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Hello Apologies, I reposted as I thought I had placed the post in the wrong section, and got no responses. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello All As always many thanks in anticipation of a response. I am looking to covert a Zeiss microscope bino head to use on a 1.25" telescope focuser. The area I need help with is understanding the thread size on the dovetail end of the bino head so I can get a 1.25" nose piece made with the requisite male thread. Taking a rough measurement it looks around 24mm with a fine pitch. I have attached a couple of photos in the hope some one may be able to stear me in the right direction. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello All As always many thanks in anticipation of a response. I am looking to covert a Zeiss microscope bino head to use on a 1.25" telescope focuser. The area I need help with is understanding the thread size on the dovetail end of the bino head so I can get a 1.25" nose piece made with the requisite male thread. Taking a rough measurement it looks around 24mm with a fine pitch. I have attached a couple of photos in the hope some one may be able to stear me in the right direction. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello Martin As always many thanks for responding. To my eyes the asi photo looks sharper, or more in focus. I thought Royal Mail were delivering it today, stayed in didn't hear a knock on the door, looked on the web site, said they had attempted delivery. When it does turn up it will be interesting to see the results, as people try to put you off CCD cameras. Will post my results and thoughts. As always many thanks for your assistance. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello Martin Many thanks for responding to my question. The Loadstar software is still available, looks like the newest version was from 2017. Would look to try that first before trying sharpcap pro, or other software, it will be interesting to see if more up to date software gives any real benefit. It is quite strange that most people I have spoke to all suggest CMOS is the way to go, as I will have both it will be interesting to see how they match up. As always any help or guidance is much appreciated. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello All Many thanks in anticipation of a response. I would like any opinions on using a Starlight Express Loadstar x2c for EAA, with Starlight Express Live software, along with if possible what would be the effect of a loss of resolution due to the large pixel size to nebulosity, I hope this makes sense. As always any assistance is greatly appreciated. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello M40 Many thanks for responding, as always any help is greatly appreciated. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello All I am looking to use the camera with Starlight Express Live for EAA/live stacking, and wonder if anyone else has tried this, and if yes what were the results like? I already have an Altair Astro 327c , the reason for asking is that it looks like it has a wider field of view when looking at the results on the Black Water Sky's toolbox then my camera. As always any response is greatly appreciated. Clear Sky's Trevor

Hello Peter, Dave, Mark , and lastly dweller25 As always many thanks for your assistance. I to like the build quality of the Tal telescopes, and have a Tal 1, and a 100r, and was intrigued by the Tal 120 with the correcting optic built in to the focuser resulting in a shorter OTA. I was hoping that this not only resulted in a shorter OTA, with improvements to the visual side as well, has anyone got a view on this? As always any assistance/views are much appreciated. Trevor

Hello All Has anyone owned, or owns a Tal 120 as I wonder would this give improved performance over a Tal 1? As always many thanks in anticipation of a response. Trevor

Hello All I recently came across a Vixen GA-4 which looks interesting and would like any members views on whether it is useful in operation with goto mounts? As always any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Regards Trevor

Hello Just picked up one of these and wondering if anyone knows the number of and battery size for the illuminated reticle As always many thanks in anticipation of a response. Trevor

Hello David As always thanks for responding. Look forward to seeing the photos of your 3d printing., What model Swift have you got? As always many thanks for your assistance. Regards Trevor

Hello Tim As always many thanks for responding. Thanks for the suggestion looks like that avenue is closed. There used to be things like second hand fairs, that have not reappeared post the worst of COVID. Many thanks for your assistance. Regards Trevor

Hello David As always many thanks for responding. What size rings are you making the inserts for, 90mm seams the next size up in the sky Watcher availability at FLO. I did ask them about 3" and they stated the best they could suggest was 80mm. If you let me know what size you plan to print I would be more than happy to cross your hand with silver for some. I thought I had a found a site in Canada, who had them for a TV 3" but they never came back to me. Telescope Services Germany had them for a 3" Orion refractor in the past but sadly no more😭 As I don't have any rings in the 80mm to 90mm range I will need to get some, so let me know what type to go for. As always any help is much appreciated. Regards Trevor

