wookie1965

I'm visual only I point the north leg by eye level the tripod put the mount on then polar align only needs a tweak. Load the scope and weights check polar alignment again usually needs another tweak then I'm ready usually accurate for the session.

I wonder if you sold the scope would the person buying it have to use the sellers email to input the code or could they register with celestron to get a new code.

Wish I had a dark place to go to an hour away and some observation friends to go to.

I have flocked 3 scopes 6" a 8" and now the 10" so I am well practiced 😁

I flocked my 10" Celestron Starsense before Christmas easier than I thought. I took the mirror cell out and flicked right up the the spider. Only took 20ins.

I used to leave the front cover and the eyepiece insert off for a couple of hours after I brought the scope in and laid it horizontal just in case as PeterStudz says the warmth produces any dew.

I made a dew shield out of a camping mat and some plastic sheeting glued together I never had a problem with dew.

Tal 100rs, Celestron zoom, polarising filter and S21

If you fancy coming to mine you can try my eyepieces in your scope before you buy.

If you need anything else just ask and I am in St.Helens if you need hands on help.

My first scope was the 150p I got BST 8mm, 15mm and 25mm eyepieces. I could easily see the rings of Saturn I saw the red spot on Jupiter and I saw the E and F stars in the Trapezium on a very cold clear night in December many years ago. The ring nebula and M13 Hercules cluster looked superb.

They strip it down replace bearings if needed, regrease it with better stuff then put it together and fettle it so there is no backlash as much as possible. cost me I think £130

Home bargains sell feet warmers and hsndwarmers, the feet ones are very thin stick them to your feet they keep your feet really warm. I tuck a hand warmer in each glove. I wear a hat and a neck warmer there are things called skins my granddaughter wears them to play football. They are close fitting I wear one then a long leaved T Shirt and a quilted coat. I use long John's and linen leggings I find they are warmer than jeans. I have insulated boots (go outdoors) £35 and heat holder socks. I am toasty then, a good flask of tea or coffee doesn't go amiss.

I used it on my EQ5 Pro goto it worked really well although I use android I believe it can be a bit tricky with ios. I had to tell my phone to forget my home wifi as your phone searches for strongest signal the dongle kept dropping from the mount until I did the forget the wifi then it worked brilliant. I went back to the handset as my mount wasn't that accurate, I sent it away to be tuned and actually forgot about the dongle until a friend mentioned it so sold it to him.

Cheers for that appreciate your help I would never of thought about spindle size.

I put one of these on a Skywatcher 200p many years ago I have a Celestron 10" Starsense now and would like to know if this would fit, from looking at the focuser it does look like a Crayford focuser just want to make sure before I get one.

Brilliant John I'm hoping to get out Wednesday night but I doubt I will get views like these with my 4" Refractor.

I regret buying the 10" celestron starsense its too heavy for me with my spine. I have had it up for sale for months I'm going to use the money for a easier mount something like a Ioptron AZ pro I believe I can make it fit my EQ5 extension tube so I can easily use my F10 refractors. Once I have saved up I will look for a carbon fibre tripod with a extension.

Tal 100rs, Herschel Wedge, Polarising Filter, Celestron zoom and a S21

Nice one Neil now collimate my Tal

A warm welcome back to SGL

I am going to try my best to get there would love to meet up with people, says 2.5hrs drive to get there.

A warm welcome to SGL

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I used this when the rings were to big for my 5" Refractor You can get non adhesive ones.