| Obsession Newtonian Reflector |
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635mm (25″) aperture,
3175mm focal length (f/5)
This is one big scope!! To give you an idea, Anthony’s 6′2″ tall…
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Meade Starfinder
Newtonian Reflector |
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254mm (10″) aperture,
1143mm focal length (f4.5)There’s not much left here that’s Meade; the primary was refigured and refinished by NOVA Optics to 1/10th wave accuracy, the secondary is NOVA, too, the focuser is a JMI NGF2, and the 6×30 finder was replace by a Telrad… |
| Orion XT8 Newtonian Reflector |
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203mm (8″) aperture,
1200mm focal length (f/6)The XT8 is a Dobsonian-mounted Newt.
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Orion Argonaut EQ
Maksutov-Cassegrain Catadioptric |
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150mm (6″) aperture,
1800mm focal length (f/12)Here’s “Little A” on the Losmandy G-11 mount. All geared up for some solar observing |
| Takahashi FS-102 Refractor |

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102mm (4″) aperture,
820mm focal length (f/8)
This is the Tak, a flourite-doublet apochromat, on it’s Orion GP-DX mount with an Olympus OM-1 attached for prime-focus photography.
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