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Ratlet

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Ratlet last won the day on February 27

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  1. Slightly off topic, but how are you powering the camera and getting Nina to control it? I tried before with a dummy power pack and it just kept stopping taking images after a short while.
  2. Nice looking bit of kit. Really like the design of the clutch.
  3. It's fantastic on the moon imho. I can only compare it to my 8mm BST and X2 Barlow, but I've found the contrast to be much better on bright targets with the svbony. Also very nice just tweaking the zoom to the right level for the seeing. Not parfocal but for me it's a minor change between powers and in the sort of region where I'm usually fidgeting with my focus anyway. It pairs well with the moveshootmove mobile phone holder for some imaging/streaming. Just remember to adjust the phone position as you adjust the power. I've popped my phone out of the holder more than once.
  4. Not enough InFocus or outfocus?
  5. Is it just the thumb screws that it'll hit? If you know the thread type and screw length I can have a look in my bit box. Got some knurled thumb screws that might be shorter and work for avoiding collision.
  6. You are far more sensible at this than I was with my Tair 3. I didn't think to mark the lenses. I've got everything crossed for you mate.
  7. I rest my case your honour. Mind you I think I was pretty lucky that the 102 came up second hand so I'll not moan too loudly.
  8. I think the Megrez 90 has fpl-53 Vs fpl-51 in the long perng. At least I hope that's the case lol. I don't even know if it'll make a difference for me with the glass as I don't think I'm massively sensitive to CA, it's just an abundance of caution because I've found with observing that once you can see something when observing it becomes easier. I did have a long hard look at the LP90 and came close but at the time decided not to. The main driver of the 102ed purchase was a good price in the classified and having some money to buy it.
  9. From memory my last order came through from evri and it didn't really update until it had basically arrived. My recent order was received by the on 06/03, no updates since. Fortunately the weather is rubbish and I'm working.
  10. Megrez 90. I know the 102ed is a great compliment to the 10" Dob but the Megrez would have the edge for grab and go. Unfortunately they are like hens teeth. Maybe a swap advert is required lol.
  11. I was an early adopter of the 3-8mm so I took a punt on their 2" sv223 click lock diagonal and the aluminium carry handle and finder bracket instead. Will be interesting to see how it goes, although at the moment my 102ed is fitted with a 1.25" circle T prism diagonal so I'm hopeful it will be an improvement.
  12. I was an early adopter so I took a punt on their 2" click lock diagonal and the aluminium carry handle instead. Will be interesting to see how it goes, although at the moment my 102ed is fitted with a 1.25" circle T prism diagonal so I'm hopeful it will be an improvement.
  13. If anyone me has been given the royalmail website and a tracking number that doesn't work on it, this works instead: https://t.17track.net/ I ordered stuff from them ages ago and that was the original site they sent then. Although thinking back to it I don't think it updates very often so it's not a great deal of use other than to know that it has actually been shipped.
  14. 5, not including vintage lenses. 10" Stellalyra Dob, ST80, 102 ED/F7. Those I'm keeping. Also got a Celesteon LT80 which I need to give to a mate who's daughter has expressed an interest and has bortle 2 skies. And a 130pds which has performed spectacularly for the last 2 years, but has been superceded by the 102ED. It'll need to go for sale but, believe it or not, it was my dream scope lol. Maybe I'll try and build a pocket dob with it.
  15. Have a look for others raw data that has been uploaded and practice your processing. If you've got vintage lenses I could stick some of my data up, though be warned some is pretty bad lol. I'm currently playing with an online Arduino emulator as I wish to build an autofocusser for my scope. The instructions are pretty bullet proof but I prefer to understand what's going on in the background. So far I've made a simulated led flash...
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