Hello everyone,
I have a 127mm f/8 achormatic refractor on order from Bill Burgess. Been a while in coming but it looks like it's ready to ship. I talked to Bill today about hacking 6" off the tube and going correctorless with it. I was pleased to here that he would do that for me. As a bonus, he's going to sell me both tubes on the cheap. The lens cell and focuser screw on, so I can use it cyclops or bino. I mostly wanted this option for resale value if I ever go bigger. He's going to move the aft baffle around (or just remove it) so it doesn't iterfere with the light cone.
I'm pretty darned excited about the whole thing. The scope will only be 32" now and I can get a 1.65 deg TFOV with the 24 Pans and no corrector (990mm focal length). I'll probably order up the Televue 1x corrector that they sell with their 102i and see if that's worth the extra $$$. This will be a lot of fun.
Anyone gone bizarro with a refractor yet?
Clear skies,
Tom
I have a 127mm f/8 achormatic refractor on order from Bill Burgess. Been a while in coming but it looks like it's ready to ship. I talked to Bill today about hacking 6" off the tube and going correctorless with it. I was pleased to here that he would do that for me. As a bonus, he's going to sell me both tubes on the cheap. The lens cell and focuser screw on, so I can use it cyclops or bino. I mostly wanted this option for resale value if I ever go bigger. He's going to move the aft baffle around (or just remove it) so it doesn't iterfere with the light cone.
I'm pretty darned excited about the whole thing. The scope will only be 32" now and I can get a 1.65 deg TFOV with the 24 Pans and no corrector (990mm focal length). I'll probably order up the Televue 1x corrector that they sell with their 102i and see if that's worth the extra $$$. This will be a lot of fun.
Anyone gone bizarro with a refractor yet?
Clear skies,
Tom
