New APM 152 F8 ED APO

[James Ling]

Hi All....

Apply annual leave tomorrow, so that tonight can rush back to check my delivery that was received yesterday.....

The following are some photos I have taken from the delivery to show how APM packed and delivered this 152 APM ED APO to all their customer....

1. The delivery box arrived , measuring 122cmX45cmX40cm and weighing 26kg....


2. Delivery box is double box packed....


3. The case within the double box is bubble wrapped....with few layers...


4. Case with bubble wrap removed from box.....


5. One final bubble wrap for the case, after removing the few layers of bubble wrap....


6. The case after removing the bubble wrapping...


7. The case opened and has double foam compartments for top and bottom side....


8. Warranty certificate for this serial no 2 OTA and test report showing 95.4% Strehl


9. Included in this shipment are accessories, finder with illuminator, extension tube, diagonal and carrying handle...


10. Fixing of the finder, brkt and illuminator....


11. Removing the OTA from the box, which is bubble wrapped.....


12. OTA with one final plastic bag wrap, after removing the bubble wrap...


13. Finally the OTA with the focuser....


14. The APM focuser with Markus Ludes name on it.....


15. Fixing the finder onto the focuser....


16. Fixing the diagonal and the focuser max extended distance is 6cm....


17. Fixing the extension tube lengthens the focusing distance to 12cm....


18. Fixing the carrying handle onto the OTA....


I will update again .......On the 1st light , if weather is good, will be Friday, otherwise this coming Saturday at TPL...

Regards

James Ling

[Gary]

[Davegn]

Hi James.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos of your new APM APO.
Hope we would have clear skies this few days.
Dying to take a peak thru your scope.

Thanks,
Dave Ng

[James Ling]

Hi All....

Last night, as the weather is extremely good, I setup the newly arrived scope onto my G11 losmandy mount....

As I am only doing it at home, and facing west side, I could only view Jupiter after 3am....
As such I put the scope 1st object at M45....., and using the baader zoom at 24mm at 50X, the view is something I never seen with so many stars , the contrast is so clear and very nice background.....

And when I managed to get Jupiter into the scope view, the eagerness is to see how much I can power it up to......
And maybe is already not high above the sky, I could only made it to 300X, maybe I should do it again tonight or tomorrow, if weather permits...

As for how Jupiter appears in the scope, as per my memories of viewing through so many scopes, do not expect it to see more things than any other scopes....
You will still see the same amount of details, as any other scopes, big or small, except the contrast is better.....as well as the CA, if you are going to compare it against any achro....

Now just waiting for the real outdoor 1st light .............

Regards

James Ling

[Gary]

Thanks for the report James! Must be the best leave you have taken for this year.

[acc]

The arrival of this scope also marked the clearest night of the year! No new-scope curse for this bugger

[James Ling]

The arrival of this scope also marked the clearest night of the year! No new-scope curse for this bugger

Ya.... you are right....
Last night, weather not like Thursday night......

But hopefully tonight's weather is as clear as Thursday night, as it is going for Gary's astro talk tonight at TPL...Rain and / or cloudy , or not..... Will be there....
And hopefully can see more Singastro forum members coming down to listen to Garys' atlk cum the night observing session, event this is just another chit chat session....


Regards

James Ling

[Gary]

Agent 002.

[VinSnr]

ok..think i will come to the TPL tonight, since rain or shine the scope will be there.



I have told Markus that for old friend sake, since his first "breakthrough" scope that was born from a simple cloudynight forum discussion is now here in Singapore, I will take a look at it and give him an objective opinion.

[superiorstream]

Hi.James
Any way to decrease the wt of the ota+tube rings to 10 kg or lower in total?Whats the actual value for your scope now?Actually very interested but due to age my hand starts trembling when handling more than 10 kg.Thanks.