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My son and the Telescope
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Acere

My son and the Telescope

My son when he was 12 years old with our 12.5" f/6 Cave Astrola Newtonian
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Location
Home in GA
Equipment Used
Nikon N80 50mm 1.8
Film & Developer
kodak 100
Paper & Developer
C41 CVS lab
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I won't ever complain about carrying a tripod again. 🥲 That's some serious hardware! One thing, all I can remember about astronomy class from high-school is the darn mosquitoes while looking at the sky.
 
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mshchem said:
I won't ever complain about carrying a tripod again. 🥲 That's some serious hardware! One thing, all I can remember about astronomy class from high-school is the darn mosquitoes while looking at the sky.
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Amazingly this was called their portable model. So with two people you could take it to dark site. And yes, depending where you're observing from and the time of year you could encounter lots of skeeters. I had it on casters so it was an easy roll out of the garage to the driveway. Also, a step ladder was needed
 
mfohl
Now that's a lens!
 
Barlow
I thought my Celestron AVX Mount with 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain OTA was heavy and bulky. But I guess if it's on wheels and never goes beyond your driveway, the weight doesn't matter.
 
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Barlow said:
I thought my Celestron AVX Mount with 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain OTA was heavy and bulky. But I guess if it's on wheels and never goes beyond your driveway, the weight doesn't matter.
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I've had six C9.25 awesome scope but a bit under-mounted on AVX.
 
Robert Kerwin
I remember practically drooling over the Cave-Astrola ads in Sky & Telescope! Astronomy can certainly be a gear-intensive hobby.
 
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Robert Kerwin said:
I remember practically drooling over the Cave-Astrola ads in Sky & Telescope! Astronomy can certainly be a gear-intensive hobby.
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You're not kidding, specially if get aperture fever. My Cave was built in 1976 and I bought here in Atlanta when Wolf Camera was still around. I first saw the moon through a 50mm Tasco when I was 8 years old and was immediately hooked.

Here are a few of the scopes I've owned.
 

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