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[APML] Thanks to All for the TMB info & Links!



Thanks to all of you that responded to my TMB scope inquiry, for both the info and the links.
 
Sounds like they are good scope but need a field flattener.
 
I hope to get a quality scope one of these days and get into some serious astrophoto & imaging.
 
I am really enjoying viewing all of the great photos on this list.   There is a lot of talent here.
 
For now I am mostly viewing with my 18" dobs and doing some limited astrophotography using an 8" Celestar  for short exposures of the Moon, brighter planets and Sun spots.(it is a terrible tracking drive & I am NO GOOD at manual guiding)  I also use a Pronto, piggybacked to the 8".
 
I use a Nikon F(rarely), F2 & F3 for the imaging, but you need to  lock the mirrors up as the mirror slap on  Nikons is pretty bad.
 
I am lucky to live at a fairly dark site with a great Southern horizon, but we have a lot of cloudy weather here in SE Mich. so the viewing/photo ops are not that great, especially Nov. thru Mar.
 
Thanks again,
 
Harry L. Juday