Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Refractors group: Given a very heavy lens refractor, which approach to balancing do you like? o...
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May 2, 2004 7:46 am
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Here's a poll, hope it's not too rediculous, but it's surrounding a decision I'm having to make now with an ATM refractor tube I'm building. I appreciate...
Hi Mike, Would you mind posting the choices in your poll to this list? I don't like to accept cookies from Yahoo and I can't get into your "official poll" with...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 2, 2004 7:59 am
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Never mind! I should have read your other post first. Rich...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 2, 2004 8:08 am
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Sorry, I can't resist replying to this message. Having the eyepiece swing through a large arc is a pain in the back side. A refractor with the balance point in...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 2, 2004 8:12 am
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... I agree Rich, and I appreciate your input. However, do you jump at the lightest weight tube assembly, preferring to stick weights onto some steel rails, or...
... Hi Mike, Unless the OTA is so big and heavy that removing weights would noticably make it easier for me to put the OTA in the rings, I don't see the...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 2, 2004 8:25 am
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Humm, I haven't been round this hobby very long but to me it seems in real life removable = lost or misplaced so I would not be in favor of that. Just my $.02 ...
Hello, I am new to the group. Most all of my observing experiance has been with Newtonian Reflectors (10" f/4.7, 8" f/5.9 & 6" f/8). I should be recieving my...
Rich: Heartily agree. Add to that a binoviewer, a barlow, etc. and it adds up to about 4 pounds. I had two choices - slide the OTA up and down in the tube...
Hi Further to the discussion on balancing Synta OTAs: I hated my 6" f/8 scope with a built-in balancing weight. It was sufficiently heavy to make lifting the...
Hi Chris, How do you set the OTA into the rings? Do you hold the OTA parallel to the ground and lift it up into the rings, so that the OTA is pointing either...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 4, 2004 4:14 pm
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The following Refractors poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Given a very heavy lens refractor, which approach to balancing do you...
Refractors@yahoogroup...
May 6, 2004 5:17 am
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Hello Mike, I see no one has responded here, so I'll give my opinions as which one I would personally go with, and I hope this will help you with your...
... I hear the TOA's have big time thermal stabilization problems depending on the climate you live in. Everyone seems to love their FS152's and everyone seems...
Does anyone have any first-hand experience with the Losmandy Titan mount? I'm thinking of moving up from a Losmandy G11 and the Titan, with all it's features,...
Mark A. Thanks, for the advice re: TMB vs. TAK. I don't know Thomas Back. Who does he work for and how do I get in contact with him? Thanks, Mike C. ... ...
Dear Mark: Thomas M. Back is the owner/optical designer of TMB Optical. Contact (and other) information can be found at: <http://www.tmboptical.com/>. Best...
Hi, I believe TEC are developing a 160 mm "brother" of their TEC140. It might be worth adding it to the list and seeing how it compares. I believe TEC also ...
Sorry Rich, I must have missed your post. I lock the saddle horizontal (east and west) and then lift the OTA into the rings. Thanks to the geometry @ 55N the...
... Who does ... Please be advised that Thomas Back is still reculperating from his surgery. Though he said he can work now, he still has to take it easy. He...
I would be very interested in finding out more about the temperature stabilisation problems reported in the TOA, reason being I have just ordered a TOA130 and...
Hi Chris, I find with my AP 180mm f/9, it is easier for me to put the OTA in the rings if the rings are pointing NNW with the counter weight shaft pointing...
Rich N.
rnapo@...
May 7, 2004 5:25 pm
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Rich I don't even want to think about lifting an AP into mounting rings. My hands would be shaking too much at the thought of dropping it! Though a 180mm AP...
Hello, I've narrowed down my choices for a decent size, yet portable refractor to either: A TEC140, or B TMB130 f6 (LW 3.5 feathertouch assuming this has no...
... like ... around ... Nick, I can only answer your questions from the TEC140 side as I received mine in October of 2003. I have pushed my TEC to over 400x...
Hi Peter, While I myself have no great knowledge of Tak Scopes, I too would like to hear the reason why this is, and why this particular Tak Triplet Apo would...
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Hi, I owned a Tec 140 in the past. Wonderful scope. I was so impressed with the Tec apo., I ordered the 8" apo. All things being equal, I would opt for the...
The Tak TOA is a "wide air-spaced" triplet, so there is a pocket of air inside of it that has to cool down, as in other closed tube designs. Other air spaced...
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