Christmas stock situation

[FLO]

It's that time of year again 

Most of our bestselling items are in stock for same-day dispatch but as we move closer to Christmas that will become more difficult to achieve.

We have started this thread so we can keep you updated, as best we can, with the latest stock and delivery situation. 

All the best, 

Steve

[FLO]

The first casualty to the Christmas rush is, surprisingly, the Skywatcher HEQ5 Syntrek. Unfortunately it has sold out and there isn't another delivery scheduled until January. 

The Skywatcher HEQ5 PRO and the increasingly popular Celestron Advanced VX mount are both still available. 

[FLO]

The Skywatcher Explorer 130P is hugely popular at this time of year and must surely be one of the best telescopes for anyone starting astronomy.

We have another delivery later this week but stocks are running low so we will probably sell out before Christmas. If you want to buy an Explorer 130P for Christmas please place your order soon. 

[FLO]

Stocks of the Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT mount are running low. This isn't really a product we normally associate with Christmas and another delivery is due January but if you want one to use over the Christmas/New-Year holiday then we recommend you place an order soon. 

The Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT is an excellent choice for astrophotography. 

[8kids]

When is the early Christmas sale?

[FLO]

You missed it Gary. It was back in June. Where were you? 

[8kids]

You missed it Gary. It was back in June. Where were you? 

I definitely took advantage of that one, besides that's an old sale I'm after the new "Christmas sale" on a forum near you type thing.

[FLO]

We have some Celestron CG-5 GT mounts remaining in our clearance section at only £498  

Looking at the current rate of sales they will probably have sold out by Christmas. 

The Celestron CG-5 GT is essentially the Skywatcher EQ5 PRO (made by the same company) but features a heavier duty tripod, quality ball-bearings in 'both' axis and a more sophisticated Celestron GOTO alignment routine. 

It also includes the all-important ST-4 guide port for autoguiding and is fully compatible with the Celestron SkyQ wifi adapter and the new incoming Celestron StarSense auto-alignment accessory. 

[FLO]

We have another delivery later this week but stocks are running low so we will probably sell out before Christmas. If you want to buy an Explorer 130P for Christmas please place your order soon. 

The Skywatcher Explorer 130p has sold out. There will not be another delivery before Christmas. 

We do have stock of the The Skywatcher Explorer 130 and Skywatcher Explorer 130m (motorised). They have the same 130mm aperture but cost less because their longer tube length permits the use of a spherical mirror which is more easy (cheaper) to manufacture. Some say the 130p's parabolic mirror is made to a higher quality but that isn’t true. Where a telescope’s tube length is long enough to permit a spherical mirror there is no benefit to having a parabolic mirror. The 130p with it's short tube 'needs' a parabolic mirror, the 130 doesn't. (Beware however of short-tube telescopes with spherical mirrors, they are not good!).

If you have room to store the longer tube the more affordable 130 or 130M are an excellent choice and there is no reason to feel you have compromised. 

HTH, 

Steve

[FLO]

Telrad finders seem to have fallen into a black hole! I doubt we'll see them until after Christmas now.

We do however have Rigel Quikfinders in stock  

[FLO]

We have sold out of William Optics Zenithstar ZS71 telescopes. The next delivery will be early January. 

[Naemeth]

We have sold out of William Optics Zenithstar ZS71 telescopes. The next delivery will be early January. 

The Santa themed colour scheme probably made them sell out quicker .

[FLO]

Don't you just love Christmas 

[FLO]

We have more Skywatcher Explorer 130p telescopes arriving Friday 

But not many... At this time of year we'll probably be sold out again before Monday so please place your order ASAP