garryblueboy

Hopefully the last 6” APO I’ll ever buy it sure is a beautiful scope

Had this about 7 months gives great wide field views

Here is mine

Having collected this Dream scope the APM LZOS 152 the day after my Holidays I’ve just got round to setting it up for a nice nights viewing as I have Monday off work I thought I’d have a nice session oh boy was I wrong clouds every where and I had all bases covered the vixen for nice wide field the APM for well everything and the Dob still hoping it clears before bedtime

Hi it was without Paracorr F5 and yes when moving up and down the collimation would drop out it was a 21 and 17 Ethos

My Current Dob is out side under a 365 supplied by FLO with scope and recommend I will obviously bring it in in the very bad weather but that’s just me it’s designed for harsh weather.

I to had A Sumerian 14” ultra light with Zambuto Quartz optics the build was very good and it was very light weight it did struggle with two things large heavy eyepieces like Ethos and the mirror sling made collimating very hit and miss also the flex in the truss poles made the issue problematic the Quartz mirror did cool down slightly quicker than previous Pyrex I had but that’s really due to the thickness As Piero says about the coma and use of Paracorr I have one for my now F4 but found it not necessary on the Zambuto

Hi thanks already comes with a shroud included a very good one at that Can’t wait hopefully tomorrow not bad out tonight but been a long day

Thanks Knobby it’s clouded over here typically

This fantastic scope was delivered by Grant from FLO few weeks ago before I went away on my holidays ive just got round to assembling it I must say it is a reasonable easy set up I managed on my own it would have been slightly better with two but it’s manageable on my own as it’s going to be semi permanent ie under a Tele gizmos 365 cover the build quality is quite good and probably one of the best stable Dobsonion scopes I’ve had it feels very secure and rigid the motor drives surprised me by being fairly quite and smooth in both Axis my GPS skywatcher mouse works as well so that’s a bonus collimating is very straightforward and made easy so now I wait for some clear nights to give this bad boy a run out

I have several of the oklop bags and they are great value I have one for my AZEQ6 GT mount head a tripod bag and weight bag

I have the 250 and it is my most used scope the views are stunning and cool down is a breeze also I love the electronic focuser on the 250

Shouldn’t you mean eye eye John

My two waiting for cool down and the darkness

I’m afraid that’s not possible as he’s had his Bobs Knobs removed and unable to collimate ?

Na it’s not a cat it’s a dog pretending to be a cat

The latest Refractor to join the stable and pleased I am

Hi Piero I’ve never come across any of the concerns you mentioned above with my Sumarian colimation holds really well and takes only minutes as for the dew with the shroud fitted its the same as any if not slightly better airflow with the two fans below the primary it works so well movement on theese scopes is a dream and they are very stable

A wise decision I’ve met Richard he’s a genuine guy and that scope in my opinion is the best value all round I don’t bother hiding I just suffer the looks and do you really need another scope good luck with 102 I’m sure you will be pleased and happy you chose it the focuser is the best part of the deal they are the best over priced but the Televue of Focusers ??

I think the point here is the focuser is top quality around £450 so a total of £600 including the scope is still a fair price for the quality no mater how old I paid over three times that for a 25 year old scope so age is no guide to quality having owned several of AA scopes including a TS 130 APO with 3.5 inch focuser there focuses are not on the same park as the feather touch and there’s a lot to be said of a quality focuser on a 4 inch at high mag just my pennies worth I know where I’d put my money

It still is available I took the add down after the usual of topic remarks etc but may be over the budget of the op but there no lighter 14” inch set up I know it’s lighter than an 8 inch Dob lol

No still have it sold the Tak

My addition

Is this better guys

Thanks guys see what you mean