graham56

yes that's the right size, Iam making mine from spares in my bits and bobs box, here's my eyepiece made from 35mm bino ,s

yes it is good fun , i have just picked up 2, 7x 35 binos about to turn them into a eyepiece . my personnel eyepiece collection is there abouts complete (50) and yes acquiring . the lenses is easy, sourcing. eyepiece barrels isnt.

its similar to a 56mm a meade 56mm smothside plossl i once owned but with better eyeplacement , the other eye lens off the bins make good 1/1"4 eyepieces a lot better than entry level eyepieces supplied with entry level telescopes. and yes l have only tried it in my tak fs60c which it performed very well i have a lot off better telescopes to try it in soon will keep you posted.

more mods now added baader sky surfer 5 ,get close with red dot ,puts it in right angle finder.

yes it does work remarkably well its made with , 4 50mm objectives from 2 pairs off 10x 50 binoculars off ebay (£35) the casing was made by in my fab shop (sheet metal worker by trade), so it functions greats and looks good its even threaded for 2" filters

decided to swap my finder for a right angle 50mm one , the f50 sparrow hawk ,this is a fantastic finder / refractor its happy with 3/6 nag zoom (33-66 mag) or the other end 35 ultima (5.7-mag) the rectile eyepiece 23mm produces 8.69 mag 7deg field there is a in depth review on astromart under refractors ,f50 nano refractor.

yes it was done me, as well as the color to match the finder to the mewlon . the beauty off that finder it takes any 1" 1/4 eyepiece works great with a 24 pan. 30mm ultima , but i use it with 23mm rectile eyepiece off my stellarvue sparrow hawk

ed ting said it s one off the 5 scopes he regrets ,i love mine , my back love.s the right angle finder the finder handle now resides in the bit and bobs box and considering my mewlon is a keeper thats where it will stay

well i finally changed the finder on my tak mewlon, love the original, but didn't. like the cricked neck, was quite easy to do replaced with right angled 80mm finder

i had a go the red henry way 4 50mm achromats , super sharp to 95% off the field , produces 5 deg field in a tak fs60c

what would be nice is a up to date Burnam's celestial hand book with j2050 coordinates. produced in 3 volumes all at once now that would be something worth buying it hasn't being. updated since 1976

now they are less excecible think iam going to give up on the annals, 9 years to get 8 volumes, my patience has run out.i estimate another 20 years for the set ,no thanks

purchased mine from telescope express germany ,but remember you get charged vat and import duties about £75 ontop

wasn't quite sure. where to post this so where are astronomer's sourcing the annals' off the deep sky now ,flo are no longer being supplied , are you importing and if so what the cost and time

was 41 now 49 dont ask