Strange, it looked longer to me.
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Strange, it looked longer to me.
Photographic illusion. Probably the angle of the shot...
Yes, I see it now. A case of "Bruce Lee's screen image". Regardless, excellent scope.
Well I'm not afraid to post my tiny refractor. Here it is. This forum may be dominated by Dobs but they’re not the only useful telescope out there. And I will never own a Dob of any size.
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Well Dan here's another useful DSO non-dob:D Attachment 692
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My 25" f/4 Obsession
Great scope. Standing where it belongs at one of our best sites as I can tell ;) Nicely captured with the setting sun.
This is my 18" Quantum by Astrosystems. New hand rubbed finish outside, new black paint inside, new finder, new coatings (last year), BETI for the netbook/Megastar combo. Sweet system for me. Now if only the weather could clear up!!!
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Nice scope. What's in the dome?
That's our club's 36", f/6.3 reflector. Here's the address: http://www.wro.org/. There's one or two articles there. A better description is on Mike Lockwood's website.
The original mirror was a 31" f/7 that was accidently destroyed in 2011. Mike fabricated the new one early last year. JP Astrocraft fabricated the mirror cell and secondary holder. After a couple of days of assembly we had first light with the new mirror in the middle of the summer.
John
Here's my 18" f/4.3 Dobsonian, built by David Lukehurst of Nottingham, England
It's come out a bit small, so click on the pic for full size
Ursa...
Started life as The BehemothAttachment 843
Became Ursa after much work...
First light Attachment 844
Lou and Ursa in Texas (2008) Attachment 845
Dem Telekits sure look pretty!
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Wow!!!Powerful und beautiful telskopes are shown here!! Great!
I observe with a 16 inch Telskop. The Teleskop was built from Reiner Vogel
For me the perfect telescope!
weight 30kg
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CS Hajü
www.astromerk.de
This is my 30" Starstructure F/3.3
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This is my small dob......!
10" F/4.7...!
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Hi,
here my brandnew 21" ultralight lowrider.
Just 25 kg!
http://www.astrotreff.de/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=166990
Timm
Great looking Ultralight scope Timm ! Have you had first light?
Yes,
but without coating... the uncoated mirror schows a perfekt image of polaris.
Intra and extrafocal nearly equal, without any astigmatism.
This lowrider is perfect in balance and handling!
May be my best selfmade dobson ever...
Timm
Here I am at my favorite observing site, with my "sit-down" scope (12.5" f/5):
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I used to use and admire large scopes, bigdobs, till I got old and lazy. I still like looking through the big guns...but when it comes to my own scopes, I much prefer this little (8-inch f/5) guy or my Edge 800 SCT. LOL
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Here's my 15 Obsession on a EQ platform Attachment 1278
16" Matthias Wirth Mak with 5" Takahashi refractor:
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Here is my scope...
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I'm new to this forum. I live in Canada (eh!) and I love observing DSO's!
Thanks!
Rick