Loc:Sydney, Australia Posted04 October 2024 - 09:06 PM OP: to address your question: Post#1 is the Astromak with mount. Post#2 is a C11 OTA, including the two heavy grey metal arms with lots of holes; these belong with the parts in Post #7; ...
You don't need to spend much to get a good telescope, thank God, but if you have the means to afford it, I don't see anything wrong in going for the very best you can afford. You may not understand the choice others make, but that doesn't mean they've made a wrong one. Clear...
No matter what you decide, thanks for making the Forum aware of this Classic. We'll be yakking about this one for a while! I believe I have seen this model for sale before. Not this exact one, but a similar one. Looks like if it is a super fast scope would be great for imaging...
Loc:Sydney, Australia Posted28 August 2020 - 11:33 PM Hi all, I've also done this CPC 1100 single arm conversion. LOVE IT! It is the mount I most use at home for lunar and planetary. I started using it with an Intes 715 Deluxe Maksutov, and now it takes my 9" Santel Mak. The...
I am guessing. I only remember them using it once on a rather flimsy photographic tripod and I used it last year at their place to show them some of the planets. I have since brought it home to Sydney, Australia to use as a grab and go for outreach events held by my Astronomy club...