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Albir phil

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  1. 8 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

    Welcome to the forum Liz.

    Don't take this the wrong way , but did you remove the blanking cap on the other side of the mount to the polarscope ? 

    Another possibilty is the counterweight bar not fully extended which will block the view.

    Things can easily get forgotten in the dark.

     

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  2. Hi I use pole master it very simple to use as it giv instructions on the computer at each step . As already been said use a compass to get north .  And your mobile will give you your coordinates.Pole Master will then allow you to set your mount accurate .just take your time and follow the prompts on your computer. Hope this helps good luck.

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  3. Beautiful,i was always amazed at the projects you worked when I use to call at the astronomy center, I remember the 30ft dome you built , and the wind that (redesigned it when you had nearly completed it) but it was put in situ in the end . I'm still I Spain but hope to call up and see you next time I'm in UK.

  4. 18 hours ago, doublevodka said:

    Ah the old debate...

    Truth is, everyone has their own preference and you're not going to know your own until you try some scopes out. Nearly everyone here has bought something, then bought another to compliment or upgrade and so on. I think it's fair to say we're all striving for own own version of perfection on our own budgets, and that's hard! Hell just look at people's signatures on their posts, not many have just one scope, if at all possible, get to a star party and try some stuff, chromatic aberration might bother you, it might not, but there's only one way to find your own preference, look through some scopes 👍

    I still don't know what my ideal scope is, and not sure I ever will 🤷‍♂️

    As they say the scope you use most is the best

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  5. Collemation is not so hard like as been said scopes arrive collemated more times than not. Plenty of videos around that show you how.Many reflectors explain the process in their instruction manual.One point to remember long focal length scopes are easier and more forgiving of collemation  than short focal lengths. I use refractors , no need to fuss about with them,but that's just my preference. Good luck.

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  6. On 23/12/2022 at 00:08, Peter Drew said:

    An interesting and well executed design.  As an enthusiastic builder of large refracting binoscopes I have wrestled with the problem with mounting them over the years.  I have built several versions of chairs that carry the observer as well as the binoscope with varying success, my main problem, as yet unresolved, is isolating my heartbeat, this produces an annoying "tick" to the view at the higher powers that binoscopes are capable of.  As a result, I have reluctantly reverted to parallelogram mounts.  I also build "reverse" reflecting binoscopes that don't have the overhead neck ache problem, I have also recently fitted the Celestron StatSense Explorer system to my 300mm model but not yet had the opportunity to use it.    🙂 

     

  7. Hi from  Spain your scope is a good size and you got great sky , mine is bottle 5\6. However I don't know how much experience you have with a telescope or what you are expecting the views to be like.No views with a scope ever Mach that taken with a camera attached to a scope ie most galaxy are colourless.However Astro imaging is another story . Good luck and I've always wanted to see the sky from Australia,maybe one day .🤔

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