FLT-132


Lunar Eclipse (and more)

No, this isn’t the eclipse that happened this morning, but one from many years ago.  It was mostly cloudy here last night, although I could see the Moon through some thin clouds before I went to bed around midnight.  I hope you got to see it! I intended to post about it here yesterday, and thought I did, but must have done something wrong.  It’s been such a long time since I posted here that I may have forgotten how to do it.  Part of the reason I haven’t posted is that I’ve been busy with non-astronomy things.  But also, […]


Early Christmas

For many years the AT111EDT has been my “workhorse” telescope, and it has been great, for the most part.  No longer in production, it is a widely regarded triplet refractor with an excellent optical design for its price point.  However, for the last few years I have been wanting to upgrade.  Specifically, I wanted the ‘scope pictured above (stock photo), the William Optics FLT-132.  Aside from having a significantly larger aperture, the FLT-132 uses a better grade of glass for the ED element, resulting in less chromatic aberration.  This has been a problem for me when capturing LRGB images with […]