Show us your Frac

[philj]

A shot of my old FLT98, no longer with me, on one of the rare occasions in the past few years I got to use it

Im sure JohnH wont mind me posting this image, I have this framed and on my wall at home to remind me that Im an astronomer when clouds get in the way. John took this of me and my plot at SGL7 (I think) Ta again John

Edited June 22, 2015 by philj

[John]

Thats a lovely photo Phil

JohnH really knows how to capture the atmosphere

[Moonshane]

Finally joined the fracfest

Here's my 80mm S5000 APO. Set up for some lovely solar obs in white light today at school. Managed an impressive 96x with some stunning detail in the current large system. 

Obviously I can ignore the solar warning sticker when using the Lunt Wedge! I think I'll be improving this with some CNC rings and a better focuser in due course (unless I can sort it out with some teflon - usual Chinese telescope maker shortcuts - using thin plastic as the main shaft bearing rather than a teflon pad saving a few pence).

[Stu]

Looks very nice Shane

[spaceboy]

Very nice Shane. Complete with TV equalizer I see

Hang on !! We all know you got more refractors than that now Shane where are they ??

Edited June 23, 2015 by spaceboy

[Moonshane]

LOL

Yes, more will come next time I have a photo opportunity!

[Stu]

Anyone noticed how quiet it is over on the 'SHOW US YOUR DOB'' thread? [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6][emoji13]

[F15Rules]

Anyone noticed how quiet it is over on the 'SHOW US YOUR DOB'' thread? [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6][emoji13]

Well, would you want to show off a cut down paddle steamer funnel???       

Sorry Shane, hope you don't know where I live!

[Moonshane]

you'll find out soon enough Dave..........

[Telescope40]

Hi all. Late to the parteeee again, as usual.   Been loving all the photo's in this tread. Helps  to pass the "cloud time "       Here's my two on my Skytee.  Meade 127 APO and Borg  100 Achro.   The Achro only been with me a fortnight.  No first light yet apart from 30 mins of solar. 

Please note.   The yard wall behind them is totally white.  Optical illusion - honest !!!!  

Thanks for looking   John

[luminova11]

Anyone noticed how quiet it is over on the 'SHOW US YOUR DOB'' thread? [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6][emoji13]

New post!

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[spaceboy]

I really do wish Bresser/ Meade/ ES would offer those handles separately. Was so handy having one on my AR127L.

[philj]

Thats a lovely photo Phil

JohnH really knows how to capture the atmosphere

Yes John, I love it. That year it cropped up everywhere, from S@n mag, to sgl calender, I was even on the Luxall toilet walls at one time :-) The wife got a bit fed up with me going into the newsagents and looking through the astro mags to see if I was there

[damnut]

@telescope40,

Great setup, love the skytee II. I use the central as a finder too. If you have not already done so (cannot tell from the pic) it is worth updating the main mounts to ADM or similar. Have heard of the odd thread stripping.

[Telescope40]

Damian. Thanks for the comment. Already got an ADM clamp holding my 127. Other side to be done in due course - My Borg is fairly light. No issues so far with the standard clamp.

John

[damnut]

The chap who had my Skytee ii before me (my lot on page1) had a 10"snt on one side... He replaced that standard mount v.quickly.!!! Would have hated to see that Lovely Meade 5000 Apo hit the turf!.

[spaceman_spiff]

For all its worth, here's my setup...an Evostar 120 with a ST80 guidescope all on a slightly overloaded but resilient EQ5 mount.

[nightfisher]

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

[Spoon]

Picked up my WO GT81 today. Love it already, really well made piece of kit!

[Dave grim]

This my new APM 107 ,sorry the pic isn't that good I was gonna put it on the mount but it threw it down with rain

[Chris]

Very very nice Dave

[Moonshane]

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

[DRT]

Very nice, Shane. Should we shout "it's behind you!" and see if the wake up?

[damnut]

Some more lovely kit, just shows the diversity within this thread,

[nightfisher]

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