Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
My recent arrival (still waiting for the mounting hardware):
Takahashi FOA60Q 60mm F15 @ 900mm, claimed to be the best corrected offering form Takahashi ever, even bests the magnificent TOA & TSA lineups....
This one is fitted with my custom M47 > T2 adapter as well as the Baader 2" >T2 Clicklock visual back and the Baader T2 Maxbright diagonal
I am hoping to get it up and running by Xmas
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @1200mm
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- John Baars Online
- Co-Administrator
- Articles: 5
- Posts: 2759
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 9:00 am
- 4
- Location: Schiedam, Netherlands
- Status:
Online
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Nice set of refractors.
Below three beauties in order of seniority and one of the Rijswijk Observatory.
The beauty: Vixen ED102S
GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets).
Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
Commonly used bino's : *Jena 10X50 , * Canon 10X30 IS, *Swarovski Habicht 7X42, * Celestron 15X70, *Kasai 2.3X40
Rijswijk Public Observatory: * Astro-Physics Starfire 130 f/8, * 6 inch Newton, * C9.25, * Meade 14 inch LX600 ACF, *Lunt.
Amateur astronomer since 1970.
-
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 1493
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:05 am
- 4
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
That really is a nice telescope.Rainmaker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:34 am Here is a place to post some pictures of your refractors
My recent arrival (still waiting for the mounting hardware):
Takahashi FOA60Q 60mm F15 @ 900mm, claimed to be the best corrected offering form Takahashi ever, even bests the magnificent TOA & TSA lineups....
This one is fitted with my custom M47 > T2 adapter as well as the Baader 2" >T2 Clicklock visual back and the Baader T2 Maxbright diagonal
I am hoping to get it up and running by Xmas
-
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 1493
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:05 am
- 4
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- bladekeeper
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 3603
- Joined: Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:39 am
- 5
- Location: Lowell, Arkansas, US
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
TSS Photo of the Day
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Explore Scientific AR127 and Orion ST80 on my Twilight II mount:
Celestron C6-R on my AVX:
Celestron Premium 80 and C80 on their original mounts/tripods:
Same scopes on the Twilight II:
Stellarvue SV102T on the AVX:
Unitron Model 142:
Explore Scientific ED80 on the AVX:
Meade NG60 looking like a toothpick on the AVX:
I think that is all of them...
Scopes: Apertura AD12 f/5; Celestron C6-R f/8; ES AR127 f/6.4; Stellarvue SV102T f/7; iOptron MC90 f/13.3; Orion ST80A f/5; ES ED80 f/6; Celestron Premium 80 f/11.4; Celestron C80 f/11.4; Unitron Model 142 f/16; Meade NG60 f/10
Mounts: Celestron AVX; Bresser EXOS-2; ES Twilight I; ES Twilight II; iOptron Cube-G; AZ3/wood tripod; Vixen Polaris
Binoculars: Pentax PCF WP II 10×50, Bresser Corvette 10×50, Bresser Hunter 16×50 and 8×40, Garrett Gemini 12×60 LW, Gordon 10×50, Apogee 20×100
- Lowjiber
- Articles: 2
- Posts: 975
- Joined: Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:30 pm
- 5
- Location: Las Vegas, Nv, USA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
TSS Photo of the Day
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
- Aidi
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 106
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 6:16 pm
- 4
- Location: Hereford, UK
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Esprit 120
Esprit 100
Altair EQD-R Quadruplet
Aidi
Equipment: Skywatcher Esprit 120 | Altair Astro 70mm Quadruplet| EQ-6 R Pro | QHY PoleMaster | QHY5L-II Autoguide Camera | ZWO OAG | PHD2 | EQMOD/ASCOM | Atik 460ex Mono| ZWO ASI 1600mm Pro| Pegasus UPB & Focusers | SGP Pro | CDC | PS 2017 | PixInsight
- mariosi Online
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 351
- Joined: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:45 am
- 4
- Location: Cyprus - Mammari
- Status:
Online
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Marios
- UlteriorModem
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2112
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 1:32 am
- 4
- Location: Florida
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Orion 130mm
20200104_145907 by Tom Whit, on Flickr
Current Equipment:
Mount: Celestron CGX-L
Scope: 130mm f7 APO
Cam: ASI071mc-pro
- Thefatkitty
- Co-Administrator
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 4328
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 4:20 pm
- 4
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Came in the original box with the straw packing (styrofoam was invented in '41, seems it took a while to make it to telescope boxes... )
How do I know it's a 1961 model? There was paperwork from Tasco's HO in Miami inside the box that verified that, but that's another story.
