moonsafari

Behold. Thank you all very much for your help. It’s been truly appreciated.

The postman brought me a few more goodies this morning 🤩

Yeah, everyone has been amazing. Lots of great info on this thread that I was never expecting. Big ups to @badhex for introducing me to this forum!

I feel you. I already feel the slippery slope and I haven't even got my tripod yet.

Okay, I'm done now. I've ordered the Tak TOE 4mm to start off with. Can't wait to show you all the final setup. Appreciate everyone's time, guidance, wisdom and assistance! You've all been absolute legends. Thank you.

So excited and pumped! I ended up getting the Nexus II as well, so I'm in for some super fun times ahead.

Thanks, everyone. This is all super helpful! I ordered the AZ75 and Uni 28 today as well.

This is awesome. Thanks so much, Stu.

@Nicola Fletcher@SthBohemia@Stu@dweller25@badhex@HollyHound@MalcolmM @JeremyS@BGazing Hey all, Given that I'm starting off with the following rig, does anyone have any recommendations in regards to a Barlow or the Tak extender for my FC-100DF, or would it be worthwhile just adding one more high powered eyepiece to my rig below? – 1.25" Tak prism diagonal – Pentax XW 10mm and 20mm – TeleVue Nagler 13mm Type 6 – 1.25" Celestron variable polarising filter Thanks so much, you've all been incredibly helpful. Still waiting to finalise my tripod and mount setup this week, but was able to grab a sneaky look at Jupiter last night!

Thanks so much, Stu. I've had a chat with Dave at Rowan today, who has been in touch with Berlebach about there being an AZ75 option for their tripods. Dave thinks it should be on the website this week. Once this is confirmed, I've decided that I'm going to start off with the AZ75 with the Nexus II and the handle. The postman arrived with a couple goodies today as well.. Slowly coming together!

Thanks for this, Joe. Helpful advice.

🙏 @moonsafari Only you can answer that question 🙏

So, off the back of all of this, and given I’m pretty hot on the Rowan mount and don’t want to open another slo-mo can of worms, is the AZ75 with a handle and encoders sufficient for my rig?

That was going to be my game plan. Can anyone else verify that this would suffice? 🙏