NOTE: I misspoke at approx. 5:15 and should have said I bought the 12" Dovetail Plate for D-Style Saddle Plates, number SBD12 as recommended to me by George at AP. A look at AP's newest lineup of refractors, the 92mm Stowaway f/6.65.
I do have a very nice collection of the very desirable vintage Naglers, but one I don't have and have often lusted for was the 31mm. I did get to check a 31mm out once on a friend's C-14 Scope. Great!
@@starastronomer I have the entire Clave collection, and in the set 4 doubles as well, 12mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, the Barlow, and the Coated Prism Diagonal. The hardest to attain were the 75mm, and then lastly the 3mm. I have a buddy Steve who also recently completed his Clave collection with the acquisition of the 75mm. Steve's in the process of acquiring a Zeiss 150mm APQ Refractor. He's had many AP's, but this one I know well is like the quest for the Golden Fleece, and will have to sell off some other Scopes. I'd probably faint if I heard the price.
Logieberra Appreciate that! Glad you like the video. I must say I've been blessed being able to have the equipment I have. All my friends want to be in my will when I die :) Last night / this morning was beautiful with no dew on any of my equipment. The 92 really performs at night and during the day. NOW, where's my Mach2......
I’ve had all three versions of the Astro-Physics 92 mm StowAway (f/4.9, f/6.65, and f/7). I regrettably sold the f/7. The f/4.9 has surprisingly phenomenal optics for the OTA’s size, and the f/6.65 is terrific for casual visual work (my much larger Zeiss APQ and Astro-Physics refractors are of course better) and for lunar/solar visual and imaging. Due to the OTA’s small form factor and light weight, you can get away with using a very small mount.
@@starastronomer I didn’t have both the f/7 and f/6,65 at the same time. However, I can say that the f /6.65 is a winner. That one, and the f/4.9 aren’t going to be sold. When I get too old to use them, I’ll donate them and my other Astro kit to a community observatory. I’m soon going to test my Coronado 90 mm H-alpha filter on this scope. I currently have it on my Takahashi Sky 90, but that scope is more finicky and needs to be collimated. I’ll also test my DayStar Quantum PE 0.5 Å Solar H-Alpha unit (plus a full aperture Baader D-ERF and TeleVue 4x Telecentric lens) on the f/6.65 as well.
What is the extension tube used for in relation to the eyepieces? I have two Televue Ethos 2", a Televue Panoptic 2", Meade UWA 1.25" 5.5mm, Shorty Barlow 1.25", A Paracorr Type 2 2" with 1.25" adapter (for my reflector) and a few homemade eyepieces with different mags 1.25".
Thanks Robin Alford. The extension tube is used if the eyepiece (or camera) can't reach focus and needs to "go out" or be "moved out" further to achieve focus. Various telescope will not all be the same with the same eyepiece. Each telescope/eyepiece combination will differ. And as can be seen in my video you may not need an extension tube at all. Mostly when going "straight" through and not using a diagonal. Dependent much on the telescope focuser travel and the eyepiece design.
Logieberra Well, great question. You need a dark sky as the background can get pretty bright (washed out) if that is a good way to say it. I like it but find that I do not use it that often. You may want to use the money for another eyepiece. Daytime is fine. The real winner in my opinion is the 31mm Nagler Type 5. Works great in any of my scopes. Was using it last night in the 92.
Very good, meant for high focal length telescopes. Also consider: Pentax 40mm, Brandon 48mm. Would just like to add, using a 40-55mm eyepiece today may be questionable except for a need for extreme fields of view. Reason is light-pollution. You will, under average seeing conditions see a lot more detail using a 30-35mm eyepiece because the extra power helps separate the objects (stars, nebula, galaxies) by darkening (diluting if you will) the sky background.
@@starastronomer with my 1978 C8, I got a 25mm and 40mm Kellner. At the time, one could aspire to either Brandon or Clave Plossls. Wide-field, highly-corrected eyepieces did not exist, just the odd Erfle with a 60 degree or so field of view.
I still have my A-P Traveler. Doubt I could ever part with it. I'm sure the owner of this Scope and Mount has a larger instrument. :-) Is this a 900GTO? It might be the 1200? The Pier Tube looks like 10" Diameter. I once had the 1200GTO, sold it,
Looks can be deceiving just like your screen name. The AP is the "REAL" deal. You can't compare a cheap POS Chinese scope to the Bugatti of telescopes. And, you sure aren't Jesus Christ. Have fun with your wannabe scope 👀🔭😳
@@starastronomer i think you're probably right at this price level, but really just the glass makes much difference? Focuses, nice looking bolts, anodizing are all just commodities. Would love to see some comparison tests though
