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  1. April 24th, 2013, 03:56 PM #51
    Ivan Maly
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    Strange, it looked longer to me.
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  2. April 24th, 2013, 03:57 PM #52
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    Photographic illusion. Probably the angle of the shot...
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  3. April 24th, 2013, 06:28 PM #53
    Ivan Maly
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    Yes, I see it now. A case of "Bruce Lee's screen image". Regardless, excellent scope.
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  4. May 28th, 2013, 01:28 AM #54
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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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  5. June 5th, 2013, 04:26 PM #55
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    Well Dan here's another useful DSO non-dob Beast3.jpg
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  6. June 9th, 2013, 02:49 PM #56
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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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  7. June 17th, 2013, 03:01 AM #57
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    Attachment 725
    My 25" f/4 Obsession
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  8. June 17th, 2013, 03:55 PM #58
    Ivan Maly
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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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  9. July 11th, 2013, 03:14 PM #59
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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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  10. July 11th, 2013, 05:09 PM #60
    Ivan Maly
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    Nice scope. What's in the dome?
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  11. July 11th, 2013, 09:38 PM #61
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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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  12. July 13th, 2013, 01:14 PM #62
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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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  13. August 30th, 2013, 03:40 PM #63
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    Ursa...

    Started life as The BehemothTheBehemoth.jpg

    Became Ursa after much work...

    First light UrsaFirstLight.jpg

    Lou and Ursa in Texas (2008) LouandUrsainTexas.jpg
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  14. September 3rd, 2013, 08:18 PM #64
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    Dem Telekits sure look pretty!


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  15. January 5th, 2014, 03:23 PM #65
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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
    IMG_3506.jpg

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  16. January 7th, 2014, 01:07 AM #66
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    This is my 30" Starstructure F/3.3
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  17. January 22nd, 2014, 09:13 AM #67
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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,
    Eyepieces: TV Pan 27mm; Celestron 8-24mm Zoom; Celestron Omni 32mm; Orion Sirius Plossls 25mm and 10mm;
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  18. June 15th, 2014, 04:22 PM #68
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    Hi,
    here my brandnew 21" ultralight lowrider.
    Just 25 kg!
    http://www.astrotreff.de/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=166990

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  19. June 15th, 2014, 05:25 PM #69
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    Great looking Ultralight scope Timm ! Have you had first light?
    Clear Skies,

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  20. June 15th, 2014, 06:45 PM #70
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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...

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  21. June 17th, 2014, 09:48 PM #71
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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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  22. June 21st, 2014, 02:03 PM #72
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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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  23. June 22nd, 2014, 04:05 PM #73
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    Here's my 15 Obsession on a EQ platform image.jpg
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  24. August 9th, 2014, 10:42 AM #74
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    16" Matthias Wirth Mak with 5" Takahashi refractor:
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  25. April 11th, 2016, 09:34 PM #75
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    Here is my scope...

    Meade 2080 001.jpg

    I'm new to this forum. I live in Canada (eh!) and I love observing DSO's!

    Thanks!

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