Guest Tweedledum Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Having just sold my 10" SCT. I will be looking for two scopes after due diligence (!). Hope to get a 12" (+) sct and an f7ish 120mm (+) APO frac. Pier for the garden. So the dilemma is which mount, and is there a pier that will be suitable for both scopes , and if any of you good folk have experience of a large sct on a NON fork mount.??. Help & advice greatfully recieved. Cheers Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 What's the budget Damian? You have to be talking NEQ6 Pro or Celestrom CGEM minimum but it sounds more like we could be in Paramount teritory here lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hi Kim, PM'd. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Agreed if you are mounting a 12" sct you are going to need minimum EQ6 and that's for visual if imaging I would say bigger then that maybe the new EQ8, Ioptron, Paramount, or an Losmandy either way there's a lot of money in a mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hi Mick, The compromise for me is between the 80lb lump that was the forks and ota of the LX200, and the great optics. The LX90 tube is ok but the forks are pants. I don't want two lots of mounts, the Meade LX800 mount looks good but is too new to have had the meade electronics bugs removed & I am not beta testing it for them at 6k. So it has to be mount for two scopes that will fit on a pier or maybe just a CGEM mount for both.??? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Don't mind me asking but what's your budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 CGE Pro will handle the 12" and give you more change than a Paramount. OK it wont have the kudos of the Para but its still one heck of a mount and you can buy your apo with the difference. I have the old CGE in my observatory and they can handlealot of scope, C14s with ease Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Thanks Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 oops hit send.Phil, thats exactly whats needed, cannot do two expensive mounts, the same mount must be capable of handling both ota's. I have a bit of leaning to the iOptron, have seen one with the extension on it to take the sct. Might be fun to mount both at the same time though !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Damian have you seen this review of the ASA DDM85 />http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2731 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 That looks a bit of a beast Mick! I am torn between the ease of the fork and the something like the IEQ45. I am sure I have seen in the USA a tripod with a head extension which then had a large capacity mount similar to a large cube!. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Anyone have an opinion on this frac?? http://www.firstlightoptics.com/vixen/vixen-na-140-ssf-flat-field-refractor.html Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I'm sure you already know but it's not an APO but it does have four lenses and is only F5.7 so with a reducer inserted into the light path could be a fast imager but will not be as good as an APO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yup - those were the words that put me off too "Not a true Appo" - you can get a "true appo" for the money they are asking for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 But then a true APO of 6" in aperture would cost alot more then £1400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Cor, thanks for swift responses chaps. Slowly settling for that size refractor and poss a lx80 / ioptron mount and large SCT. I am not really concerned about imaging. Leave that to the folk with the skill & patience.!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 True Mick - a 6" appo would be a bob or two more indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest astrojohn Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The TV NP101 is a 4 element Petzval design ( ie it doesn't have a triplet) , but would anyone say it's not an Apo?? Couple of things I don't get though, if it has 4 elements, with one at the rear, where are the other 3? ( ie is the front end a doublet or a triplet? ) and what exactly is meant by "Petzval like" ? It's obviously not giving true Apochromat performance though, as the supplier himself talks about "blue halos around bright stars" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 From info I have found on the web it is described as "a well corrected Achro, with an extremely flat field." They are described as having the elements grouped in two groups of two, but there looks like a fair bit of space between the lens. I'll have to convince the Bride that I need one for serious research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 If the mount doesn't have to be goto you could consider the Beaconhill mk2 mount. http://beaconhilltelescopes.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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