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Bresser AR127L is only 3mm smaller, the M27, M57 are superb through an SVBony 6mm eyepiece, globular clusters are also fabulous, similar views to my 12" dob on bright targets, I can detect clearly a 5th star in the Trapesium (M42) although not split cleanly do to either optic quality or seeing.

My choice... 2" diagonal for maybe if you wish to use 2" eyepieces in the future. Or Don't buy the 10mm Stellalyra and get the SVbony zoom now for double stars and planets Svbony SV215 Planetary Zoom Telescope Eyepiece 3-8mm, 1.25inches Parfocal 56 Degree Constant AFOV, for Short Focus Telescope OTA High Magnification Lunar Planetary Observations: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Thanks Steve, they are in my shopping cart, we have similar bins, I was going to text you but you just answered my question...

Celestron 102 SL is a better bet, very light and f/6.5 very little fringe colour, pick one up second hand for £100, love mine

CPC 800 and Eos adapter, back in the day (13+ years ago) the seller was aware of what I wanted to do but took my money regardless ... since then they are or have given the impression of being angels above others..

My Bresser 127L has a chunky glass and the tube is not exactly slim The ring nebula is superb through it as is Saturn...

@carastro images are superb with a Skywatcher ED 80 or 72, processing experience wins...

Warm welcome from me mate 👍

Dob + 17.5 Morpheus is superb isn't it!

Use a yard brush with an old towel over the bristles, turn yourself into a human tripod... works with my Helios 15x70's I can split Alberio with my 8x40 ED's showing colours nicely. I still need support to do it.

Gotta love Aldi and Lidl.. Bought a band saw, pillar drill & stick welder amongst a myriad of other tools ...

Tried a vernier gauge Steve? My dob was M4 35mm long, works a treat.. I bought these from Ali £6.97 delivered 3 weeks. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004072392997.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.543d5fc5xR0k5r&algo_pvid=ccb7b305-4194-40f9-8406-e4b9430a1c57&algo_exp_id=ccb7b305-4194-40f9-8406-e4b9430a1c57-0&pdp_npi=3%40dis!GBP!0.57!0.48!!!0.70!!%402100b5dc16887102784785943d0773!12000027945791773!sea!UK!0&curPageLogUid=W39BiiGJdc80

Good watching although you already may have seen it, if your starting out its worth a watch

Yes very! There is something extremely satisfying about achieving great results using poorer tools. My Bresser 127L achro has plenty of 'faults', some here scoff at the thought of owning one, however it splits doubles very well, shows extremely nice Luna detail, seeing permitting separates stars in M13 and similar globs, green shows in M57, various shades in M42 always 5 stars in the trapezium , dust around M45, in fact come to think of it I should use it more than the 12" dob as it is wonderful mounted on the Skytee with extension post! Adjustable lens cell if it ever needed it My Celestron 102/6.5 achro with 24mm UFF is fabulous for wide field sweeping, shows some nice star colour, North American nebula shows up nicely with an OIII filter & Maxvision 24/82 its massive! If out of collimation it can go in the for parts bin! 😉 I gave up checking in and out of focus star patterns, clear nights in Lancashire are too precious ! The 12" GSO dob is kept in cool garage attached to barrow handles, its just to convenient to wheel out, I can be up an running in 5 minutes that why its used most. But again, some would say the mirrors are tat! I thinks it brilliant at what it does.

Little weekend job I recently picked up a pair of Celestron Axiom 23mm 70 degree eyepieces one of which had a little fungus that was easily repaired using a mild solution of hydrogen peroxide and washing-up liquid, followed by a solution on optical wonder. The eyepieces didn’t come into focus on my Omegon binoculars due to the length being 3mm too long but thankfully the nose pieces can be removed, a few hours on the lathe and a pair of adapters made! Now these work wonderfully and I’m extremely happy with the result.

Hi from Preston, UK

StellaMira 80mm ED f/10 would be a killer on the Sun, doubles, planets and the Moon. Lost count how many times I've had the StellaMira 80mm ED f/10 or Starfield in my shopping cart 😁

And no wind 🙏

Interesting how you get on, as both this mount and scope is on my next purchase radar.

Thanks, I use a Nexus II on my son with Sky Safari and to move it to another mount would involve taking the encoders off the dob etc, it wasn't a rant about actual value, in this day of recycling and waste management it seems ridiculous to buy a telescope only to remove parts from and unwanted scope that will be in the skip within a short life. I'll buy one for my 90 degree bins and the (rest) scope will be given to child down the street, maybe it'll trigger an interest , maybe it won't. Thanks for the offer anyway 👍

Wonderful colour, don't leave out double stars with that big SCT!

Welcome home... 👍

I cannot believe Celestron doesn't offer this separately. Maybe it's because they offer it on their dobs. It would be interesting to know if they have a solid patent.

Hi from Preston!

Yes! Tony serviced my 28x110 Helios bins last month and my 15x70 Apollo's at Xmas, which I will be putting up for sale shortly, call him, he doesn't really do emails he's old school, and very busy with Zeiss bins as he's the preferred Zeiss optical engineer. Don't let that put you off price-wise, he's VERY reasonable. He will be very busy due to the twitching season..