Astro-Tech AT106 EDT Refractor.
Reviewed by Steve at http://www.nightskyimages.co.uk/
Specification
Supplier Altair Astro http://altairastro.com/
Aperture 106mm
Focal Length 690mm
Focal Ratio F6.5
Primary Lens TMB Triplet design with one element made from Extra high Dispersion Japanese
Ohara FPL-53 glass with a collimatable lens cell
Focus Mechanism Dual speed Crayford with calibration marks on the focus tube. The whole focus
assembly can be rotated through 360°
Weight [...]
Archive for January, 2009
A Review of the Astro-Tech AT106 EDT Refractor.
Posted in 1 on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in 1 on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weather has not been to kind the last couple of week’s but I managed to give the new Skynyx 2.0m it’s first light on Venus, the seeing was not very good so the results were quite poor unfortunately.
Steve managed to get out after 3 week’s to start the review of Astro-Tech’s AT106 EDT TMB [...]
Worthing Astronomical Society New Year Social.
Posted in 1 on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New Year Social at Worthing Astronomical Society was well attended with over 40 members present.
There was a talk entitled:
The Incas: Sacred Landscapes & Sacred Skies by
Jane Russell BA MA, Archaeology South-East.
A buffet was laid on for the Members and it was good to see at the raffle Committee Members returning their winning tickets so [...]
Energia and Buran on Launch Pad Nov1998
Posted in 1 on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Energia and Buran on Launch Pad Nov1998
This is the Russian heavy-lift expendable launch system originally designed to place payloads of up to 100 metric tons into low Earth orbit.
Norway Aurora.
Posted in 1 on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chris and Pete are away filming the February Sky at Night Programme, what a beautiful Aurora picture from Norway, check it out here:
http://chrislintott.net/2009/01/16/the-merry-dancers/
Worthing Astro Society.
Posted in 1 on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you for all your enquiries about the Astro Societies in our area.
Worthing Astro Society meet this Monday 19th January more details on the website.
http://www.worthing-astronomical-society.com/
Trev.
Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet.
Posted in 1 on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet.
Credit:Nasa.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/marsmethane.html
Mars today is a world of cold and lonely deserts, apparently without life of any
kind, at least on the surface. Worse still, it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the [...]
A cold evening at Hersty.
Posted in 1 on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
9th January Steve, Dave along with myself and Steve Collingwood (Telescope House) spent about 8 hours in freezing domes at Herstmonceux
trying to firstly get the Yapp operational then installing a 16 inch LX200 in dome C (well I just stood there shivering).
Firstly the Yapp I attached a 40mm eyepiece to the scope and put it [...]
Cysatus, Gruemberger, Moretus, Short.
Posted in 1 on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lunar 4 pane mosaic.
Posted in 1 on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Flippin cold out so I chickened out from doing the rest, 4 pane mosaic C11 at F/10.
Lum 075.
