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First sneaky pic of the TS 80mm f7.5, i rather like this little frac

You kept that quiet  Nice one Jules. Good scopes and very versatile

Yes, used it again last night and very good it was, i am nicely surprised at how little CA it shows and the lens is pretty sharp across the whole field, this is one scope that is staying with me, the rack an pinion focuser is well up to the job, the funny thing is i had been looking at getting a TAL 75 frac but they just dont ever come up, this is possibly a better scope so i am very happy

What scope is it Jules, post a pic

TS 80mm f7.5 OTA and have mounted it on little AZ mount, will do an unboxing thread soon

My new frac for grab and go/travel has arrived, looks very nice, will post a pic when i get a chance

I had a brief first light last night on the Moon, very nice, some CA as expected but nicely controlled and sharper views than i had hoped for, sits on the mount well...............jobs a good un   

My new frac for grab and go/travel has arrived, looks very nice, will post a pic when i get a chance

Wow, you guys are really getting on well with these little newts, im on my second one and cant even get it to focus a 1.25 ep (just like the last one)

I am pleased to say i solved the focus issues with a £5 astroboot long 2" to 1.25 adapter, now all my ep`s come to focus  this adapter is the same one as supplied with my old 150p ds

Just need some time  and clear skies to make an imaging start

Andy, good to see a 200k in this thread

Ridiculously nice setup Damian, top notch, and you've thought of everything

Chris, how are you getting on with the Vixen 90?

Wow, you guys are really getting on well with these little newts, im on my second one and cant even get it to focus a 1.25 ep (just like the last one)

Here is my 102 f11 starwave on the skytee 2 when i tried and failed to image the eclipse 

Ssssshhhhhhh........here’s my two solar scopes still asleep and waiting to be used again in the sunshine. PSTAL and Skywatcher 120ED.

How are you liking the 120Ed, i am thinking about trying to raise the funds for one

Nice bunch of fracs Spaceboy

Apart from the apartment store plasic frac I had age 7, the Evo120 was my first proper frac as well. 

same for me, i had an ST80 for a short while, then got a blue tube 120 f8, this was a pretty good scope and there have been times when i have considered getting another

Thanks steve but its not going on the TAL, and i dont as yet have the focuser so i dont know the OD

Just coming back to this thread, think i might be stealing the pipe clamp idea 

also a thread worth bumping due to amount of people that have now bought this scope

Sounds a very interesting telescope, maybe post a couple of pics to show what condition its in, the mount would be worth keeping as these are capable of holding big scopes

AP 175 ED..that's not a frac, it's an anti-aircraft missile launcher!./and I'm not in the least bit envious!

Dave

Dave, how old is your TAL and what colour lens has it, i would guess the pale green coating?

Here's my latest acquisition - picked it up yesterday!! . I was unexpectedly offered this absolutely as new Bresser AR127L OTA complete with the following:

-Good quality - and I MEAN good quality 2" solid alumium diagonal with compression fittings and THREE retaining screws at 120 deg spacings 

-Really nice illuminated 8x50 finderscope

-Really nice Bresser 25mm wide angle eyepiece (2" fit)

-Excellent Meade 5000 HD 60 32mm wide angle eyepiece

The scope honestly does look like new and is only 8 months old. I was lucky that it was one of the versions of this scope that did come with good quality accessories - I know some of them had rubbish diagonals etc.

Hope you like the pics - I'll do a proper first light once I've had a chance to check her out. The lens coatings look superb and the cell is fully collimateable. Some of the pics show a comparison with my Tal 100RS for size - the AR127L is much bigger, but very manageable on my upgraded CG-5

Dave

Nice looking scope Dave, i am a little surprised to see you have another 100rs

I must be one of the few people not to admire the moonrakers, just dont like the look of them

I hate this thread.... . Now I "need" more fracs!

With 3 of the best, i dont see that you need any more fracs, though a 120ED would sit nice in that sweet collection

P.s hope you both can make it to the star party in August

Here is one i owned a little while back, a 76mm f16.5 vintage Japanese frac, this was branded ST but in truth was a prinz 660

It was in fantastic condition but as always, i had it at a time when i owned way to many scopes so i found it a new home

Just to prove I do think mirrors can be used for telescopes - Mak 180 pro in cloudy moonlight. This scope is a magnet for clouds I reckon, it sometimes feels like every time I put this scope out to cool along come the clouds. Mind that's the same for any scope isn't it?

Bloomin heck Phil, the 180 looks good set up in the obsy, must get a dual speed for my 150, mirror flop is getting right on my wick, thought the new 150 might have suffered less but no

Very nice Rob

The 130pds army continues to grow.....

I have returned to the 130p ds club, but most of my imaging will be video cam with a little 1000D thrown in

First job will be to add a motor drive to the focuser

My current gaggle of fracs...

Skywatcher ED100 and Lunt LS50THa

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Skywatcher StarTravel150 and Tele Vue Pronto

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Polarex-Unitron 60mm f/9 (circa 1950s and on its way from Ebay now)

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Gone but not forgotten are my Evostar 120mm and StarTravel 102mm

...and I sold my Dob

You got the unitron at a great price, please post up a little review when you have had a good play with it, i was tempted with it

My beloved Tal 200K. This is a f8.5 version and I have fitted a focal reducer to image at manageable f5.2.

Steve

I dont have a pic of my old 200k, but in truth i did not have it long