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[Guest]

My 150 mm Mak on a manual alt/az mount. Saving to buy an HEQ5 mount.

 

 

Edited January 21, 2021 by Guest

[Guest]

My 150 mm Mak on a manual alt/az mount. Saving to buy an HEQ5 mount.

I am now tempted by the 180 mm Mak. But it might be too heavy for me and the mount to handle.

[Sky-searcher]

My recently purchased Mak 150. Flocked the tube & fitted tube rings, handle & new ADM dovetail. Also fitted a R&P focuser. Not had a lot of clear nights with good seeing lately, so a bit of an ornament at present! 

[Stub Mandrel]

Not sure I ever shared this 🙂

This is fitted with a cheap eyepiece/erecting prism and minolta t-mount adaptor I found in a bargain bin decades ago before discovering astro.

[Peter_D]

Recently bought a used Orion Optics (UK) OMC 140. It's one of the older purple models with the micrometer focuser. It's mounted on a Vixen New Polaris mount - will have to add a tiny more weight to get it perfectly balanced.

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

A Skymax 127...

Grab 'n Go...

 

Celestron AVX planetary shennanigans:

 

Solar eclipse observing:

 

Lunar is crisp. The AZGTi Point & Track is excellent:

 

Heavy eyepiece or camera? No problems with a replacement Astro Essentials 2" visual back and Baader 1.25" adapter.

[bosun21]

My SW 127 Maksutov on its go to mount.👇

 

[graham56]

heres my 127 mak with mods

[Night_Signalman]

My trusty ETX125EC turns 21

[Alkaid]

Plenty of other CATs in here I see.  Here’s my C8 with complimentary Moon phase clock. 

[raadoo]

It's been a while in the making, but here's my little 127 in full imaging garb - the odd imaging mak among so many visual setups in this thread.

I figured you lot will get a kick out of the sheer madness of this setup, so I've marked up what's what.

Before anyone jumps in, yes, I know I'm oversampled and I know that Maks aren't the best tool for imaging.

That being said, last night was the first clear night since end of October, so I've quickly started working on M81. The below is just 2h, but I'm aiming for somewhere north of 20h in the end.

It ain't perfect, but it's better than nothing!

[Philipdo]

My pride and joy: Skymax 180 on a Losmandy G11 Gemini II.

[garryblueboy]

Not shown this MAK before I have had it quite a while and the views are simply stunning