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    Strange, it looked longer to me.
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    Photographic illusion. Probably the angle of the shot...
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    Yes, I see it now. A case of "Bruce Lee's screen image". Regardless, excellent scope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nicoscy View Post
    Oh, great. A refractor guy in a forum dominated by Dobs...

    I refuse to post my tiny refractors here so I will just have to wait next month when I get my Dob.

    Thank God this is not a contest otherwise I would be feeling very "substandard" with my upcoming 12" Dob
    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 Beast3.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Galaxyman View Post
    Well Dan here's another useful DSO non-dob Beast3.jpg
    Karl,
    Okay how big is that refractor? Looks massive.
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    Attachment 725
    My 25" f/4 Obsession
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    Great scope. Standing where it belongs at one of our best sites as I can tell Nicely captured with the setting sun.
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    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?
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    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.

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    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
    18" f/4.3 David Lukehurst Dob
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    Ursa...

    Started life as The BehemothTheBehemoth.jpg

    Became Ursa after much work...

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    Lou and Ursa in Texas (2008) LouandUrsainTexas.jpg
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    Dem Telekits sure look pretty!


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    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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    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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    Telescopes: Orion SkyQuest XTi 10; 4.5" EQ Newt; 11*70 Oberwerk Fully Multicoated Broadband Giant with Nikon L adapter,
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    Hi,
    here my brandnew 21" ultralight lowrider.
    Just 25 kg!
    http://www.astrotreff.de/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=166990

    Timm

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    Great looking Ultralight scope Timm ! Have you had first light?
    Clear Skies,

    Jimi Lowrey
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    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

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    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 image.jpg

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    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
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