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Brilliant book I have had it for years.
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Funny you should say that I've got a hoddie my mum has sewn extra to the hood using special material so it doesn't flop so I will try that. Although I've not been out since the 1st week in December weather has been awful, only clear night has been on a night when there has been a full moon. I am hoping to get to the PAS this year.
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I have been told I can split Tegmine with the vixen something I have not been able to do with the Tal if it does split that I will know what I will do.
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I was going to buy a lovely scope off a member here but this came up and with all the reviews I jumped at it, if it is as good as everything I have read I will sell my Tal. Should receive it in 3-8 days cannot wait what do people think.
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Those are really cracking drawings and mostly done with a 4" I'm bortle 8 so I doubt I will get all of them. I have had M42, M57. M13 was like a smudge and I couldn't even get M1.
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Be nice to see what they look like through a 4 or 5" Refractor obviously going to be smaller and from light polluted skies.
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My will to live.
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To be honest very easy I have had both my big toenails off the two toes next to them and now the middle toes, These were stinging a bit yesterday but are fine now I go back later to have them changed. I am not phased by needles at all you have two injections in each toe at the top to numb it and you need someone to take you and pick you up as if you have a crash you will not be covered by your insurance although that is in the UK not sure how it works in the USA.
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Hi 👋 newbie here
wookie1965 replied to Moonlightbaker's topic in Getting Started General Help and Advice
This piece needs to be attached you won't get a view without it. You can use either a 2" eyepiece or use a 2-1.25mm adapter like the one that is on. -
It made me get rid of my 10" Celestron Starsense as I couldn't see anything. Stick to my refractors at least they can punch through and I can get doubles and triples.
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Absolutely fantastic drawings, the spots are brought to life really brilliant.
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A warm welcome to SGL
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I have just got some pictures in my Tal 100rs with a Herschel wedge .
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Collimation confusion
wookie1965 replied to Kon's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
When I took my 10" apart to flock it I put a piece of electrical tape on the tube and the primary mirror cell. I had read you need to keep the mirror orientated the same way. Whether that is true or not I dont know but I did it anyway. -
A warm welcome to SGL and that was my first scope had a load of fun with that.
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Collimation confusion
wookie1965 replied to Kon's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Once the secondary is in place unless you drop or severely bang the tube you will not have to adjust it again, you will only need to tweak the primary. -
Collimation confusion
wookie1965 replied to Kon's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
https://web.archive.org/web/20200223041214/http://www.schlatter.org:80/Dad/Astronomy/collimate.htm I used this helped immensely. -
A warm welcome to SGL
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A friend asked could I make a Telrad heater had a look online for a few ideas came up with one using 3 22ohm 0.6w resistors in a U configuration and a 9v battery. I included a switch and a led so you cannot leave it on and run the battery down. It gets warm so just got to try it one night needs just a bit of glue to hold things in place and it's done. 20240221_112537.mp4
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I am 🤡 for not spotting that.
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