Astroegg

Could somebody please advise me if there is a place in the UK offering a parallelogram mount for binocular mounting? I have a couple of tripods already so am looking just for the mount.  Something like the Orion Paragon, or even better, the Universal Astronomics Unimount? I want to mount my Celestron 20x80s and I am fed up cricking my neck using a tripod just a little too short for the purpose.

Or you could use a red sweet wrapper instead, that would save you going down to the shop and getting funny looks because you're a bloke buying nail varnish

Definitely! Last time I got a remark that it wouldn't match my lipstick!

Better to take the Strawberry Delight wrappers from a tin of Quality Street and use an elastic band to attach to the torch.

Looks like I was wrong after all, go for the bluetooth instead.

OK, thanks... back to the drawing board.

No, it does not, works just as well with Android.

Wow, thanks for the information there. So the wireless control is definitely a feature for Android phones too. This does make the app more appealing - even though it also means more money needs to be spent on my kit!

Is this suitable?

SkyFi Wireless Telescope Control System - Telescopes UK: Telescopes & Telescope Accessories in your only London shop

Advised to post this here, my first DSO shows a nice view of the Trapezium in Orion and was snapped with a Nikon D40 attached to the Baader Hyperion Zoom eyepiece on my Celestron CPC1100.

Had some problems with ice forming on the optics, and I could not see sufficiently through the tiny (iced up) viewfinder of the D40 to focus, despite having a Bahtinov mask for the purpose.

Unguided, no filters or effects applied. Single 30 second exposure, ISO 1600, image horizontally flipped.

Could really get into this!