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Status Updates posted by faulksy
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2 sleeps left
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4 days left untill the dob mob head for skye for 7 days
should have some mega reports and pics
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can you believe it, 1 year ago today i collected my 20" mirror. that time past quickly
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i now have 2 hrs of astro darkness
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howie glatter laser has landed
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yes, i use the tublug. it makes adjusting the primary easy as you can see the reflection in the display on the tublug. only downside is that once you get the paracorr + the tublug + glatter laser all in the focuser then it sits out a long way and gravity could pull it down?? if you have a quality focuser then that should be okay.
the other thing I did was to measure how far the focuser travel is out when I am "in focus" with my most used eyepiece. then i use this focuser drawtube postion as the start position for collimation rather than having the focuser racked all the way in. You should try both ways and see which gives best results.
I found that having the focuser in the most used postion and collimation from that point meant that I got better stars.
Alan
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2 days left untill the dobmob meet up at mag 22 skys
plenty of pics will follow
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merry christmas to all my friends at sgl, and thanks to the mods/admin and FLO for keeping it a safe place. all the best for 2017
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pentax xw 10mm incoming from the great steve at FLO
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1 sleep left untill the dob mob go to the isle of skye
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hope to get proper first light tonight.
like everyone is saying, given clear skys all day and night, its beautiful now !
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just bagged my first dso with the 20", had to be the ring
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mirror is fitted and cell is perfect
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hope to be collecting my 20" mirror set at 10 o,clock ish today 30/8/16
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astro systems spider and secondary holder with dew guard should be with me tomorrow pics soon of the 20" build
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20" ultra grade 1/10 orion optics uk mirror set ordered ready for my faulks/jenner dob
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hope to order my 00 uk 1/10 20" mirror set tomorrow
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taking calv to my local dark sky tonight
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off to my dark site in snowdonia tonight with my boy
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21mm ethos incoming
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7 sleeps left till dobfest 3