 |
|
Astro-Physics 130mm f8.35 StarFire EDT Apochromatic Refractor on the Giro-II (Giro since sold) and the
Takahashi TOA-130 f7.7 Ortho-Apochromat on the Astro-Physics 600E GTO I've had a lot of good nights
doing a friendly competition with these two 130mm instruments, both are great performers.
The Takahashi TOA-130 on the AP600E GTO
The AP130 StarFire on the DiscMounts DM-6 and AP wooden tripod. I met the owner of DiscMounts,
Tom Peters, earlier this year at TSP. Tom is a great guy and has a very innovative product in the DM-6.
It is equipped with the Sky Commander digital setting circles. Check out the features of the DiscMount
at the link above.
The Takahashi TOA-130 on the DiscMount. The TOA-130 with the rings and finder weighs in at close
to 30lbs. The DiscMount handles it with ease, maintains excellent balance even changing from a single
eyepiece to a binoviewer.
This is the newest entry to the addiction, the 16" SpaceWalk Telescopes f4.5 truss Dobsonian. The owner
and builder of SpaceWalk Telescopes, Miguel Betancourt, is most certainly a perfectionist. The attention to
detail really jumps out at you when you first see one of his instruments. I opted for the Pegasus Optics mirror
and the Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer.
The SpaceWalk 16" with the Starlight Instruments focuser.
Images
Moon with TOA-130 and Canon 10D