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19779
Hi All, I have had a few William optics Scopes so thought I would share all my images for you to compare! ZS66 ...
madpc
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May 3, 2009
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19780
Hi All, I was helping a new Astro friend with his setup in my garden last night and managed To get some early images of NGC7000, M27 & M20 NGC7000 ...
madpc
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May 3, 2009
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19781
Paul, Thanks for sharing your folders. I enjoyed looking at your photos. One thing I can say you have improved as time progressed as all of us have. Thanks,...
Stephen Lenarz
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May 3, 2009
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19782
Hi Steve, Yes it's good to see the progress over time J -- Paul Gordon paul@... From: William-Optics@yahoogroups.com...
madpc
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May 3, 2009
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19783
Roy, that is an incredible photo. I counted 7 small galaxies besides the main 2. Great color. Lynn...
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May 4, 2009
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19784
Thanks Lynn glad you like it. Roy...
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May 4, 2009
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19785
Thanks Lynn glad you like it. Roy...
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May 4, 2009
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19786
I have a Zenithstar 66 SD that I am not happy with the result from the WO FF/FR III with my Rebel XTi, so I would like to try the Televue TRF-2008....
Greg
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May 5, 2009
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19787
Isnt it the FLAT2 that is designed for the 66SD? I had a WO66SD + FLAT2 and had pretty much pinpoint stars to the corners with my QHY8....
Steve L
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May 5, 2009
6:27 am
19788
Hey, The FLAT2 is what WO recommends for use with the ZS66SD. That's what I use, and it works well.  I especially like the connectivity logistics for mounting...
Perry Holcomb
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May 5, 2009
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19789
Hi Hojong, Thanks for your links and sorry for not replying sooner. All I can say is that I wish I had a friend with a factory contact like yours! I think I...
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May 6, 2009
7:49 am
19790
Hi Lin, I've just discovered this same problem. I have had my FLT132 and FF about 2 weeks and am starting to get ready to try it out when the moon goes away....
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May 6, 2009
12:47 pm
19791
... Hi Charles, That's odd. The tail piece of my FF unscrews quite easily. In fact, William Optics has another kind of tail piece to fit FF onto SBIG cameras: ...
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May 6, 2009
3:58 pm
19792
... Hi Mike, I believe that this FF was designed by TMB. It's possible that TMB also designed the tail piece. Anyway, I am sure WO knew about this but I don't...
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May 6, 2009
4:17 pm
19793
The TMB FF also has an output adapter in the pacakage for output to SCT standard threads. precise parts could make one with what ever threaded output you like....
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May 6, 2009
5:21 pm
19794
Thanks Lin, Now that I know what I could remove, it came off fairly easily. I have only had the combo for less than a month so how do I find the sweet spot of...
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May 7, 2009
12:50 pm
19795
Charles, The distance from rear flat surface of the SCT adapter to image plane is 95.46mm +/1 1mm. Roy...
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May 7, 2009
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19796
Hey Charles, Go to:        http://tinyurl.com/ceafa2 This shows a couple of component-to-chip distances for the FLT-132 FF. Perry ... From: chas.franks...
Perry Holcomb
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May 7, 2009
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19797
This scope never stops amazing me. 8hrs 40minutes taken over the last 3 weeks with the moon just blazing for most of the exposures. ...
Roy Cummings
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May 7, 2009
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19798
Enjoyed a visual look at this pair of galaxies with two friends with my Megrez 80 Friday before last from just north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Thank you...
James Stephens
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May 7, 2009
9:29 pm
19801
Roy, That is simply fantastic. This is one of the best M81-82 I ever seen. So much details! Congratulations, Daniel Fafard Saint-Charles Borromée, Québec,...
Daniel Fafard
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May 8, 2009
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19803
... Hi Roy, Fantastic shot. Although you used a color version of ST4000, I wonder if you could also use H-alpha filter to make red ejectile of M82 more vivid. ...
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May 8, 2009
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19806
Roy Great image! Is that full frame? If not I'd like to see the full frame as I'm looking to move up from my Megrez 90 Thanks in advance...
Nigel
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May 8, 2009
8:26 am
19808
Thanks Perry and Roy, I should be able to work out what I need from both your measurements. I would be interested in where these figures are published so I can...
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May 8, 2009
12:42 pm
19809
Charles, I got a couple of the digits wrong it should read 96.45 +/- .5mm. Here is how I came up with that number. With the T2 conical adapter fitted to the FF...
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May 8, 2009
2:52 pm
19810
Glad you enjoyed the view on both times. BTW what did you pile high and deep Dr. Jim? Roy...
Roy Cummings
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May 8, 2009
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19811
Thanks daniel for the kind comment. Roy...
Roy Cummings
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May 8, 2009
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19812
That would have been the plan. But I was setting up CCDAutopilot at the time. I did not have the manual dextarity to monitor the autopilot and manually command...
Roy Cummings
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May 8, 2009
5:16 pm
19813
Nigel, This is a crop for framing purposes. CCDInspector reports the scope will fully illuminate the largest CCDs avaliable today. I also reports a curvature...
Roy Cummings
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May 8, 2009
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19814
... It was physics at at Ga Tech, the High Temp Chem Phys Lab (since renamed) of Dr. Jim Gole, working on (we hoped) a new kind of chem laser. I'm actually...
James Stephens
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