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Old 07-09-2008, 02:09 PM
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William Optics FLT110 Triplet Apo

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I've now had an opportunity to do some visual observations with my new Apo on a couple of occasions and it blows my socks off seriously. Lunar views are amazingly bright, sharp, high contrast and no false colour that I can see. The unobstructed view through the refractor is brilliant. I have a 4mm Vixen LV eyepiece which I rarely used with my Newts but with the William Optics this is a joy to behold. I even used it with a 2x Barlow last night ( 385 x's magnification ) and it still yields a sharp well illuminated view. The virtually zero image shift fine tuning of the focuser on the WO really helps at this mag. Using the same eyepiece on Jupiter last night without the barlow ( 192.5 x's mag ) revealed rich detail that I have not seen before. The GRS was very distinct with festoons of clouds surrounding it and multiple bands of clouds visible across the whole globe. Colours ranging from pale grey/blues through to rich brownish reds .... AMAZING !

So in my opinion the William Optics FLT110 Triplet Apo is a beautiful instrument and has resurrected my interest in visual astronomy even in my highly light polluted location. Ofcourse I can still only basically use it here for lunar, planetary and cluster viewing .... skyglow levels are way too high for nebula or galaxy observation like I used to experience it in my previous dark sky spot. However that is soon to be a reality once more early next year.

If you are in the market for a triplet apochromatic refractor I highly recommend this scope.

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Old 08-09-2008, 07:29 AM
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nothing like a good refractor. Looks like you have a keeper there. May you have allot of clear sky's.
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Old 08-09-2008, 08:29 AM
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Better watch out for posts from Newt lovers/refractor haters.....
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Old 08-09-2008, 12:43 PM
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nothing like a good refractor. Looks like you have a keeper there. May you have allot of clear sky's.
Phil
Cheers Phil, definitely a keeper but then I tend to keep all of them ( 5 so far )



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Better watch out for posts from Newt lovers/refractor haters.....
No worries Toyos I still love my newts too and my Maks.

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Old 08-09-2008, 02:11 PM
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Better watch out for posts from Newt lovers/refractor haters.....
Oh I dont know. I quite enjoyed the views through an Astrophysics 180mm Starfire apo last Saturday night.
Not bad for a small aperture scope

Theres a piccy of it here
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:02 PM
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Sounds like a great scope all around for observing and imaging. I may be getting the FLT98 so I know I will be very with it as this is its bigger brother.

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Old 09-09-2008, 03:12 PM
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Sounds like a great scope all around for observing and imaging. I may be getting the FLT98 so I know I will be very with it as this is its bigger brother.

Hi Matt, from what I've been told the FLT98 is around the same price as the FLT110 .... I went for the larger aperture obviously .... half an inch ( 12mm ) can make a difference especially if you're not paying any more for it. Also as I said in a previous post I wanted the steel reinforced 4" focuser to enable any possible larger CCD upgrades at a later date.
Having said that I'm sure you will be happy with your new scope whichever model you buy ! Good luck !

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