Show us your Frac

[Lowjiber]

Very nice I bet you have to watch out for that pool in the dark! 

Ever fallen in by stepping back?

Truth be known, the only time I've fallen in the pool was during the daytime.  The pool edges are curved, and I was walking back to the scope area and not paying attention... literally walked into the pool.  Fortunately, I didn't have my cell phone in my pocket and the only "serious" thing that got wet was the Glock on my hip.

Lesson Learned.

[Roy Challen]

Got my tube rings today! So......... here's the Prinz teaming up with the RS

The R and the Prinz are new aquisitions, reports incoming!

[mikeDnight]

Attached are some fracs along with some of the sorry looking characters that they attract.

Mike

[sloz1664]

The Dual imaging rig: Altair Astro 80ED Triplet and the WO Z71 Star Triplet. 

Steve

[Stu]

Attached are some fracs along with some of the sorry looking characters that they attract.

Mike

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Decidedly dodgy looking Mike

[John]

Heres a couple I used to own. Just 6" F/8 Chinese achros but they did have matched Chromacors installed

[xtreemchaos]

wow theres some cracking fracs on here im well out classed.

[Chris]

Truth be known, the only time I've fallen in the pool was during the daytime.  The pool edges are curved, and I was walking back to the scope area and not paying attention... literally walked into the pool.  Fortunately, I didn't have my cell phone in my pocket and the only "serious" thing that got wet was the Glock on my hip.

Lesson Learned.

You have a gun on your hip for observing! 

[trazor]

Can't quite get my head around this picture, Photoshop comes to mind.

The counterbalance looks all wrong, any sideways movement at all and over it goes.

Why would anyone assemble such a rig, with so much inherent danger.

Does anyone know what scopes they are??

[John]

A few more Chinese achros I've owned, a couple of Synta 6" F/8's and a Bresser 127L F/9.4:

[John]

More fracs from my past. Original Skywatcher ED100 "blue tube", Orion (USA) ED80 and a Bresser Uranus 102mm F/9.8 AKA the Vixen SP102M in stealth colouration

[alan potts]

Trazor,

I agree with you the weight of this would be well over 200 KG look at the tires on the back, not even flattened and look at the size of the mount post. PS without a doubt!

Alan.

[Chris]

Trazor,

I agree with you the weight of this would be well over 200 KG look at the tires on the back, not even flattened and look at the size of the mount post. PS without a doubt!

Alan.

I was wondering about the mount post myself but didn't even notice the tires! 

[alan potts]

Chris,

Ex traffic cop., first signs of overload. The other thing is I would think it would just tip over backwards.

Alan

[philj]

Big brassy and little brassy, little brassy has a mahogany tripod now

[philj]

Pimped Towa 339

[Stu]

Is it photoshopped in this one too?

[Stu]

Or this one?

I confess the balance point looks very strange front to back, and it's clearly not designed for fast cornering , but it doesn't look photoshopped to me

[Stu]

Better images...

http://www.deconcrete.org/2010/07/31/telescopes-on-wheels/

http://www.theathertons.info/2013/03/walking-through-xian/

Sorry to hijack the frac thread!!!!

[Pig]

I saw some pretty scary balancing acts involving bicycles, chicken baskets and broken washing machines when I was in China last year, I have no doubt this set up would be a piece of cake for them

[Chris]

Crikey, it's real then, in fact there's two of them!

[avtaram]

WO ZenithStar ZS71ed and SW Evostar 120ed DS pro.

Avtar

[Dude_with_the_tube]

here are couple of pics of my Vixen Atlux 150. original 4" focuser unit has been removed and replaced with 2.5" Moonlite.I binoview and everything is done so that i reach focus in "Native" mode without the aid of OCS or Barlows. Binoviewer is a custom made Zeiss with 30mm prisms and 30mm openings on both sides (telescope and eye piece),prisms are off very high accuracy and Zeiss T* coated for extra light transmission.Pairs in picture are Baader Eudiascopic 35mm with 29mm field stop.No vignetting or any other artifacts,just clear image and perfection.There is currently a plan to completely overhaul the Vixen but it is currently on stop for some time until other things get sorted.

[Chris]

I can only imagine the views Very impressive, and not cheap I bet!

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[Stu]

Looks fabulous Gaidis. I'm very glad I followed your lead with the AZEQ6, it handles the Vixen beautifully.

Still can't get on with binoviewers, just sold my third pair!