johninderby

Heavan help you if you watch Taggart then. The quintessential Scottish crime series with its Glaswegian accent that many outside Scotland find difficult to understand,.

Unfortunately the “cure” has a habit of wearing off. 😁

I had the Bresser WiFi camera but wasn’t impressed at all. The WiFi was undependable and image quality poor.You would be far better off getting something like the ZWO 120 camera which is a proper camera even if it is the bottom of the ZWO range. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/zwo-cameras/zwo-asi120mc-s-usb-3-colour-camera.html For basic eyepieces such as you have linked to one these are a better buy. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/astro-essentials-eyepieces/astro-essentials-super-plossl-eyepiece.html Of course there are better eyepieces available from FLO but have a look at others on their site.

You should note that the eyepieces that come with most dobs are very low end cheap eyepieces and are the first thing most people replace with something better so don’t bother about how many eyepieces are included.

There is a very nice Bresser 6” dob ib the sales section.

An iPad comes in very handy. 🙂 Prefer it to a phone for running a planetarium app.,Of course will switch to the red screen when I do some proper observing.,

I remember attending one of James Burke’s lectures in Toronto many years ago. Very interesting and plenty of humourus anecdotes as well. A couple of hours well spent. 👍🏻

Jupiter was poor tonight. Not good seeing at all.

First thing have you collimated the scope?

First test of the Rowan AZ100 motor system. Worked rather well with nice accurate slews to targets. So quiet I didn’t notice any noise at all while slewing. Not going to br any problems annoying neighbours with operating noise. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

First test of the Rowan AZ100 motor system. Worked rather well with nice accurate slews to targets. So quiet I didn’t notice any noise at all while slewing. Not going to br any problems annoying neighbours with operating noise. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

And don't forget the Kendrick solar filters, again made using Baader film.

So many variables involved it is perhaps impossible to come up with a precise objective definition of many of the things discussed here so of course we fall back on the good old subjective opinion. 🤔 And yes if we all had identical eyeballs it would make things easier.

A claasic you say. 🤔

Further to the test I did it should be noted that the Carton optics are exceptional Japanese optics. As I pointed out not an all rounder but great at it’s speciality.

This is popular. A cheap foldable box to put your laptop in and keep the sun off the screen while observing. Makes a good sun hood when on it’s side. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/droena-box-black-30219281/

There should be a handset eventually. See below.

I did a head to head between my 100mm f/13 Carton and a WO FLT98 for planetary observing and the greater depth of field of the Carton made a real difference on Jupiter for example as the entire disk was in sharp focus whereas with the FLT98 it wasn’t. The Carton was simply the better planetary scope. The FLT98 was however a better all rounder even though it was beaten for planetary.

The Thousand Oaks glass filter are one of the best glass filters around and many do like them. The Baader film gives a brighter image though so the use of a variable polarising filter is recommended to allow you to adjust brightness to give the maximum detail depending on the seeing conditions. The Baader film is surprisingly tough. I have seen glass filters with scratches though so not sure if this is absolutely true. A solar continuum filter is recommended to give that last bit of detail.

The Baader film filters are the best of the front mounted solar filters. The problem with glass filters is proper optically flat glass is so expensive it’s not used in any of the glass filters. Funnily enough the glass filters scratch easily so not as long lasting as you might think.

Astrozap does a suitable filter.Also available from most US dealers. https://astrozap.com/collections/solar-filters

Ah a proper focuser. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

The 8” Classical Cassegrain. May or may not work out but was cheap enough. 🤔

The place I got it from is now out of stoc,k but this is the same fan. Cheap and cheerful so if it doesn’t work no great loss. 🙂 https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/BitFenix-Spectre-200mm-Fan-All-White_30354.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvPndlYjA9AIVh-vtCh3TsgXUEAQYASABEgIjHfD_BwE

Few bits & pieces. Cooling fan, self adhesive felt for relining tube rings and a Svbony helical focuser.