Hi Alan It sounds like an interesting instrument. Is there any chance you can post an image or two in the Photos section? "A picture is worth a thousand words"...
Happy New Year Chris, The photos are posted in the album labled 6inch folded refractor. The set up is a simple "check mark style". A 3"~ round fused quartz ...
Alan Great pics! What a fascinating instrument! By sheer coincidence I was sent a photo way back in the 70's(?) of similar folded refactors made by a gifted...
Hi Alan & group I have just posted a photo from the early 80's of no less than 8 folded refractors in one place! Plus a 100ft solar telescope. I had imagined...
Has anyone had any experience with the 11x80mm antares finder scopes? I have their 8x50mm model but it sometimes doesnt have enough aperature for deeper space...
... Ralph, Well, to not-even-close-to-answer your actual question (in the classic yahoo tradition....) I use an Antares 8 x 50 RACI, and I found that my...
The Tasco Model #10TE (#15TE PLANETARY REFRACTOR with RA motor drive) SOLARAMA 3" f/16 equatorial refractor was sold throughout the 1960's and 1970's. It was...
I was lucky enough to be given a 3" 1200mm Tasco when I was a kid in the late 1950s. It came with three eyepieces, a solar projection screen and beefy looking...
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... Russ, thanks for the 8x50 RACI + 12.5 Ortho tip. Would you happen to know where I can purchase the Antares ("Vixen") 120mm or larger scopes? I have seen...
... William, The Antares scopes are built by Glen Speers of Sky Instruments in Vancouver, Canada. <www.antaresoptical.com> phone 604-270-2813. He starts with...
In a message dated 1/3/05 9:40:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, williamichang@... writes: Russ, thanks for the 8x50 RACI + 12.5 Ortho tip. Would you happen...
Hello John, I may have such a telescope, except the brand name is Fujiyama. I've been trying to find information on this device for some time without success, ...
I just added some more photos of the MoonLight Motorized focuser and its controller mounted on my AR6 in the MoonLight Focuser folder in the photos section. ...
... I have tried it and found that the added aperture does make it easier to locate deep-sky objects, as one would expect since it has greater aperture than...
John, The sample I have has optics equal to a 50s Unitron, and superior to a 90s Unitron. I have the rare version with the large drawtube which actually ...
Hi All, I'm fairly new to the group & also new to refractors. The only refractor I have owned so far is the Orion 80mm ED which I use allot for photos...
Hi Mark, I had considered the 100ED from Orion also, it's a little more than I wanted to spend without a strong recomendation but I didn't know they would let...
I imaged Q2 Machholz and have a movie showing its motion across the sky during a 60 minute period. Simulated eyepiece view through the NP101, isophotes, movie,...
Great work, Dennis! I've yet to see the comet....:^( Best regards, Bill ... From: "Dennis Persyk" <dpersyk@...> To: <Refractors@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
For $800, you wont find what your looking for, even in the used market. If you want a true APO, in a 4", your looking at about $1500 to $1700, for something...
Why not consider the Orion 3.6" Off-Axis Newt. It would give better than APO performance (no false color) with just a slight sacrifice in aperture (4/10's of...
Hi, Thanks for all the help but I wouldn't give up my 12" for anything but a 14". I think I'll stick with the 80mm ED & ad a nice Moonlight Instruments focuser...
You mean to tell me that I, lowly Tom D, has seen a celestial object that other fine observers haven't??? Say it isn't so Bill!!!! <G> Happy New Year to...
What's with this lowly bit?? lol And far as not viewing the comet yet...50% blame goes to the weather, 50% blame goes to my lazy a*s. Maybe tonight if it's...
I must have missed something but what is SMP? MLA (My Lazy Ass) effects have been a serious problem for about the last year as I switched from apo to big...
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