#1 , Long Perng 60mm f7 triplet , this is a very sharp small telescope . I use up to 150x with ease with this scope .
Its home is a
It's such a performer I sold my Takahashi FS60C after 6 months of side by side between the 2 , could not justify keeping the Takahashi so sold it for a profit , these Task's are the best performing 60mm class scope out there and this little
#2 , Long Perng 110mm f6
It gives great wide field views at 15x all the way to over 250x on the planets and moon with very well controlled
#5 , My biggest refractor . Many years ago I grabbed a ' Saxon ' 127mm f9
I looked at iStar Optical in the USA and grabbed a 127mm f8 Achromat lens in cell for $630aud . It took about 4 weeks to arrive and well waiting I machined up the aluminum lens ' Counter Cell ' that works very well ( solid ) .
It came with a certificate and test results that prove the reason that this is a very good piece of glass , yes it has a little
Focuser is a Sky Watcher 127mm Esprit unit I grabbed for a steal after the owner could not get it to work properly so went Feather Touch , yes it was fiddly and frustrating to get right , but it is all good now and a beautiful focuser .
The mount for this bad boy is an older Celestron CI700 mount , this is basically a Losmandy G11 , so solid and tracks very , very well , fun to use .
This is my star party scope as it draws lots of people ,, you know ' It looks like a real telescope' .
Enjoy and I will post photos of these 3 mounted up and in use in follow up posts .
Thank you.