boboco

A Happy Birthday indeed! Let us know what the UWA is like (I haven't seen many reviews for these skywatchers)

(Case looks neat too!)

Thanks, I will do, I have very high hopes for it (just hope they are not too high). Anyway predictable cloud and rain for the moment, so all I can do is dream.

Just got my birthday present .... Skywatcher 28mm UWA!! So feel like my case is ready for inspection.

These are all for use with a 14" f4.5 dob and give a range from about 200X down to 50x.

As a "bouncer" (I started, got very disappointed and stopped for a long time then got back in) I think there is one other very important resource which is missing for the person contemplating starting....

That is a single resource there a large number of objects are shown at different apertures and under different conditions. You can find web sites that compare some - but you have to hunt.

This will remove a lot of the initial disappointment that I encountered, and I am sure I was was not the only one, when I used my first scope - an etx-105.

I had carefully selected the 3rd largest scope from the line (avoiding the 125 as I was told it was heavy for mount).

While I knew it would not be hubble and was aware that it would not even live up to the photos on the box I was not prepared for the complete lack size and clarity and in many cases invisibility of the experience that greeted me.

I would probably have made a better first choice (though I still have the etx-105, its great for its purpose) if I had the knowledge before making the putchase.