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01-11-2014, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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$ 10,495.บบ
I have started to save up for it already, so far I have the $5.บบ covered ........
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01-11-2014, 02:15 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
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Well I have the $10K+ for this scope but then I did purchase an FSQ-106ED a few years ago which I have never used
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01-11-2014, 04:39 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I'm sure there's a lotto ticket here somewhere we haven't checked. Off to ask the wife now
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02-11-2014, 11:26 AM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Very cool.
But....Would it deliver images any better than say an AP130 F6.0 with an AP dedicated flattener?
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02-11-2014, 12:35 PM
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PI cult recruiter
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Very cool.
But....Would it deliver images any better than say an AP130 F6.0 with an AP dedicated flattener?
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Probably not, but less chance of dying of old age while still on the waiting list
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02-11-2014, 12:46 PM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RickS
Probably not, but less chance of dying of old age while still on the waiting list
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So if you're let's say 10yrs younger than Roland look on Astromart instead?
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02-11-2014, 01:49 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RickS
Probably not, but less chance of dying of old age while still on the waiting list
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Waiting list? What waiting list? AP is rid of them now for new production, but honours the lists first
I will stick with my FCT-100. It is afterall a scope Roland even tips his hat to and acknowledges it as the best 4" scope ever made.
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03-11-2014, 08:21 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Adelaide
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
I will stick with my FCT-100. .
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Until the next piece of tinsel catches your eye Lewis.
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03-11-2014, 11:55 AM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Until the next piece of tinsel catches your eye Lewis.
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....yah gotta love it .....smile Lewis...!!
Col.
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03-11-2014, 04:40 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Until the next piece of tinsel catches your eye Lewis.
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Tinsel???!!! Where tinsel??!!!
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03-11-2014, 09:09 PM
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<--- Comet Hale-Bopp
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
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It looks out of place in that beat up office. Must be the engineers office, not the CEO's.
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03-11-2014, 10:28 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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It is an interesting setting.
That digital camera looks like it has at least 3 MILLION pixels.
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04-11-2014, 08:42 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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I am actually fairly certain the photo was taken in Art Campiani's office - he's the USA distributor of Tak, operating out of TNR (Texas Nautical Repair/Tak America). There are other shots of Art holding the scope on CN at an astrofair too.
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05-11-2014, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Along with Art holding the new FSQ in that CN thread is that Yuri from TEC?
Impressive looking scope, wow that focuser....wonder what that rasied formation above the focuser holder is , has four bolt holes ?
Price anyone's guess but I reckon maybe twelve grand min
Now Takahashi have got that out of the way they need to get onto the urgent manufacture of tube ring weights for the TSA-120....el pronto/avanti
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05-11-2014, 05:09 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Yes, it is Yuri from TEC.
Tube weights for TSA120 - Vixen 125mm tube rings with a small weight screwed to them. Simple
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05-11-2014, 05:53 PM
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Yep good idea, but not sure if the vixen rings would fit over the rear of the scope into position with the funky way they work. I use a losmandy sliding weight dovetail thingy underneath the main dovetail plate as a temporay measure. Ok I am vain I would rather a dedicated weight ring from Tak to match the rest of the system......they really should have one with a scope that is front heavy.
{got the extra long bt dovetail coming which may help}
PS:congrats on the FCT Lewis .....im envious
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05-11-2014, 07:16 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Just unscrew partilly the tiny locking screw in the focuser casting flange, then unscrew the focuser casting from the tube. Install the Vixen rings.
I take the focusers off all my Taks to fit the Vixen rings - MUCH lighter than the clamshell, and work better IMHO.
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06-11-2014, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sydney
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Now that's a nice evolution for Takahashi. I wondered when they would bring out a larger FSQ.
Its bound to be an awesome scope as long as they have sorted the focuser issues of the FSQ106ED type focuser.
Greg.
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06-11-2014, 12:43 PM
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Location: Adelaide
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregbradley
Now that's a nice evolution for Takahashi. I wondered when they would bring out a larger FSQ.
Its bound to be an awesome scope as long as they have sorted the focuser issues of the FSQ106ED type focuser.
Greg.
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What was the problem with that focusor Greg? I have that model but not noted any issues with the focusor yet.
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07-11-2014, 08:34 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Image shift when locking the focuser "trigger". I didn't notice it much with the new FSQ-106EDXIII I had, if at all, but many others have. I think it is a lot more to do with focuser play due to age/use, so a new one won't necessarily show it. Routinely tightening the draw tube tensioners (4 on top of the casting) may alleviate this shift, but of that I am not certain. The teflon pad these tension is not an indefinite resource - it will wear microscopically each time it is used, causing changes.
The teflon pad on my Tak FCT-100 had not been adjusted since new (unless the prior owner resealed with lacquer each time), and needed some adjustment to prevent image shift and also improve the in/out drawtube tension and feel. It's a 28 year old telescope - maintenance was required
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