I use an older 1.25 Celestron/Vixen Star diagonal and my KK's with it, and the views are great. The mount is quite solid, as well!
I do have a lot more fracs, but most of them are old with too much "homemade" going on with a lot of them; no need to embarrass myself
Great thread, thanks!
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
Member of the RASC
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Skylight AR101.15 101mm F15 by Richard Day of Skylight Telescopes, London.... Full brass tube
Feathertouch FTF2535HD focuser, Televue Gibraltar mount on oak tripod...
makes a fine partner for the little Berry&Mackay c.1890 refractor on Library Stand
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- Lady Fraktor
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 10022
- Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:14 pm
- 5
- Location: Slovakia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD
Az/Alt: AYO Digi II, Stellarvue M2C, Argo Navis encoders on both
Tripods: Berlebach Planet (2), Uni 28 Astro, Report 372, TAL factory maple, Vixen ASG-CB90, Vixen AXD-TR102
Diagonals: Astro-Physics, Baader Amici, Baader Herschel, iStar Blue, Stellarvue DX, Tak prism, TAL, Vixen
Eyepieces: Antares to Zeiss (1000101)
The only culture I have is from yogurt
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
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
The counterweight near the focuser allowd the scope to move forward in the rings 2" and thus avoid any clash with the tripod legs...
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
- Lady Fraktor
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 10022
- Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:14 pm
- 5
- Location: Slovakia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
If there is room inside the tube I like to place the counterweight internally to preserve the lines of the telescope but that is really nice.
See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD
Az/Alt: AYO Digi II, Stellarvue M2C, Argo Navis encoders on both
Tripods: Berlebach Planet (2), Uni 28 Astro, Report 372, TAL factory maple, Vixen ASG-CB90, Vixen AXD-TR102
Diagonals: Astro-Physics, Baader Amici, Baader Herschel, iStar Blue, Stellarvue DX, Tak prism, TAL, Vixen
Eyepieces: Antares to Zeiss (1000101)
The only culture I have is from yogurt
- StarBru
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 662
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2019 1:53 am
- 4
- Location: Arizona, USA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Refractors: Meade AR-5 127mm f/9.3, Meade ST-80 f/5 and Meade 60mm f/12, Jason 60mm f/15 #313, Jason 60mm f/12 #306 S7, Bushnell Sky Chief III 60mm f/15.
Reflectors/Catadioptrics: Meade 10" F/4 Schmidt-Newtonian, Galileo 120mm f/8.3 Newtonian, Meade 2045D 4" f/10 SCT, Meade ETX-90EC f/13.8 & Sarblue 60mm f/12.5 Maksutov-Cassegrains.
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro & Meade LXD55 Equatorial mounts, ES Twilight II and Meade 2102 ALT/AZ mounts, a modified 10" SkyQuest Dobsonian mount, various 60mm EQ mounts.
Misc: Celestron 20x80mm binoculars, Revolution II Imager/accessories, & lots of optical accessories/eyepieces.
Projects: 8" f/2.9 and 65mm f/10 reflectors, Dobson-style binocular mirror mount.
- Rainmaker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 3:17 am
- 4
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Status:
Offline
Re: Refractor Photo Thread (everyone loves pictures)
Bruce, That's the beauty of this hobby, it doesn't have to be from the top shelf to be enjoyable. Looks like you're well catered for as we approach planet season
Rainmaker “Excalibur” 18” F3.5 +SIPS @ 1860mm
TMB-LZOS 152mm F7.9 @ 1200mm
Takahashi FOA 60mm F8.8
Takahashi FC76DC F7.5
Skylight AR101.15
Create an account or sign in to join the discussion
You need to be a member in order to post a reply
Create an account
Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute