Beardy30

Yes I explained what I had but hope they should know as I bought it from them !

Hi just a quick question..one dealer has told me with come with a suitable base plate to fit to my scope another said I need the Baader Universal Quick Release Finder Shoe / Base to fit it ?? Conflicting advise ? Can anyone advise ?

Yes it was off

Would I need to unbolt the base plate that came on the scope first

I believe it sticks on ??

This has been recommended to me also Celestron Starpointer Pro Finderscope

Would a telrad fit the 8se

No they don’t seem to be in sinc

Thanks guys it’s all resolved now as they are sending me a new one 👍🏼Thanks for all your help and advise

I did align as best I could Using the two knobs but it was away off target

The RDF was way off - it aligned to the ye but nothing g could be seen in the EP until I moved the scope then looking back at the RDF it was way off target

I’ve tried both ways - neither works as the screws just turn and don’t thread at all - supplier is sending me a new one but tbh it’s a terrible item and needs upgrading ASAP it was way off last night and it’s very poor quality

Thanks all - I have to say I found the mount to be very steady as well as I’ve heard many say it’s a wobbler - certainly no issue for me ! mid anyone has any EP they would recommend to enhance my observing for the 8SE please let me know 👍🏼 I’m going to upgrade my RDF and get a ASI120MC I think as well 👍🏼

Fantastic I believe the space x satellite was supposed to be within view tonight so may it was that !

I set up my scope and used it for the first time tonight. Started setting it up out of the box at 2.30pm and it was fairly easy, took a few goes putting the folk arm with attached OTA on the mount as the under screws wouldn’t tighten but after juggling it about a few times we did it and the scope was set up within 20mins. The scope is heavy and would advise anyone to set up outside if like me you have a small conservatory door to get out of. The Hardest part was the red dot finder which is very poor n terms of the screws just tightening and not fixing the finder to the OTA firmly enough and I recommend any using this scope to upgrade ASAP. I put the scope out to cool down with the cap on ! And went out at 9.30 till about 11.45 ..I aligned with sky align which I’m not sure I did right as it’s difficult with the red dot finder which doesn’t seem to be accurate enough and it was not very stable due to my screws as mentioned before ! However the one star/planet I know is venus and the scope did slew in the right area however Venus wasn’t in my EP although the RDF was bang on it after a slight tweak with the directional keys on the handset I got a tremendous view of its colours bursting off it ! I was in awe tbh very impressed with the quality of the scopes view, but again the RDF was way off. As I dont know any names of stars ✨ other than Polaris so I simply moved around the sky looking after magnificent views of various stars and clusters one was shaped like the letter U and another had three in a line ! Not sure what they were but they were awesome, I also saw what I think was a meteor travelling at a tremendous pace and I followed it as long as I was able to before I lost it. Also think I saw another planet to the east which had a blue tinge and was quite low in the sky ..but I may be wrong it was however giving off some amazing colour. All in all a great first night but I need to get a better finder scope and learn which stars are out there !

I’ve tried them both ways

I’ve tried both ways

I’ve since tried both ways

I have heard they are poor Quality anyway - I m told a telrad is better - would that for my scope ?

Yea I get that but they don’t tighten , I think I’ve just got a poor one

I’ve tried both ends but it doesn’t tighten

The don’t seem to work either way ?? They appear to be negative screws that just turn and turn

The bracket that keeps it in place they appear to just turn - they don’t tighten

Hi while attaching my red dot finder to my 8se I’ve accidentally unscrewed both screws and can’t get them back on - any ideas ??