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Just to offer another route...OVL Nirvana 16mm, 7mm and Barlow, plus the ES 26mm. The Starguiders are well regarded and excellent value but the OVLs are 82-degree, which means less nudging with a Dob. Depends if your budget stretches enough though. I can vouch that the 16mm works really well in the Heritage 150P, I'd expect the 7mm to do equally well. Regarding the zoom, I can understand the reluctance and I threw the suggestion in in case you hadn't thought of it. EDIT: on reflection, the 16mm + Barlow is a bit close to the 7mm, possibly think about this a bit more carefully. -
Perfect. Yes, I missed the tickbox for DISABLE ENCODERS. Once I unticked that, everything went well. Many thanks P.S. It seems my the GODS will never allow me to take this out for a night of imaging!! I loaded the Esprit and imaging train on the freshyly assembled mount. As I was tightening the two knobs on the VERY poor stock saddle, one of the knobs gave way, and would simply not tighten!! Why is EVERYTHING going wrong for me...? Anyways, I am very worried of leaving the Esprit on the mount with just ONE knob tightened. It seems the inner threads of the saddle stripped!!! Are they M10 bolts? -
By AstroNebulee · Posted
With my az gti eq set up I leave my scope on the tripod when I bring it in, keep the caps off to let air dry it, cover with a thin cotton sheet until morning then replace the dust covers and caps. But as my refractor usually dries out pretty quickly, with keeping my dew heaters on a little while longer when indoors. It's light enough and we'll balanced to leave on the tripod as all the weight should be traveling down the centre of the tripod. When I had my 127 mak in az mode I did take it off the mount and left caps off as they are dew magnets . If you've a counterweight attached with the Mak in az mode just level it and leave on tripod. The weight should be distributed through the centre of the tripod. This is just my opinion though. -
By AbsolutelyN · Posted
Just pointed my 250PDS at the sun for the first time in a while. Spotted this irregular feature at the edge when adjusting the exposure which I assume is a prominence. Taken with Skywatcher 250PDS, 1600MM and Baader 3.5nm filter. Two exposures combined. -
Perfect. Yes, I missed the tickbox for DISABLE ENCODERS. Once I unticked that, everything went well. Many thanks
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I have a celestron 12 v 7ah power tank. Right now I can switch the green ready to go light on--but when I put the switch on other two settings, needs charge, or charging, no light come on. Is t his OK. Can't believe it is fully charged. I can attach tank to the scope and see how long the green go light stays on. Have an SE 6 GoTo 5 yrs old.· 1 reply
What about the charging (recharging) cable? Is there a special one for 12v 7ah
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