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28-01-2010, 08:28 PM
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First one to guess what this is gets a prize...
Well... the prize is a friendly "you guessed it"...
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28-01-2010, 08:31 PM
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The girl or the telescope?
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28-01-2010, 08:34 PM
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The girl or the telescope?
Al.
THE MOUNT AL!
Nah - the scope of course. The girl is cute, but we digress...
28-01-2010, 08:36 PM
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Well, by the turned edge of the end of the OTA it’s definitely a Tak – maybe the Mewlon prototype?
28-01-2010, 08:38 PM
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Well, by the turned edge of the end of the OTA it’s definitely a Tak – maybe the Mewlon prototype?
Right and yet wrong Dennis
Speaking of Mewlon prototypes, I was at Bintel yesterday and Mike Smith showed me photos he took at Takahashi (when they were still in Tokyo) of the original Mewlon prototype. The whole mirror cell area was painted in a Tak blue colour (like the FS-102 dew shield ring). Looked amazing.
28-01-2010, 08:40 PM
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THE MOUNT AL!
Nah - the scope of course. The girl is cute, but we digress...
Agreed... we digress...
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28-01-2010, 08:40 PM
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I’d guess it was the Teegul 150 with a 150mm F5.7 OTA.
28-01-2010, 08:42 PM
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Or better still.. . the TG100 f7.7 1992 a Dall-Kirkham type Cassegrain reflector. Spherical main mirror & blue board type, image circle 20mm, tube length 430mm, O.D.120mm, weight 1.3kg. TG100 is the smallest version of Mewlon series telescope, loaded on TG-S altazimuth mount with light weight tripod. A versatile scope good for terrestrial viewing & astronomical stargazing.
28-01-2010, 08:43 PM
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I'm guessing Dennis is on the money with the Tak, and its a catadioptric of sorts, but has no corrector, so I'l take a big guess and try an RC???
28-01-2010, 08:43 PM
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Oh so close Dennis. Yes, it's the Teegul 100 @f/7.7.
28-01-2010, 08:45 PM
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Or better still.. . the TG100 f7.7 1992 a Dall-Kirkham type Cassegrain reflector. Spherical main mirror & blue board type, image circle 20mm, tube length 430mm, O.D.120mm, weight 1.3kg. TG100 is the smallest version of Mewlon series telescope, loaded on TG-S altazimuth mount with light weight tripod. A versatile scope good for terrestrial viewing & astronomical stargazing.
You have no idea, do you?
It's a "tel-es-scope"...
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28-01-2010, 08:46 PM
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Here's where I go
the info Chris. LOL!
Cheers
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28-01-2010, 08:51 PM
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LOL! Too funny! hehe... but it's almost correct.
The original page:
http://astrosurf.com/sogorb/takahash...hi_teegul.html
It's a Dilworth Relay based design. It results in correct image for terrestrial use.
PS - Dennis guessed it.
Back to normal programming...
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28-01-2010, 08:52 PM
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Amazing bit of detective work there, Dennis!
How do you put a picture
into google?
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28-01-2010, 08:54 PM
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Hi All,
Looks like a cute Japanese girl looking through a telescope to me,LOL!
28-01-2010, 08:57 PM
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Very interesting, Chris! It certainly keeps the secondary obstruction small.
Congratulations, Dennis! Your prowess in all things astronomical is... astronomical!
Good bit of fun!
When's the next one????
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28-01-2010, 09:02 PM
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Hi All,
Looks like a cute Japanese girl looking through a telescope to me,LOL!
You're among friends here, Duncan!
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28-01-2010, 09:08 PM
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Ah thanks Al.
29-01-2010, 09:29 AM
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I enjoyed a brief session this morning going through some of the history of Takahashi ‘scopes – a veritable who’s who of amazing ‘scopes and mounts!
29-01-2010, 10:01 AM
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I'm just checking back through my posts to find where I offered said prize Dennis. I can't find it but I'm sure you're probably correct...
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