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3410
I just ordered one and am very excited! I have a CG-4 mount in which I plan to mount this scope on. What kind of mounting bracket will I need for the CG-4...
Jon & Ruth Faasen
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Jan 2, 2005
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3411
Hi, I just picked up a Gibralter and am working on a way to nicely mount my WO 80 Megrez f/6 triplet apo on it. My Orion tube rings don't fit well within the...
albireo13
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Jan 2, 2005
1:03 pm
3412
Hello Rob, Just you know we do carry the Megrez 80 Mounting rings for your scope. If you are interest it, please visit our website online. Happy New Year ! ...
David Yang
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Jan 3, 2005
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3413
Waning Gibbous Moon, 1am on January 01, 2005 I think Piazzi discovered the first Asteroid (Ceres) on January 1st too! The first photo with the 80mm ED AND a...
Jandorf, Hal (NAVAIR)
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Jan 3, 2005
7:06 pm
3414
There are interesting engineering tolerance rules of thumb regarding designing reflectors and refractors. Basically, you don't need to design a refractor...
gary
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Jan 3, 2005
8:22 pm
3415
Hal...Where is the image posted? I would love to see the raw image. Send it to vosgolf@... Thanks....Dave V -- In William-Optics@yahoogroups.com,...
Dave Vosgien
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Jan 3, 2005
8:43 pm
3416
Hi All, I'm thinking of upgrading to an 80 ED scope & would like to find a website or 2 that have photos take with the WO 80 II ED scope. Can anyone direct me...
Matt Taylor
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Jan 3, 2005
9:11 pm
3417
Matt....IMHO Orion and Celestron are not in the same league as WO. Optically, they may be OK but mechanically, they are not even close....DV ... From: Matt...
David Vosgien
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Jan 3, 2005
11:01 pm
3419
It's good to know that your 80 ED is so good! I might upgrade my Megrez 80 II, however I foud difficult to believe that the image quality is better than in a...
spacephotographer
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Jan 4, 2005
1:37 am
3420
I viewed the cassini division in the 480mm flurite from 80x to 160x mag, today. I have never compared the flourite megrez with the original megrez (not version...
David Rinnan
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Jan 4, 2005
2:06 am
3421
... DSLR! Prime Focus 560mm FL. ... scopes! And this is an 3" scope! ... if you want to see it, let me know (private). ... Hal, I'd love to see it. If you like...
Harry Lewin
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Jan 4, 2005
3:50 am
3422
... <igrodroch@a...> wrote: Hello Ignacio and Happy New Year. I have put my responses following the various issues you raise. ... As I understand it,...
Harry Lewin
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Jan 4, 2005
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3423
... mag, ... David, Happy New Year. Could you be a bit more specific about what you saw, the equipment and the conditons. Was there observable width to the...
Harry Lewin
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Jan 4, 2005
5:36 am
3424
http://digitalastro.skyinsight.net/gallery/view_photo.php? full=1&set_albumName=Analysis&id=CometMachholzJan0304WOf4812x4minISO1 600 or ...
kurt_friedrich
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Jan 4, 2005
7:30 am
3425
Hi Harry, I find it difficult to explain what I saw. It is subjective, I guess, and also I would be trying to explain features that I were not looking at in...
David Rinnan
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Jan 4, 2005
11:49 am
3426
Kurt....By far the best I have seen so far. What mount and guider did you use? Congratulations...Dave V ... From: kurt_friedrich To:...
David Vosgien
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Jan 4, 2005
12:19 pm
3427
Nice picture. I just post in the photo section a photo of the comet taken last december 31. I used my megrez 80 II with a film camera. There is no tail in the...
spacephotographer
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Jan 4, 2005
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3428
Thanks, I am using the Celestron AS-GT mount, which has a proceedure to align (on 3 stars) and then do a polar align, and then redo the 3 start align. By...
kurt_friedrich
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Jan 4, 2005
4:13 pm
3429
Kurt....I will have to look up that procedure. Very impressive results.....Dave ... From: kurt_friedrich To: William-Optics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
David Vosgien
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Jan 4, 2005
4:28 pm
3430
... <igrodroch@a...> wrote: Hi Ignacio I like your picture of the comet. I tried my Celestron .63 reducer at the proper distance between the FR and the focal...
Chris Appleton
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Jan 5, 2005
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3431
Hi Chris There is a picture in my photos folder showing the image train. I have only 1/2" infocus travel left. I did not measure the distance from the reducer...
spacephotographer
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Jan 5, 2005
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3432
... <igrodroch@a...> wrote: Hi Ignacio Thank you, I saw the picture showing your imaging train. The Meade and Celestron .63 reducers are the same and I read a...
Chris Appleton
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Jan 5, 2005
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3433
thanks for your comments Harry. When i mention upgrading the Megrez I was thinking on selling mine to someone else and buying a new ED, however....How can I...
spacephotographer
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Jan 5, 2005
4:10 am
3434
WO 80mm 480mm Fluorite with TV .8 If you want to see what this device will do for the WO scope; go to this web site: ...
kurt_friedrich
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Jan 5, 2005
4:25 am
3435
Chris: The camera body has a defined distance of 45mm. from the end to the focal plane. Then there is the T-ring 5 mm aprox, annd then there is the adapter...
spacephotographer
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Jan 5, 2005
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(this time with the correct URL) WO 80mm 480mm Fluorite with TV .8 If you want to see what this device will do for the WO scope; go to this web site: ...
kurt_friedrich
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Jan 5, 2005
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3437
Thanks for this. I beleive you are right. Just to be sure. Are we looking at APS sized sensor here? Regards david...
David Rinnan
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Jan 5, 2005
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3438
These were shot with the Canon 10d DSLR, which has a 22.7 x 15.1 mm CMOS sensor Kurt ... to...
kurt_friedrich
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Jan 5, 2005
4:13 pm
3439
Hello, I have seen a picture of a WO 2" Off Axis Guider at www.williamoptics.com (what news). Is it possible have more tech informations (mirror size, weight...
Massimo Bernardi
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Jan 5, 2005
7:22 pm
3440
I got an Orion EQ3 and a set of 90mm tube rings. The mount seems ok for the money and is very stable with this small and light scope. My problem is with...
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