Hello Dr Ju As always many thanks for responding. Good idea but unfortunately I don't know anyone who could do it! Many thanks Trevor

Hello All I want to to place a vintage Swift 831 on a go to mount an am finding it very difficult to find a set, so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. The reason for doing this so that I can try a Altair gcam2 on it, and I can here you saying why, well I want to see what I can achieve with some very good 1968 glass🤔 As always any help would be much appreciated. Regards Trevor

Hello All As always in anticipation of a response thank you. I need a slow motion cable for a Hilkin/? T-705, if any one has one or knows where to get one, I would be very pleased to hear from you. Trevor

Hello Justin As always many thanks for responding. The Tak adapter number would be much appreciated, I had been looking at a Vixen 36.4mm to 1.25" adapter. The original eyepieces are nice, but to do the scope justice I believe plossl's would be better. The other major challenge is to find a similar/matching slow motion cable, a Hilkin T-705 looks very similar. As always many thanks for your assistance. Trevor

Hello All It is a Herschel prism Swift part TA-18 without filters, many thanks for the comments. As always many thanks for your advice band assistance. Trevor

Hello All Photos of telescope, eyepieces etc.

Hello All Will add photos tomorrow, I should have added that I need the ball end axis adjuster so if anyone has one to sell or knows where one can be found let me know. As always many thanks for any advice or comments. Trevor

Hello All Well my new lady friend was a 1964 Swift 831 in its original box, with eyepieces etc. So she came to me in what the seller said was good condition, I asked all the right questions about fungus, and all parts present and correct, receiving the answer that all was OK. Well a small amount of buyer beware was required, it arrived a day late from Parcel Force 24, and was just the box with no outside protection. When opening the box, and reviewing the contents one of the ball axis adjusters was missing. On to the eyepieces, all with some form of corrosion on them, and various levels of fungus, on to the diagonal which was missing it's lens holder, one good thing was the Barlow was in very good condition as was the finder and main scope lens. On to assembly all mount parts were present and correct though a bit dirty. Assembly was simple, mounted the OTA and choosing the cleanest eyepieces looked at a near by TV aerial above 150 yards away, and thank god for small mercies it was cristal clear. Will have to wait for a clear night to check it against my other scopes. Next check the axis adjusters, up and down fine, side to side wound hard back against its casting and seized solid and would not budge. So out with the can of WD40 , still no joy! Time to cook the wife's dinner, as she had no idea I had a lady friend hidden in the garage! Next day the wife had gone to work so the coast was clear, back to the garage, another spray with WD40 still no joy. Out with the hot air paint stripper, and then held the spigot shaft in a Jacobs chuck, and I managed to free it up at last without causing any damage. Inside the case was l in good order, the outside a bit beat up., The tripod was the original one and some of the lense holding brackets showing signs of rust, which should clean up, with the original wooden tripod showing age related marks,as expected. So what next ,I would like to get the OTA painted in its original light coffee colour, any of you know what this colour is called? The lenses need a proper clean , and any ideas how to remove the fungus and what's best to do about the flaking paint on them ? Should have told you the range of swift lenses it came with, which are made up of Huygens 6, 9 and 40mm and a single Kellner, of 20mm, plus an image inverter, 2 x barlow and a solar diagonal minus it's filters. The box can wait for its refurbishment will add some photos tomorrow as I need to finish the house work and cook dinner, who new retirement could be this good!!! As always any comments or advice would be much appreciated. And the cost of the old girl £60 a bargain in my eyes with it planned to be my grab and go, as long as my back holds out! Trevor

Hello All Los t the internet it should have finished with "if the Nikon 7806 would fit" As always many thanks for your assistance. Trevor

Hello All Can anyone give me an accurate measurement of the spindle diameter as I would like to know if the Nikon 7806