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For some reason I was thinking you meant a 100mm metal washer

It has good reviews on flo.

I rely on goto a little too much. I realised I'd be using both a red dot finder and the findercope so I've bought a double findercope shoe.

I guess cleaning it and lubricating is the first thing to do and add a milk carton washer whilst it's unassembled.

I was thinking more than likely going down the milk carton washer route, well start off with that anyway as it's the cheapest! Do you know the thickness of the washer you added?

Hi, I know this has been debated quite a lot over the years, but the reading I've done seems to be inconclusive with some saying something works whilst other saying something else works and none of them work and so on and so forth. What I'm talking about is how stiff the azimuth direction is on the dobsonian base. Whilst observing at high magnification, it is all but to easy to nudge the target out of the field of view. If you have one, what has worked for you? Thanks.

@Zermelo I've just came back inside after splitting 65 piscium, aswell as a couple of others. The 9x50 findercope was the key to finding it pretty much instantly. It's definatley different to using a red dot finder!

Come to think of it I'm good at finding trip hazards too

Hi, I have bought a used skyliner 200p dob and was wondering whether carrying it whilst fully assembled is OK or would it damage the bolts/threads/handles over time? I would only be taking it in and out of the shed and walking it a few yards. Thanks.

I'm using a heritage 130p and I was using the az gti mount as a manual mount. I'm used to using the goto but want to search manually as much as I can for this list of doubles. The finder is just a simple red dot finder. I guess using my 25mm would act as my finder? My sky is heavily affected by light pollution, hence the reason to do some double star observing. In stellarium there is the option to flip horizontal, I'm guessing this is East and west. The other option is to flip vertical, so this would be north to south. If a newtonian view is rotated 180 degrees does that just mean it is flipped upside down? What scope and finder did you use? Was it easily split?

Hi, I've got Stellarium on my phone and was wondering what orientation I should have it set as. Currently I have no settings on for when I look at the sky using the naked eye, but when I look through a reflector, what should the flip view be? Horizontal, vertical or both? I would have tried to work it out myself tonight but it look as though it's going to be cloudy. Thanks.

Hi, I've downloaded a copy of the astronomical society double star list and thought I'd give it a try. I've already got stuck on the second star in the list. The area around 65 piscium is rather sparce, both in the sky and in the star chart. I started at Delta Andromedae and made a triangle using this star, Epsilon Andromedae and 28 Andromedae. I then get confused with the orientation of the view I see through the scope compared to what I see on Stellarium. I think I'm meant to go south from Delta down to the first brightish star seeable. Using a 130mm f5 reflector I was unable to split it, but I'm not sure it was the right star. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Until I've decided on which manual mount I'm going to buy, I'll be using my az gti mount as a quick grab and go mount. By slacking off the clutches and manually moving the scope around, will this damage the mount in any way? The altitude seems to really smooth but the azimuth seems a bit tougher to move. Thanks.

I guess I've been blessed with the heritage, being able to just grab it out the shed and being able to start using it straight away, especially with it being a flex tube.

I like the idea of leaving just the scope outside just in case.