Telescopes

 

Trent sizes up the 18.5" Alvin Clark at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.

 

I was getting restless. Not even taking a look through a telescope in almost 5 years. Something had to give. After selling off almost everything including my only mount, my 130 GT sat it the case all this time and needed to capture some photons! Picked up a budget mount, the iOptron GEM28. I am looking forward to being under the night sky in 2022.

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My number came up and he was able to purchase a new Astro-Phyics 130 EDF Gran Turismo!

Below are the mounts and scopes we historically owned and used

I was suffering from aperture fever and found an 8" TEC MC200/15.5 Mak Cass to help alleviate the problem.


The Astro-Phyics 130 and TEC MakCas mounted side by side. This eliminated the need for 1 18 lb counterweight and puts less stress on the Mach1 GTO then the previous stacked arrangement.

Mark's Astro-Physics 105mm EDF Traveler.



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Astro-Physics 10" f9 Maksutov Cassegrain. Astro-Physics 1200 GTO Mount on portable pier at the Chiefland Star Party 2003.


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Astro-Physics FastMax 235. Astro-Physics 1200 GTO Mount on portable pier at the Chiefland Star Party 2003. Riding piggyback is an Astro-Physics 140mm f15 Maksutov Cassegrain prototype with killer optics.


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The "Camp" at Chiefland 2003.


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Astro-Physics 105mm f6 Traveler riding piggyback on FastMax 235.


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The Astro-Physics Fast Max 235 9.25" f4.3 Maksutov-Newtonian with 2" Feathertouch focuser and custom made/painted brackets and mounting plates. It is mounted on his Astro-Physics 900 GTO mount on a permanent pier.


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Astro-Physics Fast Max 235 showing the bottom of the custom mounting plate. This mounting system makes it extremely easy to put the scope onto the mount.


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The Fast Max 235 looking up!


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The Astro-Physics right angle 8x50 finder. A very rare item these days!


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The Bat Pier!