Show us your Frac

[nightfisher]

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

[Moonshane]

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

I am liking it Jules :0)

As a solar white light scope it excels and it's great on doubles too. Easily allows the Cassini division to be seen in good seeing even currently with Saturn low in the sky.

It's a fair old lump though and really needs a counterweight on my Giro 3 for smooth operation.

[Stu]

I love mine too Jules, a really versatile and capable scope.

[John]

I love mine too Jules, a really versatile and capable scope.

Same here with mine

[Dinosour23]

Nice little Megrez sittinh in the living room, widefield eyepiece on, ready to rock.

Edited July 6, 2015 by Dinosour23

[DRT]

I do like the look of the Megrez. Might have to scratch that itch one day

[Chris]

I like how this thread has reached over 400 posts!   

[DRT]

I like how this thread has reached over 400 posts!   

Which is nearly twice as many as some other threads

[Dinosour23]

I do like the look of the Megrez. Might have to scratch that itch one day

 It's the only one that would look good as furniture also, which is important if you're going to leave it accessible for quick deployment outside and don't have a garage

Those carbon fiber ones are too military tactical for in-house, and other white telescopes don't have WO classical matte white powder coating .. They're gloss ! 

Edit: only ones in that price range is what I meant to say...  Those Taks are beautiful also ! 

Edited July 6, 2015 by Dinosour23

[DRT]

 It's the only one that would look good as furniture

Lucky boy. I get funny looks if I leave an eyepiece on a shelf on a bookcase never mind a whole scope and tripod in the sitting room

[laservet]

Family picture. L to R -->Zeiss 5x10 MIniQuick, A-P 80mm f11 guide scope (nice little achromat), A-P 92mm f4.9 Stowaway, A-P 92mm f6.6 Stowaway, A-P 105mm f5.8 Traveler, A-P 130mm f6 EDF, A-P 130mm f6.3 EDFGT, A-P 155mm f7 EDFS, A-P 175mm f8 EDF, A-P 254mm f14.6 Mak-Cass.

[RT65CB-SWL]

It's interesting to see how many of us are using Alt-Az mounts.

Anyway here's my TeleVue Ranger alongside my 'modded' ETX105...

...it's the best photo I have of it to date.

There maybe others, but I think they are on a Linux (Debian 3.1) HDD or CD-ROM! 

Edited July 7, 2015 by Philip R

[Stu]

Family picture. L to R -->Zeiss 5x10 MIniQuick, A-P 80mm f11 guide scope (nice little achromat), A-P 92mm f4.9 Stowaway, A-P 92mm f6.6 Stowaway, A-P 105mm f5.8 Traveler, A-P 130mm f6 EDF, A-P 130mm f6.3 EDFGT, A-P 155mm f7 EDFS, A-P 175mm f8 EDF, A-P 254mm f14.6 Mak-Cass.

Laservet, that must count as mental cruelty, showing us all those gorgeous scopes with no chance of looking through them

Lovely collection!!

[damnut]

@laservet, lovely collection there. Congrats.

@Philip R, I liked the original Skytee  so much I have a skytee ii too. Love these az mounts.

Great thread.

[DirkSteele]

Family picture. L to R -->Zeiss 5x10 MIniQuick, A-P 80mm f11 guide scope (nice little achromat), A-P 92mm f4.9 Stowaway, A-P 92mm f6.6 Stowaway, A-P 105mm f5.8 Traveler, A-P 130mm f6 EDF, A-P 130mm f6.3 EDFGT, A-P 155mm f7 EDFS, A-P 175mm f8 EDF, A-P 254mm f14.6 Mak-Cass.

Wow!  You must be on Roland's Christmas card list with that lot! 

[laservet]

Wow!  You must be on Roland's Christmas card list with that lot! 

I did get a Christmas card from AP. 

[smudgeball]

Here's mine

dslr at rear will soon be replaced by my new ccd

Neil

[Chris]

Family picture. L to R -->Zeiss 5x10 MIniQuick, A-P 80mm f11 guide scope (nice little achromat), A-P 92mm f4.9 Stowaway, A-P 92mm f6.6 Stowaway, A-P 105mm f5.8 Traveler, A-P 130mm f6 EDF, A-P 130mm f6.3 EDFGT, A-P 155mm f7 EDFS, A-P 175mm f8 EDF, A-P 254mm f14.6 Mak-Cass.

Any plans for more fracs?

Seriously impressive collection!

[HD-AP]

Family picture. L to R -->Zeiss 5x10 MIniQuick, A-P 80mm f11 guide scope (nice little achromat), A-P 92mm f4.9 Stowaway, A-P 92mm f6.6 Stowaway, A-P 105mm f5.8 Traveler, A-P 130mm f6 EDF, A-P 130mm f6.3 EDFGT, A-P 155mm f7 EDFS, A-P 175mm f8 EDF, A-P 254mm f14.6 Mak-Cass.

No 180 EDT  OR 206 EDF  though !

But please sell me that 80mm f11 guide scope !! 

[laservet]

No 180 EDT  OR 206 EDF  though !

But please sell me that 80mm f11 guide scope !! 

The guide scope is a pretty nice little scope. I was repeatedly asked to take an open spot in the 180 f7 production run (~$8K back in those days, a real steal), declined thinking I could get one from a later run.   Next chance I had for a 180 f7 it was $35K used and way outside my range.

I've touched a 206 EDF...

[smudgeball]

And now with the Atik 460ex and remote focuser fitted

[Goonrdolly]

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[badhex]

Holy smokes, there are some amazing pieces of kit on this thread! Love it

I spent a few months rebuilding this large (massive infact!) Bresser Achro last year, but have had numerous issues with lens cell collimation (the lens cell was totally borked when I bought it). I have just done another rebuild of the cell a month or two ago but I've since moved countries and it's had to go in storage, so it still hasn't had a proper first light I may be fixing that by buying a small APO/ED while I'm here

This was it at the end of the first rebuild:

[DRT]

I picked up this Helios 150 f/8 on Ebay yesterday and collected it this morning. Here she is sitting on EQ6 legs with a 16" + 12" pillar extensions and a Giro III mount. I replaced the standard rack and pinion focuser with the Crayford from my ED100 but intend putting a dual speed upgrade on it soon.

I managed to get a 30 second glimpse at the Sun through my Baader wedge and a 41mm Panoptic and it was simply stunning. Looking forward to getting a longer session with it this evening

[buikimaging]

My new dual frac system, Explore Scientific 80/480 triplet and Robtics 80mm achro guidescope on a dual plate.

quite humble compared to the systems of some people I've seen in this thread but looks amazing with all the gear on!