from my iPad, lol !

And 1 more for today, my early 90’s C80 on my new Porta II !

Child of the Corn:
My Nexus II gets Velcro'd onto the red pad.

My Meade 120mm f/8 refractor has a new buddy. A Celestron 150mm f/8 refractor. Right click the images.

My newly acquired Polaroscope Model 114E, 60mm, f15 !

mariosi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 2:14 pm Astro Professional Achromatic dublet 152mm f5.9 manufactured by kunming United Optics (China).
Marios

that is an insane scope !

I wanted to add one more pic to my original post but when I attached and submitted it my post just repeated itself with the additional photo down the page ! Why ? PS: I think I had to post it as a reply because I couldn’t edit my post due to time constraints ! Pretty unfriendly if you ask me, every little addition should be appreciated / enjoyed !

yobbo89 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:54 am

mariosi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 2:14 pm Astro Professional Achromatic dublet 152mm f5.9 manufactured by kunming United Optics (China).
Marios

that is an insane scope !

It delivers wonderful images with wide Field of views for deep sky at low to medium power. My son telescope

My imaging rig from a couple of years ago. Since then a change of camera and filterwheel in the WO Scope (the white one).

Photo taken at Astro camp getting set up.

My new to me Takahashi FC76DC.

Here are two of my scopes.. one is a 60 mm Towa (the Mark Mark I) and the other is a 70 mm SV triplet.




and a closer look...

LDW47 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:17 pm

LDW47 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:30 am My newly acquired Polaroscope Model 114E, 60mm, f15 !

I love these scopes!!