Telescopes
Trent sizes up the 18.5" Alvin Clark at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
Mark decided to downsize and after a long hiatus from the hobby, traded his 1200 GTO for a Mach1 GTO.
Below are the mounts and scopes we historically owned and used
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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! |
