tmboptical at Yahoo! Groups

Moon Projectile and Mars

rick_auerbach — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:24:21 GMT

Didn't see anything happen at impact through TMB 254 F/9 or TEC 200 Fl F/8. (East edge of Tucson) Switched to Mars and at dawn seeing improved and was able

Re: Imaging with 2 OTA's side by side

Mike Dodd — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:58 GMT

... You'll need to make sure the two OTAs are precisely aligned with each other, or else the edges of the luminance and RGB frames will be lost. ... Well, no,

Re: Imaging with 2 OTA's side by side

Mark — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:58 GMT

Actually Terry there are a number of benefits to a side by side configuration compared to a piggyback one ... 1) The total equipment weight is closer to the

Re: Imaging with 2 OTA's side by side

a1parkranger — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:47 GMT

Hi Fernando, Here is a relatively easy fix for flexure: http://www.horizontalheavens.com/TMB80_3RingMounted.jpg *I eventually replaced this first ring around

Re: Imaging with 2 OTA's side by side

Terry Tuggle — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:09:32 GMT

Fernando, There is no advantage to a side by side setup; in fact if the scopes are not the same weight it sets up a built in imbalance; the traditional over

Re: Removing TMB 105/650 CNC Focusing Knob

Junn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:12:06 GMT

Terry, Thanks a lot for the info you provided. Clear skies, Junn

Imaging with 2 OTA's side by side

fernandorivera3 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:12:04 GMT

Greetings! This is my first post to the user-group, so I will be looking forward to responses to my questions. What I would like to do is sometime in the near

Re: Parts for a 105/650 CNC

Roy Ramdeen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:11:47 GMT

Thanks Tim.. ... From: Tube Tim Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:52 am Subject: [tmboptical] Re: Parts for a 105/650 CNC To:

Re: Parts for a 105/650 CNC

Roy Ramdeen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:11:42 GMT

Thanks for responding makus, I now know a little more history on my scope and the conglameration between APM/TMB. I am at the Sasketchewan Summer Star Party,

Re: Reducer/Flattener

Terry Tuggle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:31:57 GMT

Frank, Check out Teton Telescopes http://www.tetontelescope.com/product_info.php?cPath=47_14_32

Re: Removing TMB 105/650 CNC Focusing Knob

Terry Tuggle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:25:14 GMT

Junn, It is that hex screw near the end of the shaft. These pictures of the Tak focuser knob addition I did for my scope is here:

Re: Parts for a 105/650 CNC

Roy Ramdeen — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:50 GMT

Terry, Thanks much for this, I now have a bit more info on this great scope. I will give markus a call again. If I may say so this 105 comes fairly close to an

Re: Parts for a 105/650 CNC

APM Telescopes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:39 GMT

Hi Roy to public same as to you 1, Thomas Back got the original testreports and keeped them, I have no access to those, so please do not complain about me , ok

Reducer/Flattener

Frank Sackenheim GMX — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:27 GMT

Hi everyone, i am new to this group as i just became a TMB User a couple of weeks ago. I bought a 80/600 TMB in used but perfect condition. As this was my

Removing TMB 105/650 CNC Focusing Knob

Junn — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:59:45 GMT

Hi To All, I might attach a Robofocus motor to my TMB scope (silver and aluminum)in the future. I want to know how to remove one of the focusing knob. I don't