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    Juipter Last night.

    By Grotemobile,

    Equipment,30 year old Vixon 102mm f10 refactor.Took gear out in the & set it up in the garden about 1600.Went out about 1830 Gear swimming in in dew.Lined Juipter in guide scope.Could see nothing through 25mm EP.Guide scope has moved.I thought here we go again.Got this set up,can now see Juipter
    Mag is about 40.Put in 10mm.Lost Juipter
    again.Guide scope still not right.:evil6:Sorted this
    out & put in the 5.5 apogee EP .Screw in the Neodymium Filter.looking good.See bands of planet. Mag about 175.Having a job to manualy Track planet.So i dug out the mount controller.All connected ,tracking on 2x .Very misty & wet.No colour on the great one.See bands very clearly now.Wow, this is
    what is about .Spent about 30min tracking planet.This scope does come into its own in
    conditions like this.Back now killing me so i called it a day.It is wet out here.Im getting to old for this.Enjoyed it through.:headbang:
    Steve.
  2. Grotemobile
    I see that Flow are doing this scope for £1595.I always wanted a big Mac.Can any body tell me what this scope is like to live with.My set up at the moment is a Vixen 102mm F10 refactor & a 840 Tocam.This has done very well.I just use this for astro work.Light pollution is a problem were i live.What is the main problems with this type of scope.Is it easy to set up.I dont want spent all the evening just trying to get it working. Steve
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