Fedele

1 year

The Takahashi Blue.
Left: I have finally completed the Ortho Abbe MC series. they are the best eyepieces I love to use, despite their narrow field for someone like me who loves the wide field. in the face of perfection, however, everything takes a back seat. so much so that it is also wonderful to use them in the turret. Now declared out of production for some absurd reason .... I managed to complete the series in doubles up to 6 mm and also found the 4 mm

La Luna ora con nuvole.
30.01.2023. Italy
C11A, ASI178MM
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the day after

24.01.2023 20:00
C8EdgeHD, ZWO ADC, AP 2x, ASI 224MC
AsiStudio, AstroSurface U1

23.01.2023 20:00
C8EdgeHD, ZWO ADC, AP 2x, ASI 224MC
AsiStudio, AstroSurface U1

I'm really excited about this find and I'm really thrilled to be able to use it and have it in my hands. The dream of many of my generation

12.01.2023
Vixen R150S (1991), PowerMate 2,5x, ASI 178MM, 
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12.01.2023  
Vixen R150S (1991), ASI 178MM
AsiStudio, AstroSurface

35 minutes ago, RobertI said:

What a wonderful scope, love Newts and that’s a beaut. Interesting focuser, does this ‘transverse’ design have any advantages over the traditional design? 

probably in some back focus aplication

First light!!

0.01.2023
Vixen R150S, ASI178MM
AsiStudio, AstroSurface
A Vixen R150S resurrected and restored after 20 years in a garage.
Imaging  test of the mirror recovered from 20 years of neglect with a moon low on the horizon, between clouds, rain, and haze. 
I did a first delicate wash of the optics. Soon will be restored by an optician.   Anyway, telescope performs great with not important effect! A beautiful moon! Also in visual. Collimation is not perfect yet
Consider that the camera is not working at its correct equivalent focal ratio here

Old and New

Straight from the 80's 90's beginning
Vixen GP R150 S with all original accessories.
The telescope had been parked in a garage for many years. it was owned by a non-astronomer who no longer knew what to do with it (received in the past from a brother in law). (The original GP counterweights that I had elsewhere are missing from the photo). I took it mostly for the GP.
Taken from the garage and mounted just for  curiosity last night, although it was not collimated and despite the conditions of the primary mirror after all these years of neglect, it gave me a simply spectacular vision of the Moon: white, highly contrasted. Its new first light after 15 /20 years!
Even in recovery he gave me a really good lunar image.
A special mention to these two truly exceptional 24.8 ovulars! Even the famous VIXEN green "lunch box" is present!
The mechanical beauty of the telescope and its incredible compactness and lightness are surprising.

07.01.2023
C8EdgeHD, ZWO ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI 224MC, TS uv/ir cut
AsiStudio, AstroSurface

06.01.2023, C8EdgeHD
ZWO ADC, Baradv 2x, ASi 224MC
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C11A, Asi 178MM

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27.12.2022  Luna Crescente, tardo pomeriggio.
C11A, Baader BDS; ASi178MM
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27.12.2022, Marte
C11A, Baader BDS, ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI224MC
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23.12.2022
C11A, Baader BDS, zwo ADC, Baradv 2x body, ASi224MC, TS UV/IR Cut
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22.12.2022
C11A, baader BDS, ZWO ADC, Baradv 2x, ASI224MC, UV/IR Cut
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20.12.2022  
C8EdgeHD, ZWO ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI224, TS UV/IR Cut
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low quality images from my web

20.12.2022  17:49
C11A, ZWO ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI224, TS UV/IR Cut
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20.12.2022 Giove ed il satellite Europa a destra
C8EdgeHD, Baader BDS, ADC ZWO, AP 2x, ASI 224MC, UV/IR cut
AsiSutdio, AstroSurface

20.12.2022 Giove prima serata ore 17:45
C11A, ADC, Baradv 2x, ASI 224 MC

20.12.2022, 20:40
C8 EdgeHD, ZWO ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI224, TS UV/IR cut
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20.12.2022,
C11A, ZWO ADC, AP Baradv 2x, ASI224, TS UV/IR cut
AsiStudio, AstroSurface