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The incredible 60mm refractor

Started by ronbee, 02/10/2003 07:22PM
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Posted 02/10/2003 07:22PM Opening Post
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I was shell shocked when I saw this. It's simply incredible what this owner of the 60mm refractor have been doing with his midget size refractor!
http://astrosurf.com/l60/en/index_en.html

Ron B[ee]
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Posted 02/10/2003 07:44PM #1
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Here's a great site featuring a Tak FC60, great photos and observations.
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Posted 02/10/2003 09:42PM #2
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Boy, Michael, that Scope of Death is sure a death smooch to my Light Cup :-(.

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I bought one of those 60mm scopes (Orion 2nd) a little over a year ago, just to try it out. It worked better than expected - f15 does wonders on refractor colors. I played with it quite a bit at the time, but have since made it into a solar projection scope. I guess that 7.5mm Lanthanum eyepiece I was using to view Saturn cost more than the scope. smile

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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
Posted 02/12/2003 01:50AM #4
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Quite impressive...and probably has quite decent skies too.
I bet he never asked, "which diagonal? ...which eyepiece?...SC or Dob?...etc" Too busy looking and drawing.
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