Tak60cb

[FlashDrive]

My first 'TAK ' Scope .... the TAK60CB with a Feather Touch Focuser.

Build is nothing but superb...Optics is incredibly sharp.... Fluorite Doublet.

All the eyepieces I tested from TMB40mm Orthoscopic...Delos 17mm, Delos 14mm, TeleVue Pan's.... down to Tak 7.5mm ( lowest focal eyepiece I have )...all came to focus with room to spare on each eyepiece....thanks to the Feather Touch Focuser with the longer Draw tube.

At the moment it sits on a Vixen/TeleVue Alt/Az Hybrid Mount......very smooth movement to.

This will complement my new NA140 very nicely.....and both are keepers.

Flash.......:)

[RickS]

Nice scope, Flash! I use mine for guiding. Is that heresy? :question:

[Larryp]

Taks are good, that's for sure, Col :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Rick, I'm a heretic like you (only when the STL can't guide through the filters of the main scope). :)

H

[Kunama]

I don't understand this fascination with Takahashi scopes Col, they're just another scope are they not? :shrug::shrug:
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Just another seriously beautiful and desirable little scope that it ! :thumbsup:
Love the pictures too.
If these truly are your 'Keepers' then I shall miss your ForSale ads.;)

[DJT]

+1 for being a heretic. Gorgeous bit of kit. Enjoy!

[pmrid]

Hi Col, great scopes, I agree. I have one in transit but with the standard Tak focuser. Did you order the Feathertouch yourself or did you buy it with the scope? And one more question if I may - the interface between the scope and the focuser - is that a Tak accessory or part of the Feathertouch?

Peter

[FlashDrive]

:D ....Yep....and everyone else to ... no more bargains from Flash .....;)

Col......

[PeterHA]

I am a Tak owner but I must say, it looks very funny if the focuser-EP combination outsizes the scope....:D
Just imagine putting a Nagler 31m on the end :rofl:
I almost smile whenever I have my Delos at the end of my short Sky90, in these moments I must make sure the dewshield is fully extended to add some size to the scope...;)

[FlashDrive]

Here is a link to a FS60C with a Nagler 31mm hanging off it ...just scroll down .... http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=443

Yep.....it is ...isn't it :lol:

Flash.....:D

[Kunama]

The cart before the horse .....

This is my little Tak with the LVW22 a little bit "undermounted"

[FlashDrive]

I bet that mount ' wobbles ' under all that weight :P

Flash......:D