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Martin13

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  1. On 17/02/2019 at 15:07, mikeDnight said:

    Hi Jon,

    Most of my observing is lunar and planetary, mostly because my site tends to be misty and not because I have no interest in dso's. Obviously, even if my site had really dark skies, a 4" scope will have limits with regard to light grasp. However, I've found by blocking out stray light from entering my eye from surrounding light sources by using a dark hood or blanket over my head and eyepiece,  I can attain a really good level of dark adaption. Rather than rushing from one dso to the next, I will spend some time observing each, even upto an hour depending on the intricacy or difficulty of the target. I think you'll find the 102ED to be a surprisingly good fuzzy finder. TeleVue designed one of the world's most popular 4" refractors as a visual rich field/deep sky scope, so if they ere not very good on dso targets, I think TeleVue would have dropped them decades ago.

    I've attached a few dso sketches made from home on the outskirts of Burnley on the Lanc's/York's border. All sketches were made using a 100mm F7.4 apo. 

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    Found them, nice sketches Mike.

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  2. 14 hours ago, John said:

    Personally I would buy the package - that is what I did when I bought my Tak FC-100DL. You get the tube clamp, finder and finder base then all of which match the scope.

    I know that £300 seems expensive but that is the world of Takahashi accessories :rolleyes2:

    Unless you already have them, you will also need a diagonal of suitable quality plus a dovetail bar to suit whatever mount you are going to use.

     

     

    Thanks John I will bear that in mind.

  3. 2 hours ago, John said:

    Here you go:

    https://www.firstlightoptics.com/takahashi-fc-100-series-refractor-telescopes/tak_tfk10310.html

    Very few in private hands as yet so the used market will be somewhat bleak I would think.

    Hi John, was looking on FLO at this after Mike mentioned it. Seriously tempted by it. Do you think it's worth buying the package or just the OTA?

    Looked at Borg, APM, Vixen and Stellamira as well.

    I think it will be the Tak.

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  4. 23 hours ago, joe aguiar said:

    Ops ok deleted this post then, I'm sure he saw and could PM me if he likes

    I offered it but it's not for sale on any site anywhere

    Joejaguar 

    Hi Joejaguar, Toronto is a little too far away for me. I think import duties would also be rather pricey! Will definitely look at some TAKs , getting lots of good advice here. Thank you.

  5. 23 hours ago, mikeDnight said:

    You have quite a price range to play with. With that in mind id suggest you buy a Takahashi FC100DZ. State of the art optics in a short, light tube with retractable dew shield. If I were to buy a portable refractor today, and I could afford it, the DZ would be my number one choice.

    Pentax XW's would probably be my eyepiece choice, or Baader Morpheus. I'd stay with all 1.25" eyepieces and would use a 1.25" Tak prism.

    Thank you Mike really good info there. I will see if I can find the Takahashi you mention. I have a Delios 10mm eyepiece on loan at the moment with a view to buy it.

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  6. On 18/02/2020 at 19:00, newbie alert said:

    Yes, I'm a member also but not been able to attend for the last couple of meets..

    I know of a couple of Martin's but still getting familiar with members names..cracking club , well run with great bunch of members..

    As for a mount to take on a plane,  I've got a star adventurer which was an old member Chris , you're more than welcome to borrow it when you plan to go away,  I'm sure he'd like that ..

    Thanks newbie I am the treasurer, going to the observatory on Friday if it's a reasonably clement evening. Would love to see the mount and maybe borrow it.

    We are a cracking society!

  7. 1 hour ago, dweller25 said:

    Hi @Martin13 and welcome to SGL.

    We can spend your money easier if we know what kind of viewing you want to do 😆

    You don’t need GOTO to track objects - simple motor drives will do that and they are much cheaper.

    Taks are very nice scopes and perhaps an FC-76 might be worth considering as it quite portable.

    For the planets you would be better off with more aperture so the FC-100 will show more detail - but is a little less portable on a plane.

    There are other non Tak options too - Vixen is one manufacturer that get good reviews.

     

     

     

    Thanks dweller25,  I will check out vixen and the Tak. Not sure how much I want to spend. It could be a little as £600 for a scope or upto £5000 for everything. I was looking at a Tak that had £300 off on FLO I think, but for the price I want a hard case and  everything I need for visual observing.

    Another thread on here last year I think it's from Whitedwarf was looking at various portable refractors and he went an Altair Astro for £549 it was recommended by by a Tak owner. 

    Thanks for replying. 

  8. Hi I have 6" Helios refractor which I very rarely use because it's too heavy and cumbersome. So I have decided that I want a scope and goto mount which would be a setup that I can put in my car when going on  holiday, or possibly take on a plane. Perhaps taking a second small mount on a plane rather than a motorised one.

    I have been looking at Takahashi because I don't want to buy another telescope after a few years, so it would be my once and for all scope.

    At present I don't do astro photography, maybe in the future I might use a dlsr camera.

    The reason for a goto mount is because I don't starhop and I would like to have the object tracked in the eyepice.

    I have seen that a people are buying extra equipment to add to their Takahashi, I have one good eyepiece but what else would I need to buy?

    I live in SE Kent so sometimes we get decent seeing, but like most of the UK we have light pollution and lots of clouds.

    Does anyone have some advice or recommendations? 

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