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  • Members: 3384
  • Category: Telescopes
  • Founded: Apr 12, 2000
  • Language: English
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After all the fuss over these scopes does anyone have any idea if it is wise to buy one of these. Initially they seemed to be getting good reviews but now...
27 May 13, 2002
10:25 pm

poziovahim2001
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Hello Tim, We will be glad to take care your situation, I have email you yesterday and still waiting for your response, please contact me soon....
2 May 3, 2002
5:45 am

David Yang
williamoptic...
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I seem to be having trouble recieving email's from David so thought I would post on the list again to let him know I haven't heard back from him since my last...
2 May 2, 2002
5:57 am

David Yang
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I have the GT1-HD and I do love it. It's solid and accurate. The only issue I really have is bolting the legs to the pier. There's nothing really wrong with...
5 May 1, 2002
1:48 am

Rob La Pointe
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William last night I went to slew to the moon and the RA motor quit working. At first I thought it might be a power supply problem or a bad connection. I tried...
1 Apr 29, 2002
4:55 pm

takahashiman2000
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Hi, Last night I put the imaging weight capacity of the GT-One to the test. WO recommends that the GT-One hold 60 lbs for visual and 40 lbs for imaging. ...
1 Apr 22, 2002
6:45 pm

Rob MacKay
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Dear friends, I have just uploaded in my home page six new pictures of deep sky objects I took last sessions with my William Yang Fluorostar 100/8. Hope you'll...
3 Apr 22, 2002
6:13 am

David Yang
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Hello, Saturday night about 10 members of the Colorado hole-in-the-sky gang assembled at the Jefferson County Outdoor Education Lab. The lab is equipped with a...
2 Apr 16, 2002
2:14 am

David Yang
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Hi all, Does anyone know if there is enough in focus travel on the Megrez 80mm to bring the 31mm Nagler & the 22mm Nagler to focus? Assume I would use the...
4 Apr 10, 2002
10:06 pm

ckwastro
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Hi All, I am the biggest fan of the DCL28 for my Nikon 995. It is just great. I also happen to be a moderator of the digital camera astrophotography list...
2 Apr 3, 2002
6:01 am

David Yang
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couple of Tak's and an FLI CM10-1ME on my GT-One. (which will now need 3 counterweights instead of two) http://darkhorizons.org/rmackay/equipment.htm...
1 Apr 1, 2002
2:24 am

Rob MacKay
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To all our WO family members, William Optics is proudly to announce this website (www.william-optics.com) that everyone have being waiting for sometime now,...
3 Mar 20, 2002
3:49 pm

David Yang
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Dear Tony, Unfortunately we had to discontinue the previous 4" Megrez 102mm Telescope due to minor quality issues and received many complains concerning the...
9 Mar 1, 2002
3:03 am

William Yang
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Does anyone know of an off-the-shelf adapter that can be used to mount the GT-1 head onto a Losmandy tripod or pier? I have a G-11 on a permanent pier in my...
1 Feb 24, 2002
8:44 pm

twobones
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I Just knew someday I would buy a Yang scope. I love the tubes with the Gold trim, and hear the focuser as well as all the machining is Awesome. But what the...
1 Feb 24, 2002
6:18 pm

Tony Grigsby
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Hi Darren, Just the packaging is different now and mirror and design still the same. David Yang William Optics Corp....
1 Feb 24, 2002
8:21 am

williamopticsusa
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... Hello Fellow members, Please do not be worry, I repeat, we are not going out of business and we are company just like others, sometime tends to encounter...
5 Feb 24, 2002
12:12 am

dcbly
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Hi William and Herb, It is clear that the supply of William Optics equipment has been interrupted. It is clear that Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird cannot ...
27 Feb 18, 2002
7:33 pm

Herb York
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Dear Members, This is our new William Optics 2" Amici prism just released this month,please see the photo attached. Thank you. Prism: Bk7 Metal material: 6005...
1 Feb 18, 2002
6:36 am

William Yang
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I have problem with my GT-1 recently. The S2K failed to move the mount to West on RA axis. By reversing the RA and Dec plugs in order to determine whether the...
4 Feb 7, 2002
3:01 pm

Tan Wei Leong
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Is there any news from WO on the availability of the re-engineered GT-One? Dave...
1 Feb 4, 2002
12:53 am

dsktc
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I'm looking to replace my old ST80 refractor, and the Megrez looks possibly the one to do it... The S&T review certainly got me interested but there were a few...
1 Feb 1, 2002
11:07 am

shugal333
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I posted an image showing the vignetting a DCL 28 gives a Nikon 995 at it's widest setting. Hopefully the pic will help people see how little the DCL 28...
1 Jan 28, 2002
3:56 am

dcbly
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Hi, Yesterday I finally finished making a plate to mount my 102 on my G-11. I haven't really looked through it until tonight. As I turned the scope toward the...
3 Jan 15, 2002
6:20 pm

Stu Ritter
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My DCL 28 just arrived from Anacortes..of course it's cloudy! Anacortes did a great job, called on the 2nd and I got it on the 5th. Darren in Bakersfield...
4 Jan 6, 2002
4:19 pm

Brent Johnson
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Hi, What the profile or length of the William Optics SCT Crayford Focuser? I'm trying to see whether it plus a 2" Televue diagonal would clear the base of my...
2 Jan 4, 2002
6:40 am

David Yang
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William, David and pretty Mrs Yang, Hello, Merry X'mas to all the staff of William Optic. How are you guys? Do you still remember me? William, have you sold...
1 Dec 27, 2001
3:03 pm

Eddie Chan
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Dear William Optics Members: William Yang and all our staff wants to thank you for all your important support and good feedback. We will promise to continue...
1 Dec 24, 2001
7:11 am

williamopticsusa
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Dear Mike, Sorry for our late response. I don't quite understand about the thread of 100/8 rings. please let me know what you need and what specs you need to...
6 Dec 12, 2001
2:39 am

William Yang
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should be Astrophysics spacings and threads Markus ... From: Mike C To: William-Optics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 1:48 PM Subject:...
2 Dec 12, 2001
12:27 am

will biesele
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