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Status Updates posted by faulksy
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hope to order my 00 uk 1/10 20" mirror set tomorrow
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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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20" ultra grade 1/10 orion optics uk mirror set ordered ready for my faulks/jenner dob
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10mm delos incoming
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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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21mm ethos incoming
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off to my dark site in snowdonia tonight with my boy
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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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i now have 2 hrs of astro darkness
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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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sips is ordered from feathertouch yipee
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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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00 dob base ordered and pick up my vx14 1/10 tommorrow from 00 yipee
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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 be collecting my 20" mirror set at 10 o,clock ish today 30/8/16
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just bagged my first dso with the 20", had to be the ring
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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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taking calv to my local dark sky tonight
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off to my local dark site tonight, into the mountains
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13mm ethos has landed
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5 mm and 6mm bgo,s incoming
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mirror is fitted and cell is perfect