clear weather .

[bn1777]

Hi all , the weather here in Perth has settled nicely and a group of us are planning a 'Refractor' night at our dark sky site on Saturday night , I for one are really looking forward to this as I will be the only ?? Achromat owner there , he he .
So far we have a WO 110 fluorite triplet , SR 115 fluorite triplet , APM 107 triplet and a new 100mm Takahashi f8 ,, WOAW!! along with my 127mm iStar f8 doublet .

I can say for a fact my iStar will trounce these on deep sky , but the fun will begin around 2am when Jupiter is high enough and latter on the waning moon .
Report coming along with photos ,,,, hopefully .
We will have an excellent 10 inch SW Dob there to keep all observations true , you know what I mean .

As a side line test my little LP 60mm f7 triplet is going up against a friends AT 66mm quad ,, mmmmm ,,,

Go the mighty iStar and as always , yours .

Brian.

[bn1777]

Hmmm , the long weekend is still on ?
Zero interest , well we are all sorted , Mike you know the problems of getting a group of observers together , we are sorted , and the weather is looking good .
Brian.

[bn1777]

Hmmm , the long weekend is still on ?
Zero interest , well we are all sorted , Mike you know the problems of getting a group of observers together , we are sorted , and the weather is looking good . bad englie , sorry.
Brian.

[boomboom]

Hey there Brian,

I'm interested in the fact that your the only achro owner there? So many have no idea when it comes to a good reractor. Just look at all those ...'I just got a Tak' threads on that other site.....YAWN so boring. Seen one Tak seen em all. Give me a 6 or 8" Achro anyday.....next build is a f8 r35 8"....

So how did it go?

Achro 1

APO 0

Cheers mate
Matt