Hi Gerry, thanks for the reply. Oddly, I cant seem to get your double cluster to open full resolution, just the 20k preview image. Ed ... a very ... Cluster...
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brooktrout717 <bro...
brooktrout717
Jan 1, 2003 8:54 pm
Hello Bob, I appreciate your input. Ed. ... manufacturer ... optical ... bright ... it is ... extension for ... problems ... use a ... power, and...
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astrotom2003 <tom@...
astrotom2003
Jan 1, 2003 11:44 pm
Hi all...happy new year 2003! has anyone out there had success in viewing the horsehead with the flt 110?....i am using pentax 14, 21 and 28's with a h bata...
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David Rinnan
david_rinnan
Jan 2, 2003 1:58 am
been going thru my huge pile of emails :> Noticed this image and I must say that it is very good! It shows huge amount of detail. Very nicely framed. No flats...
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Kent Gittings
kent@...
Jan 2, 2003 7:27 pm
It's pretty hard to view the Horsehead in anything under about 10" aperture. Seeing conditions also being a big factor due to the low surface brightness and...
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msfainc <msfainc@....
msfainc
Jan 2, 2003 9:30 pm
Hi, Is anyone using a Mac to control their GT-1 mount? i cannot get mine to work with the ss2k controller. Any help appreciated! Morgan...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 3, 2003 2:58 am
Hi Group, I noticed there is a 4" extension tube that screws into the focuser of the WO110mm refractor. Does this extension tube come with the scope and do you...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 3, 2003 7:08 pm
Hi Group, Well I took the plunge and ordered the WO110mm today and hopefully it will arrive by next Friday and the weather will co-operate. I would like to...
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Jim Faller <jrf77@...
jrf772000
Jan 8, 2003 1:27 am
Hi Chris, Comgratulations on your choice. I am new to astronomy, but after a little feedback from this group & a discussion with my retailer, I also took the...
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Martin Kates
mlkyway2002
Jan 8, 2003 2:21 am
... From: Jim Faller <jrf77@...> To: William-Optics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: [William-Optics] Re: Ordered my new...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 8, 2003 2:17 pm
... today ... the Toronto area. Weather permitting I hope to try ccd and film imaging. I also recently purchased a Denkmeyer binoviewer for use with this...
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Jim Faller <jrf77@...
jrf772000
Jan 8, 2003 8:13 pm
Hi Chris & Martin, There are now 4 of us in the GTA that I am aware of. There is another Jim who is also a member of this group. I assume that we all ...
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Greg Pyros <gpyros...
gpyros
Jan 9, 2003 6:07 pm
Here are some new images from this past weekend taken with my WO 105mm on an AP600GTO with Pictor 1616XTE CCD. I do love this scope! ...
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David Rinnan
david_rinnan
Jan 9, 2003 6:28 pm
great pictures! Whats the specs on the 105. I've been looking at the 110 it seems like an instrument I could live with ;) Thanks for sharing david David Rinnan...
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Jim Bielaga
jimb@...
Jan 9, 2003 9:12 pm
Nice Job Greg especially like the Rosette and M100 and companions. Jim Bielaga ... From: <gpyros@...> To: <William-Optics@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday,...
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Paul K <pkane2001@...
paulkccd
Jan 9, 2003 10:09 pm
Very nice images, Greg! Looks like you went pretty deep on the Orion and M100 shots. What were the exposure times? Orion looks a tad purple to me, especially...
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Greg Pyros <gpyros...
gpyros
Jan 9, 2003 11:47 pm
David: Thanks! The 105 is an f/6.2 APO air-spaced triplet. It isn't made anymore, it has been replaced with the 110mm oil-spaced. From what I hear, there...
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Mike C
tmb_mike
Jan 9, 2003 11:53 pm
... Very nice images, nice looking setup, Greg. I am pretty sure it's a TMB 105 triplet in your 105 f/6.2. So, while WYO isn't making them anymore, there are a...
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Greg Pyros <gpyros...
gpyros
Jan 9, 2003 11:54 pm
Hi, Paul! Thanks! I know the Orion colors are off a bit - I was constantly stopping and restarting the sequence due to clouds moving through, and so I had to...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 10, 2003 12:15 am
Hi Group, I noticed there was some talk about the 105mm refractor and I saw some pictures showing the extension tube (remove it when binoviewing for a barlow...
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Kent Gittings
kent@...
Jan 10, 2003 2:21 pm
I don't know about actual use but technically an oil spaced triplet has several advantages. One is that compared to an air-spaced one it eliminates 4...
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Markus Ludes
apmtelescopes
Jan 10, 2003 2:56 pm
Hi kent, sorry to correct you 1, a oilspacest lens needs same good glas and same good polishing as an airspacest, ask Roland Christen, he will confirm it to...
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Kent Gittings
kent@...
Jan 10, 2003 3:58 pm
Sorry to correct you also. Regardless of what Roland says there are quite a few optical engineers around some having more technical experience and training...
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Markus Ludes
apmtelescopes
Jan 10, 2003 4:19 pm
Hi Kent, okay if you are in USA you can send it easy to Roland, but whats doing the guys around the world ? For them its maybe a big trouble to do it, due...
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Martin Kates
mlkyway2002
Jan 11, 2003 12:59 am
... From: bingsca <denturist89@...> To: William-Optics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: [William-Optics] Re: Ordered my...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 11, 2003 4:56 am
... today ... refractor ... in ... use ... maybe ... but ... their ... without ... come ... of ... three ... etc ... ccd ... make an ... later. ... after ... ...
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Paul K <pkane2001@...
paulkccd
Jan 11, 2003 6:46 pm
Chris, another possibility is to use two dovetail plates mounted on the C9.25 OTA -- one for mounting it onto G11 saddle plate and the other, on top, for...
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bingsca <denturist...
bingsca
Jan 11, 2003 7:36 pm
... This ... plate ... Hi Paul, Thanks for the tip, I will look into this type of set up. Do you use a binoviewer and if so, do you know if it can reach focus...
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yuri80226 <tec@......
yuri80226
Jan 13, 2003 3:43 am
... airspacest, ask Roland Christen, he will confirm it to you ... very difficult to measure that ... was already prooved for Zeiss, Aries and even for AP...
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Markus Ludes
apmtelescopes
Jan 13, 2003 1:24 pm
Hi Yuri, take the catalogous and check out the transmission of the used glas per 10 mm thickness and you will find out that only the glas eats about 1.5% ~ 2 %...
