Show us your Frac

[Knighty2112]

1 hour ago, parallaxerr said:

Hi Knighty, the wrap is Carbon fibre effect vinyl from eBay. Not sure which seller I used but there's loads on there selling it. 

Thanks. I saw some on eBay last night, so may order up some to do my dew shield.  

[A McEwan]

Mmmmmm........ dat Celestron Orange....!! 

[Dave1]

Topic (Towa 339) 80mm f15 telescope. 

[Cleetus]

Here she goes. Just about kitted out in her new clothes!!  

[iPeace]

21 minutes ago, Cleetus said:

Here she goes. Just about kitted out in her new clothes!!  

Love the tripod and mount. Which mount exactly?

[Stu]

Lovely scope, and I do like the tripod. They are on my 'must own' list for future!

[Dave1]

30 minutes ago, Cleetus said:

Here she goes. Just about kitted out in her new clothes!!  

Very nice set up, like the tripod and mount. I see you have used bino type mount, what is the mount like in use on planets?

[Cleetus]

Thanks for the positive comments. The mount is a Televue HD5 – similar to the old Televue mounts but beefed up and sitting on the Berlebach tripod it comes with.

ADM Televue adapter with ADM Vixen dovetail. It also accepts Losmandy dovetails. PrimaLuce 95mm tube rings – wish they were black but you cannot have everything!

Here’s some more pics showing a bit more detail. Have not had a chance to use the telescope much as all the parts have just come together and I have been away most of the summer. Looking forward to the short days!

[iPeace]

Love the red - be proud!

[A McEwan]

I really like the look of that Sky-Tour setup. I'd like to try something similar one day.

 

[moriniboy]

Skylight heaven

Loving my 80mm Kenko F12, finder is a non standard item from a Prinz Astral 500

 

[iPeace]

5 minutes ago, moriniboy said:

Skylight heaven

Loving my 80mm Kenko F12, finder is a non standard item from a Prinz Astral 500

 

YUMMY!

[bomberbaz]

looking forward to a close up of that on Sunday Nigel 

[A McEwan]

Damn. Just messed up my keyboard drooling on the laptop......

 

[Chris]

Definitely Yummy, I remember salivating over these on the Skylight web site last year

[Uplooker]

Lovely looking bit of kit, Nigel. You buying yet more telescopes ?

[nightfisher]

 i think the smiley says it all Nigel, that Skylight looks gorgeous hope it gives superb views  

[mcrowle]

Here's my Meade 127mm ED Apo, bought in 2009.

I've balanced the colour here for the white telescope tube, which is lit by house lights while the background is lit by the Moon. A Meade 5x Barlow is fitted, as I'd planned to image Mars and Saturn via a webcam (though in the event it clouded up before I could do anything).

Regards,

Mike Crowle.

[Chris]

Lovely scope Mike, and quite a mount by the looks of it too!

[mcrowle]

Thanks, Chris.

Yes, the mount is a Losmandy G-11, which I like a lot: it's so solid and yet not too heavy to manage!

Regards,

Mike Crowle

[Special K]

Once again, this thread is fantastic!  Anyone wondering how to mount any refractor can get a lot of info just looking at the pics  

clear skies

[Chris]

TS 90mm f5. 5 achromat Nexstar SE combo. 

[parallaxerr]

Big brother to Chris's setup

ST120 on Nexstar SE6/8 now updated with moonlite.

Despite the Alt restriction, I think you'll enjoy that setup @Chris Lock, very grab & go. I was tempted by the same scope before realising the 120 would fit.

Edited September 29, 2016 by parallaxerr

[parallaxerr]

Just realised you have the built in wedge which could help get around the Alt restriction, apart from when pointing N. I'm tempted by the wedge for mine as it should allow the scope to go past Zenith on the S meridian.

Edited September 29, 2016 by parallaxerr

[Chris]

Very nice big brother to mine  Lot's more room on the 6/8SE version by the looks of it, and the Moonlite sets the whole thing off a treat

I've set an Alt limit of 75 degrees on the handset so it hopefully won't suggest objects above this, I don't want to crash into the mount!