Telescopes

 

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

 

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


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


Below are the mounts and scopes we historically owned and used

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!