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I order a lot of stuff from E Bay. The amount of stuff I have received that is damaged beyond use.

I end up taking a picture & showing the seller. It then has to go back. I have had no problems

with goods ordered from Amazon.  Reluctant to order stuff off the Bay now. ?

On ‎27‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 19:30, thomasv said:

Is this a joke? Anyone willing to try, you'd be saving £1746, surely a no brainer 

 These adds are  getting  worse. RRP £1897.  I think they left

out of the picture , the scope it is attached to. 

1 hour ago, martinl said:

The alt bolts on my CG5 were so poor that one got permanently bent. I replaced them with some stainless steel threaded rod and a couple of thumb nuts off eBay. Works perfectly, and was a lot less than £25. 

That said, sending poorly designed products back might be the only way to make manufacturers realise that there is a problem. 

Same here. Replaced with M 10 bolts. I think the idea is to set the ALT adjustment with no load. That is what i did in the end. Just locked it all up  

@ 50 deg. Tracks ok . You have got to watch you don't strip the threads in the mount as well.  

All I got this morning was 6 , 2ft bungee straps. No astro goodies.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-mounts/skywatcher-az-eq6-mount.html

If your spending that type of money , I would go with something like this.

15 hours ago, Paul M said:

That's a nice looking set-up. Congratulations.

On the negative side, the colour of the sideboard clashes with the scope. It'll have to go!

Just how understanding is your wife?  

Is that the wife , or the scope , or both. 

That is very clever what U have done there. Problem solved. /baader-40mm-super-sky-surfer

This what I have just bought. Same alignment problem. Bit more adjustment on this though.

12 minutes ago, jambouk said:

Yeah but who wants a 12" scope when you can afford 14" one

James

 

Fare comment. £3.8k for an extra 2" is got to be a bargain.  Nice to have loads of dosh. Should be able to see loads more with a 14" than a 12" scope. .

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/edge-hd-series/celestron-edge-hd-series.html

That is a lot dosh. £2.5k difference between the C11HD & the C14HD. 

http://www.tringastro.co.uk/meade-lx200-acf-12-f10-telescope-8826-p.asp

This seems a very good buy , compared to the cost of that lot.

There is play in the bearing. It should not be

like that.  These come with a 2 year warranty.

It needs sorting out.  Leave it alone. Get in

touch with who U bought it off of. Not a cheap

bit of kit, to muck around with.

Steve.

I find I use mine more in the daytime, than at night.

They are great terrestrial   binos. I go to Beachy Head &

do a bit of ship watching, in the channel. The focusing

is a bit of a pain. The moon is amazing, through these.

Steve.

This is what I have done. The scope points East.

It cost less than £200 including decking.  It is a

2X2 meter gazebo ,which I  modified. All water

tight, & survived all the weather, we have just

had.  just an idea.

Steve.

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/dobsonians/sky-watcher-stargate-450p-truss-tube-dobsonian.html

3 minutes ago, laudropb said:

Certainly of much lower quality than you would expect for the price.

Not a cheap scope is it laudropb. 

Very interesting report. So its not all up &

running,  out of the box. Built to a price,

like every thing else, now days.

Steve.

Totally agree with PHIL 53, about seeing things with the  

8x50 finder, that U cannot see with the eyes.

Be lost with out it.

Steve.

A couple of picts of my bins.

Helios Apollo 22x85.

Steve.

http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/jmi-motofocus-for-celestron-cpc-800-cpc-925.html

I think I might be better off with something

 like this. I no it is a lot dearer.You pay for

what you get.

http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/motorized-focusing-units.html

Steve

Hi .What would be the cost of

something like this.

Steve.

Thanks for that.I bet it took a bit of

time to put all of that together.

Very good.

Steve

C8 would be even better than a 180 mm Mak - shorter and lighter

The f/l of the  Mac 180, is 2700, which  is nearly the

same as the C11. It means you don't need a

barlow for imaging.F15 against f10.Great for

planetry & lunar imaging.

Steve

Iv got the C11, & it is a bit of a lump to keep carting

about.I just do planetry & lunar.I wish I had gone for

this.http://www.firstlightoptics.com/maksutov/skywatcher-skymax-180-pro.html

I would get more use out of it.

Steve

Hi,iv gone totally over to mains supply for my scope.

The Due Heater really knocks the charge out of the

battery.When your out most of the night,the last thing

you want is a misted up scope.Mine is the C11,which

really seems to be a dew magnet.I have got the

Celestron 7amp Power Pack , which i use on the

4" refractor .Great, grab & go scope.

Steve.

I would like to say a big thank you to Berni at

Morern Astronomy .When i could no get my

IMG132E camera working ,he sorted it out,

over the phone.Your a star mate.

Steve:icon_salut: