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18128
... Oi! Tim, What are you doing in Germany get off back to the States (getting sneak looks at cool telescopes who does he think he is :0] ) Good Seeing Ray...
Ray Byrne
inchmak
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Aug 1, 2004
12:53 pm
18129
Markus & all, have uploaded to my homepage of all the photos, 14" Mak-Newtonian & 10" Maksutov http://www.astro.hk/services_3.html Savio Fong...
Savio Fong
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Aug 1, 2004
4:05 pm
18130
... Wait till youy see my images from my trip to Mars in September. Actually Markus sent me the pics to post on a website for him, They are the same Savio has...
Tube Tim
limunary
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Aug 1, 2004
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18131
This is a not often imaged object, so it was fun. A distant globular cluster, the "Intergalactic Wanderer" was featured in an S&T article, Jan.'04. ...
erdmanpe
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Aug 1, 2004
10:22 pm
18132
HI Thomas hope all is well with you health wise & spiritually :) I kind of stopped reading the group for a while , The S$T review thread was getting a little...
buddy
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Aug 2, 2004
3:37 am
18133
... flawed,, ... choosing Hi Buddy, I really appreciate your understanding, and your concern. ... Monos ... the gap ... experienced tell ... With that great...
tmboptical
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Aug 2, 2004
6:00 pm
18134
Hi Group, I want to kit myself out with some SuperMonos to suit Lunar/Solar/Planetary observing with my f/8 152 but don't want to go overboard at the moment...
Ray Byrne
inchmak
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Aug 2, 2004
6:25 pm
18135
To all TMB 130 f/6 imagers: I will receive shortly the new FF from Thomas/Markus which is adapted to fit my 130 f/6 CNC-LW with the FeatherToouch 3.5". Very...
howardmaron
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Aug 2, 2004
6:39 pm
18136
Hi, I was very happy with my I-M 715 DX (F/15 Mak) when suddenly a 4" APO (a Taka FS-102) appeared in my way. I became so satisfied with it that a started...
rbyscaia
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Aug 2, 2004
7:00 pm
18137
... hell yes... Mike...
Mike C
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Aug 2, 2004
7:17 pm
18138
It might help a little to look at some photos of the 105 and 152 together http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tmboptical/files/Pictures%20of%20Multiple%20TMB%27s/ ...
erdmanpe
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Aug 2, 2004
7:27 pm
18139
For #1, you could examine my image with the 130mm f/6 and the ST10 without a FF: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tmboptical/files/Peter%20Erdman/M13widefield.jpg...
erdmanpe
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Aug 2, 2004
7:32 pm
18140
... Hi, The LW 152 is definitely portable and because the views through it are sooo good it makes all the more portable if you know what I mean. Visually I've...
Ray Byrne
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Aug 2, 2004
7:53 pm
18141
Hi , I started out with a Tak TOA 130 , and I too am a visual observer. It didn't take very long for me to realise that I was 'aperture challenged", since many...
Rodger Raubach
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Aug 2, 2004
7:59 pm
18142
The elongation in your image is certainly present at the corners but it isn't distracting or noticeable unless looking specifically for it. It shows how...
howardmaron
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Aug 2, 2004
9:38 pm
18143
Howard, I have had the FF made with kind of an AP like "look". It will have a connection to wide T-thread male with the spacing of a Nikon camera body and T2...
digidodi
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Aug 2, 2004
10:32 pm
18144
Hi, A 6 inch APO will show you on planets more or less the same as the IM. On deep-sky probably the IM will have a very slight advantage. Dodi...
digidodi
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Aug 2, 2004
10:36 pm
18145
My personal tests for limiting magnitude do not support your deep-sky assertion - in a side-by-side test with a 715 and a 6-inch apo (155) I found that the...
gkiger1620
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Aug 2, 2004
10:58 pm
18147
In that same directory are a couple of images that I took with the 130mm f/6 plus a FF with the larger 6303 sensor. ...
erdmanpe
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Aug 3, 2004
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18148
That "tediousness" is what it is all about! Nice photos. Thanks. Howard ... 20Erdman/Rosette_TMB5ff_IMG6303.jpg ... 20Erdman/Pelican_b.jpg ... must ... ...
howardmaron
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Aug 3, 2004
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18149
... Hey! ... I would suggest the 6mm. I use that one a lot as the seeing seems to bottom out there. It sure is good to have the 4mm available incase the...
Tube Tim
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Aug 3, 2004
4:09 am
18150
This is my telescope that I recently purchased and, ironically, was my first introduction to TMB Optical. My name is Jim DeWilder and this also is my first...
Jim DeWilder
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Aug 3, 2004
6:45 am
18151
I'd be expecting a 0.2 mag advantage for the Mak, but can of course be the coatings... Dodi ... sky ... (155) ... a ... the ... 4" ... I ... more...
digidodi
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Aug 3, 2004
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18152
... Hi Dodi: You aren't taking the Mak's obstruction into consideration? Donald Friend of Cats/Kittens --One of our tomcats was in pussy heaven yesterday....
Donald A. Rosenfield
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Aug 3, 2004
7:48 am
18153
no, the 715 will show more or less then the 130 , but will show far less then then the TMB 152, we tested this under very dark mountain skys last year markus ...
APM-Telescopes Markus...
apmtelescopes
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Aug 3, 2004
8:17 am
18154
Hi Jim nice to herar this 180 found another happy customer wish you many good weather and clear skies and crisp views best wishes Markus ... From: Jim DeWilder...
APM-Telescopes Markus...
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Aug 3, 2004
8:40 am
18155
Hi Markus, We don't agree. No way it will show "far less". It could perhaps show a little bit more, all things being equal (quality of optics, tube baffling,...
digidodi
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Aug 3, 2004
9:46 am
18156
Dodi your impression differs much from mine and others. I did the test with Matthias and other critical observers in austria in the alps at 1800 metter altitue...
APM-Telescopes Markus...
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Aug 3, 2004
9:57 am
18157
Hi Markus, You still owe me a bottle of Champagne for the previous bet with the slightly misaligned TMB 80mm lens, remember, but if you want to bet again ... ...
digidodi
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Aug 3, 2004
10:21 am
18158
Dodi we talked about visual only, for imaging I agree aperture wins. I dont know your experts, so if we want to make a bet, we have to observe together, so how...
APM-Telescopes Markus...
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