Hello what is the most effective field flattener for the M72? Anyone have any experince/thoughts of what i should be going for? New WO owner here! Regards...
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notgnirramot
Aug 29, 2010 4:06 am
Here is a photo in Ha of the area around Gamma Cygni taken with a SBIG ST-8300M camera through a William Optics FLT110 telescope. There are a lot of nebular...
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Daniel Fafard
dreamdan2000
Aug 29, 2010 4:17 am
Hi Tom, Very nice photo in Ha. I really like this effect. I'm doing Ha photos too these days. I would say that I prefer them as colors ones. Cheers, Daniel...
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notgnirramot
Aug 29, 2010 1:47 pm
Thanks Daniel. I've always liked others Ha efforts and am pleased to be able to work with it now. I've not had a chance to try RGB with the ST-8300, but...
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notgnirramot
Aug 29, 2010 2:37 pm
Levente, That is a nice prize! You have a big chip on that camera. I've used the reducer/flattener IV with my FLT110 and a DSLR with very good results....
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Daniel Fafard
dreamdan2000
Aug 29, 2010 6:59 pm
Hi Tom, I juste spent a couples of hours learning processing RGB images. Oufff! Nothing really good yet. I think I will stick on Ha only until Mike from Images...
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notgnirramot
Aug 29, 2010 9:56 pm
Hi Daniel, I'll try AIP4WIN, Deep Sky Stacker and CCDSoft as I have all of those. I am reading up on color images now in Ron Wodaski's "The New CCD Astronomy",...
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Daniel Fafard
dreamdan2000
Aug 29, 2010 10:04 pm
Hi again Tom, Is AIP4WIN a freeware? I visited the website but not sure if you have to pay... Thx, Daniel Fafard Québec, Canada Lat: 46° 2' 50" Nord, Long:...
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richard.colston
Aug 30, 2010 6:11 pm
Dear All I bought a new FLT-132 over a year ago and - finally - this summer I got it down to my holiday home in southern Greece where it will stay. However, as...
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Jean-Marie Locci
jeanmarielocci
Aug 31, 2010 3:30 pm
I just received a brand new FLT132. Finish is a beauty, impatient to first-light it (weather not permitting so far)...! Does anyone know where the manufacture...
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megarat
Sep 1, 2010 2:22 pm
Hey all, I hope a for-sale posting on the forum is within the bounds of netiquette: I recently picked up a WO 10x50 astro binoculars and determined the case...
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williammoderator07
williammoder...
Sep 2, 2010 5:19 am
Hi All. FLT132 lens is made of japanese glass in Taiwan. WO....
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williammoderator07
williammoder...
Sep 2, 2010 6:07 am
Dear WO customers, Welcome to meet William Optics at PATS on 18-19 of September, booth No: 24. All William Optics latest products will be showing at PATS,...
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w.stanley07
Sep 2, 2010 1:29 pm
William Optics I would like to know if you sell or planning to sell a DDG focuser for our existing WO scopes. I have a WO 80mm ED ll scope. William...
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ivaylo.stoynov
Sep 2, 2010 1:33 pm
What about ZS110? Ivo...
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keith_matthewz
Sep 2, 2010 7:29 pm
Hello, I am trying to buy a finder mount for my Megrez 80 APO. This is perhaps an older unit which has a single screw mount for the finder. Everywhere I look I...
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Timm B
timm_bottoni
Sep 2, 2010 7:49 pm
Hi Keith, The single screw is used to hold the mini dovetail of the currently offered WO bracket to the OTA. See if my review on Astromart is any help to you...
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Timm B
timm_bottoni
Sep 2, 2010 7:52 pm
I think the plan was to offer these as replacements for a variety of WO refractor models. I would expect them to sell well if they are competitively priced....
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James Stephens
deltap_deltax
Sep 2, 2010 10:26 pm
Keith, I have a 2001 model M80 SD and asked the same question once. There really isn't a finder mount that fits it, as far as I can tell. You might consider...
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keith_matthewz
Sep 3, 2010 8:22 am
Thank you Tim, Your review is very useful. I know where I'm going now. Thank you James, I don't think I'll replace the whole focusser though, thats a bit of a...
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williammoderator07
williammoder...
Sep 3, 2010 8:55 am
Dear All. We are working on DDG focuser upgrade for old and existing WO telescope models. Please, be patient. We will announce about it probably in the end of...
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timmytlx200
Sep 4, 2010 3:46 am
William... Can you give us any news on what you will be showing at P.A.T.S. Thanks....
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keith_matthewz
Sep 4, 2010 4:32 pm
Hi Timm, Finder bracket and mount arrived today and it fixes just as you say. There are three mounting holes for the permanently affixed bracket, so I use the...
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DianeBWorth
dianeberyl2001
Sep 4, 2010 8:42 pm
NEW GENERATION DESIGNED FROM WILLIAM OPTICS. NEW) 2" DDG Focuser [F-DDG] (You save 17% from original price). ($248) (NEW REINFORCEMENT) NOW COME WITH ROBUST...
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Timm B
timm_bottoni
Sep 4, 2010 8:46 pm
You're welcome Keith Timm...
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Timm B
timm_bottoni
Sep 4, 2010 8:51 pm
Correct - this is the model available for SCT scopes that I was referring to. I have the Linear Power focuser for SCT now, on my Celestron C8, so I don't...
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DianeBWorth
dianeberyl2001
Sep 4, 2010 11:31 pm
Just ordered: WO FLT 110-TRIP APO [DDG] WO Dilectric Diag W 1-1/4" adapter. Current - Guide scope: 2007 WO-ZS66ED - Canon Rebel EOS-xsi - Sirius Mt, like new,...
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James Stephens
deltap_deltax
Sep 4, 2010 11:34 pm
I very much enjoy using my WO scopes with an iOptron mount! Jim James Stephens, PhD 601-599-4260 (h) 29 Park Place #301 601-268-2681 ext. 40 (w) Hattiesburg MS...
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Jean-Marie Locci
jeanmarielocci
Sep 5, 2010 7:57 am
I first-lighted my new FLT132 equipped with a FeatherTouch focuser during the week. All tests went fine and from the first image I got this scope looks very...
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George Ionas
g.ionas...
Sep 5, 2010 9:20 am
Hi Jean-Marie, Glad to here that you took the FLT-132 upgrade. I brought my FLT-132 with the FeatherTouch focuser and the FLAT68 field flatterner about a year...
