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From: "Jane Smith" <jesmith@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] another Big Dog
> At 01:11 PM 10/28/2005, Gleason wrote:
>>A lot of the original owners of AP refractors have moved on to other
>>equipment. I almost exclusively use my Tak FSQ for imaging. The best
>>thing that could happen would be the $80,000 check for the 180mm f/7 AP.
>>Sale Pending!
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> Years ago when I first got into astronomy I had a brief love affair with
> refractors. I looked into buying an AP only to find I'd have to sit on a
> waiting list for 3+ years. Needless to say, that love affair didn't last
Used ones turn up quite regularly.
I've owned four AP scopes and none were new when I bought them but all
worked great. I trimmed down the inventory to my current two "keepers": the
155f/7 and the 180f/9
> long. Now-a-days it seems people are less enamored with AP. Other
> manufactures are grabbing a bigger slice of the high-end refractor market,
> i.e. Takahashi, Tom Back, etc. Is AP finally sliding from that throne
My view is that if you want a fast 4" for imaging, you simply cannot beat
the FSQ106 from Takahashi. After comparing it time and again with my AP
Traveler, I ended up keeping the FSQ and selling the Traveler. Never looked
back either.
> they've occupied for so long?
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> Jane
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Received on Fri Oct 28 13:53:40 2005