andyman

Cheers fellas ....as for patience its not my best asset lol

As others have said go for the dob ..250 PX flextube easy to store easy to transport and biggest bang for your buck ..simples

You say you've not got room for 10 inch dob lol...you can get the 250px flextube ..easy to store easy to transport and will give you the biggest bang for your buck

I'm not a new member ..I used to be on here a few years ago but got fed up with cloudy skies and threw teddy out of cot and flogged everything lol....just thought I'd pop back and get the juices flowing again ..there might be a another scope in the pipeline now I've calmed down lol....anyways I hope your all well and getting clear skies 

Briefly is the word... Terrible conditions last few days here in London. But just had it barlowed on the 12" dob pointed at Saturn. Colour and banding, shadows and gaps... Shame the clouds only gave me a few minutes of observing!

When you manage to put it through its paces you wont be disappointed....good choice and a excellent eyepiece

Exellent thread qualia so many people will benefit from this as stated in a earlier post it should be in a book  

The Baader laser collimator is not symmetrical - not so easy to make a jig for it, unfortunately.

yes your right but managed to do its a bit fiddly but doable another way is popp it in eyepiece holder bypass the secondary so it shines on to a wall and turn the collimater

put it on a jig and test on a wall about 15 feet away if the dot stays central its ok if it moves send it back thats what i did with mine luckily it was fine

great site only been on a couple of days advice has been amazing great set of people going out of their way to help others