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  • Founded: Apr 12, 2000
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Time has come to upgrade, and regrettably I must sell my trusty FLT110. Take a look at ad #221074 on AstroMart: http://www.astromart.com/viewad.asp?cid=221074 ...
4 Oct 10, 2003
10:53 pm

Chris
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Hello all, The focuser on my Megrez 80 has suddenly developed dead spots where it won't move at all and mechanical "stops" where it is running in to something...
3 Oct 9, 2003
6:03 am

warpedcorp
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I am looking at buying a refractor in the 80mm range for guiding and mainly for widefield imaging. I have been looking at the megrez80 and the stellarvue line...
2 Oct 5, 2003
9:39 pm

danieldgj
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Hi guys, I posted my new CCD image taken with my WO FLT-110 : NGC-6888 (Crescent Nebula). 14h25min of exposure on 4 nights to have this result. You will find...
1 Oct 5, 2003
9:12 pm

Florent Poiget
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Hi Group, Despite I have been peeking into this list for a while this is my first posting. So, allow me to introduce myself: my name is Antonio and I am the...
5 Oct 2, 2003
5:54 pm

Antonio Fernandez
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I am the owner of a TMB 100 F8 housed in the Williams Optics tube. It has a four inch focuser and, as far as I can tell, is the same as the FluoroStar 110. I...
1 Oct 2, 2003
3:21 pm

twocentsplain
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What is the focus travel of this focuser? I heard a new version has come , so what is the difference between the new version and the old version? Any...
1 Oct 1, 2003
7:30 pm

rickfinder
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Hi Gang, I just ordered, at OPT, my WO FLT-110 APO refractor. It is my first APO I purchase since I began Astronomy 20 years ago. I think my choice is the...
4 Sep 30, 2003
12:07 am

David Yang
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Hallo, I'm new of the list and a few days ago I got my new FLT 110. M 13 was my first shot and you can see it at ...
6 Sep 30, 2003
12:05 am

David Yang
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Not much traffic on this group lately, so I figured I'd post my latest shot with FLT110 and HX916 camera: http://pk.darkhorizons.org/m33flt.htm Details of the...
5 Sep 30, 2003
12:04 am

David Yang
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Hi. I am currently trying to set up my Megrez with a Powermate 4x for astrophotograhpy. It works fine for visual use, when I put it between the diagonal and...
4 Sep 29, 2003
1:40 pm

David Fung
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Hi Folks: I hope it's OK to post this here. If not please forgive me. I have a Robin Casady counterweight for a GT-1 that has been sitting here, taking up...
1 Sep 28, 2003
5:06 am

holzerinatl
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Hi All! As a new Megrez' owner I would like to introduce myself in this group and to share experienced user's feedbacks. I bought this little refractor a...
4 Sep 8, 2003
9:10 am

Maarten Vanleenhove
mvanleenhove
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Several weeks ago, at Starfest, I was fortunate to assist a fellow imager on setting up their new Titan mount with the polar scope attached to the side of the...
1 Sep 1, 2003
1:03 pm

Jim Anderson
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Hello all. Please find the following link to my first astro-photo ever! This one is of our moon. It was taken on a Megrez 80SD with VR-1 on an unguided camera...
2 Aug 29, 2003
2:26 am

Don Tabbutt
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Greetings, These two images were acquired with FLT110 and an AP 0.75x reducer. Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus: http://pk.darkhorizons.org/ic1396.htm Cocoon...
1 Aug 27, 2003
1:42 pm

Paul K
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Good morning all, Has anyone accomplished a PEC training on the GT1. Can you share what the procedure was please. Jim...
2 Aug 26, 2003
4:54 pm

Jim Anderson
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I called yesterday and was told that they no longer stock it. Now where do I get one? Anybody have a used one for sale? Jeff Smith smithobs@......
2 Aug 23, 2003
9:12 pm

Robert and Marti Schm...
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Does anyone know how to adust the tension on a Megrez 80 focuser. I have one piggybacked on my NexStar 11, when I have a heavy eyepiece in the Megrez the...
4 Aug 22, 2003
7:59 pm

Pedro Pereira
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Hi Guys, A Great coming back to me in the CCD imaging after 9 months. I posted, on my web site, my new picture with color information. Not the best, but the...
3 Aug 21, 2003
5:14 pm

Florent Poiget
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Hi Guys, These last days, I worked a lot of time on my last NGC-6992. This is the last version of this picture you can see on my web site. Just click on the...
1 Aug 21, 2003
5:09 pm

Florent Poiget
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Has anyon --can't believe I'm asking-- observing Mars? I don't see postings on it. I used the Megrez 80 with Orion Ultrascopic 5mm and 3.8mm, and got very...
3 Aug 20, 2003
6:20 am

Mark Rieck
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Last night I could see Veil nebula in Cignus with my WO Megrez 102 , Panoptic 24 mm. and Lumicon UHC filter. Was impressive, I couldn´t believe I was seing...
1 Aug 19, 2003
9:50 am

juanig1964
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Looking on the Taiwan version of the WO site: http://www.optics.com.tw/Product/Ast-dome/dome-9.htm I noticed they offer a refractor larger than the FLT 110. I...
2 Aug 16, 2003
8:08 pm

Pedro Pereira
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Just wondering if anyone is aware of a way to use a Hasselblad 2000 FC/M or any other Hasselblad cameras with the Megrez 80 or FLT110? Is there such an...
3 Aug 13, 2003
9:00 am

David Fung
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Hi group - This is my first post here. I am looking into purchasing the Megrez 80 to use as a birding, daytime telephoto and low power deep-sky scanning...
11 Aug 10, 2003
9:56 pm

Paul K
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Hi Gang, Yeaaaah, my WO FLT-110 has been shipped from OPT yesterday. It will arrive in France the next week. Mike Fowler at OPT has tested my APO in the...
2 Aug 2, 2003
2:46 am

yuri80226
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I only had a few hours between clouds to shoot this one. I meant to shoot longer in blue and red, but the weather gods decided otherwise: ...
1 Jul 31, 2003
4:41 pm

Paul K
paulkccd
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I am trying to use my Megrez80SD with a Canon G2 digital camera to photograph the night sky and also birds and other terrestrial stuff. I have the WO DCL-52...
1 Jul 31, 2003
12:25 am

Tony Turner
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what would be good selection of eyepieces....
3 Jul 25, 2003
11:06 am

David Fung
david_fung2000
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