Big Dobs on EQ mounts

From: Mark Wagner (mgwagner@No-Spam)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 23:56:41 MST

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    Tony Hurtado (tony-hurtado@No-Spam) said:

    > I saw someone with a 10" CPT (?) on an EQ mount, within the TAC group I
    > think.

    There are no 10" CPTs on eq mounts. Ray Gralak has an 18" CPT on an AP1200
    GTO mount:

    http://www.gralak.com/Astro/18CPT/

    http://www.gralak.com/Astro/Calstar2001/

    Recent image Ray took of the Crescent Nebula from his backyard near the
    eastern foothills in SJ.

    and a short (110 min) image of NGC 6946 in Cepheus (too bad the chip can't
    get the nice OC too!)

    http://www.gralak.com/Astro/NGC6946-CPT18-ST10XE-110Mins.jpg

    Mark Wagner
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    For Sale - New Tele Vue: NT5 -31 & 26mm, NT4 - 22, 17 & 12mm, NT6 - 13, 9 &
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