wookie1965

Made a solar filter for my Celestron 120mm Omni XL T works pretty well. 

25mm,18mm BST'S Vixen 102M, Herschel wedge, variable polarising filter and S21. 

18 minutes ago, kev said:

Nicely done

ive had my sp 102m since i was 19. I have intention of ever getting rid of it.   I find it so easy to use.  

has yours got the 1.25" focuser on it?

7 hours ago, mapstar said:

I'm good cheers. Not done much astro this year though which I'm looking to alter this autumn and winter.

Did Nick try getting in touch with admin? I had a few problems getting back on but the admin managed to sort it 

As far as I know he tried everything, I had trouble something to do with dns server had to do a couple of things I read on the internet.

A warm welcome to SGL 

40 minutes ago, mapstar said:

Ah there you are.

Sorry paul off topic.

Was wondering where you'd  disappeared to Nick. 

Nick could not log in after they changed the way you log in so had to make a new profile which was a shame, hope you are keeping well.

I have asked the same thing for my Vixen 102M 

1 hour ago, whooshbang said:

I could probably whip something up but would need a drawing from you with dimensions.

That's brilliant I'm just out at my mums atthe moment I will take measurements and do a drawing when I get back thank you so much. 

Sorry to jump on this thread would someone be able to make a adapter plate to put a Celestron 120mm focuser on a vixen 102m. There is no screw thread just needs 3 holes 120° apart on each side and would not have to be big just enough to fit inside the vixen tube and over the Celestron focuser. 

I defocus so I get a bigger surface area to centre the star makes it much easier. 

A warm welcome to SGL 

Does anyone know of a 2" focuser that will fit this scope please. 

I got these yesterday about 12.30pm. 

I can only view the sun until about 4pm then it goes over the roof of my house and as it was chucking down nearly all day, break in the cloud came about an hour ago. 

Got two sets of doublets care of Linton (Iguise) cannot thank him enough. The thicker pair fit in the cell of the vixen 102M, tried them just across the road and they focus cannot wait try them either on the sun or at night. Unfortunately I put the thicker of the doublets in the scope on first look it focussed on the roof across the road when trying it with solar could not focus on the sun.

Shame I'm not a member would of loved to see that, can I buy a day pass please 😁

14 minutes ago, Neil H said:

Can you guys answer this I level it , then later it will ask me to level it ? I have not moved it still as it was last time I levelled it 

I even recalibrate the level sensor and it was reading 0.0 then 5 mins later if asked me to level it ?

https://www.365astronomy.com/365astrobits-precision-tripod-level-adjuster-(metal-leveling-base)-for-seestar?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsPCyBhD4ARIsAPaaRf2WzW4BXHc1p_QV5MUdfZlCasXp03jgexKrKiIYeEVnKjZTa_4T2ekaAkAlEALw_wcB

Would it be worth buying one of these. 

Cloudy here. 

Here is my Tal 100rs

Brilliant the Ring Nebula is one of my favourites one of the first objects I found with my first scope.

I am sorted now you have to import them on a pc with your phone plugged in. You have to put the files in a folder in the app itself. Android/data/com.simulationcurriculum.skysafari6pro/files/Observing Lists

Obviously it will say whichever version you have mine had 7plus.

10 minutes ago, Knighty2112 said:

Check out Skysafari Community Support pages to see if there is any help on there.

https://support.simulationcurriculum.com/hc/en-us/community/topics
 

Just put a post on there thank you very much appreciate your help.

37 minutes ago, josefk said:

I think @wookie1965 and IIRC you simply click each file in your downloads folder and it opens in SkySafari. Once it’s opened in sky safari it is retained in sky safari. It’s been a while since I imported a list “from the wild” so I may have misremembered. Will check shortly. 
 

Later: yep - looks like I remembered correctly. 

Thanks just tried and getting this notification. There is Sky safari and it works very strange. 

I have just bought sky safari plus and want to add some of these lists unfortunately when I download them they go in my download folder and don't go into sky safari can any help me with what to do please. 

Nice Skywatcher dual speed focuser care of Martin (Budgie1) thank you fits the Celestron 120mm like a glove.