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18" Obsession user photos
The above four images were taken by Jerry Pinter with an 18 inch Obsession clone and ServoCAT drive. The Obsession clone was built from scratch using Dave's book "The Dobsonian Telescope". The images are 15 second exposures, taken from Mount Laguna, California (6,000 feet), with a Canon EOS 20Da digital SLR camera.
The above four images were taken by Johannes Brachtendorf in Rottenburg Germany with an 18" Obsession / ServoCAT / AN / SBIG ST 9E / software derotation - no plattform, no derotator, no adaptive optics. View more of his photos here - or visit his website: Astrophotography through a Dobsonian Telescope
Roger Greenwood, owner of Astrocrumb.com, with his 18" scope at The Black Forest Star Party in 2005.
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Mars shoots taken by Mikael Svalgaard in Lyngby DENMARK - visit website
Obsession 18" f/4.5 telescope with 4x Televue powermate (f/18), Lumenera Skynyx 2-2M (with Schuler Ix infrared filter) and Lumenera Skynyx 2-2C (with IR reject filter) cameras. This was the first time I used the big Dobsonian for imaging from my own back yard.
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Saturn by Mikael Svalgaard in Lyngby DENMARK. April 24 - 2009. Obsession 18" with 5x Televue powermate (f/23), Lumenera Skynyx 2-2M camera with SBIG R,G,B filters. more info
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Saturn; taken by Ernesto Gonzalo de Luis on saturday, March 17, 2007 at 23:30 GMT. Procesed AVI video, eyepiece projection with 20mm eyepiece, photographic focal duplicator, and Philips Toucam webcam.
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Saturn; by Javier Beltran Jovani in Castellon, Spain
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Saturn; by Javier Beltran Jovani in Castellon, Spain
Mars photo taken by Ernesto Gonzalo de Luis with 18" Obsession.
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M57 by Todd Kozikowski with 18" and ServoCAT
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M88 by Todd Kozikowski with 18" and ServoCAT
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M101 by Todd Kozikowski with 18" and ServoCAT
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M64 by Todd Kozikowski with 18" and ServoCAT
NGC 4565 taken with 18" Obsession by Doug Askew with Starlight CCD camera.
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Akira Morita in Tokyo, Japan
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Antony and Mia Franks with 18" in West Yorkshire, England
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Mike Borman and his 18" Obsession at Gran Quivira, New Mexico - March 2009
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Mike Borman with his 18" at the 2005 Okie-Tex Star Party in Kenton, Oklahoma.
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Steve U. of Wappingers Falls New York rolling out his 18" for a night of deep sky observing. Steve says with the 18 inch "Averted vision is for wussies"
Joe Meyer of the Chicago Astronomical Society presenting Brian and Traci Carlson with $4000 first prize raffle check at Astrofest '04. They used the prize money towards the purchase of an 18" Obsession telescope. Good choice and congradualtions!
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Bruce Whitson & 18" #257 at William Herschel Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands
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Mike Pietro with his 18" F4.5, #358 and his 3 kids at the 2003 Table Mtn Star Party in Ellensburg, WA.
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Andreas Hybl, 18 inch owner in Lenningen Germany
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Ted Forte in Virginia Beach, Virginia with his 11 year old 18" (May 2010)
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Don Wyman with his 18" at the Northwoods Starfest in Wisconsin.
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Alan Kane in New Zealand.
A night to remember. Yasuhiko with his 18" at 2000 meters by Mt Fuji.
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A night to remember. Yasuhiko Tsukuda and friends with his 18" at 1300 meters by Mt Fuji. The scope is really iced up but great deep sky views were enjoyed by all.
First Light! Oudot Laurent in France and his 18".
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John Tucker with his 18” at Fort Richardson state park in Jacksboro, TX summer of 04.
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Keith Armstrong, 18" owner in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
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Keith Armstrong, 18" owner in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
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Rolling out an 18"
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Dimitris Sousamlis in Athens Greece
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Carl M., Hays, North Carolina
Note homemade drive system. The azimuth drive turns a disc cut out of the observatory floor. The disc and scope rotate together.
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Ron Harris (Obsession webmaster)
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Terry Durbin's dog Jessie in Wever, Iowa as they wait for darkness.
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Andrew Salthouse in uniform with his 18" in Millington, NJ.
Alfredo Suatoni with 18" in Carbonate Italy.
Hideaki Tezuka in Tsuruga, Japan with his 18" Obsession. "When I heard "It is almost a work of art", I thought this is an American joke. But now I want to say "It is a work of art!" This is not a Japanese Joke!. Just fit into Nissan wagon. Over 600X mirror is good. Thank you for this wonderful telescope. I love mine!".
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Peter Argenziano with his 18” #1051 at the Five Mile Meadow Star Party in June 2005. This site is located near the site of the planned Discovery Telescope, southeast of Flagstaff, Az.
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Peter Argenziano’s 18” #1051 waiting for darkness at the All-Arizona Star Party in 2004.
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UPS arrives with Greg Salton's 18" Obsession. It's a big scope!
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Freddy Meiresonne's 18" in Belgium
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First Light Okie-Tex 2008. Rick Angell from Golden Colorado with Classic 18"
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