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It looks like I didn't Piero as I have just checked the 22mm Nagler and it comes out at 656 gms.........my apologies to Neil.....

Hi Neil, I have just parted with an APM 20mm 100 deg in favour of the 2" Nagler 22mm and the weight difference was 30 ounces to 24 ounces for the Nagler 22mm . I weighed them both.

Funny you should say that John. I had the 20mm 100 deg eyepiece for several weeks and used it quite often. No complaints, a fine eyepiece but ultimately I could not quite take to it much as I didn't the 13mm Ethos seven or so years ago. I now have a Nagler 22mm by exchange on this forum and here I'll stick...

I have had the service back for a couple of hours but still it fails at odd times, briefly.

Seems to be down again. I know that they had a hosting problem last week and was down for at least a day. Anyone else not able to access it at the moment?

Superb images, thank you. I wish I could have seen it..

4x binoviewing pairs 1x 2" widefield 82 deg 1x 7.7-15.4 mm zoom 1x 3-8mm zoom 1x 7-21mm zoom Three or four inexpensive eyepieces for outreach in a separate small case. For a long time I had 20 to 30 eyepieces which included Orthoscopic pairs but with advancing years eye relief has dictated which eyepieces are to be used. Instead of three hard cases I now have just one and a couple of small Vixen cases/ shells with the zooms and a barlow......

Great job Harry, last forever now ... When it is all varnished it will look awesome, so show us the finished product please.

What a cracking job there John, excellent.

Well said.

Hi Neil, After our discussion on the riser for the Berlebach Castor, I thought of you when I saw this up for sale, and I am pleased that you got it. What a result.....

Very nice Dave, I feel much better now.....

Not particularly early publications, The Mysterious Universe being 1931 , but I have had these three since the early 1960's when my interest in Astronomy began.

Yep, bino and 13 Naglers for me also Mark , on Lunar and planetry, the perfect combination in my scopes.

I use the Baader clicklock and Baader Zeiss T2 prism diagonals in my refractors, for the best image I can get, and wrestle with Lunar orientation...

Fine sketches Joe , well done,,,,,

So far Al, so far.....🤞😂

Thanks Joe. Your payment to me for the Berlebach Nix II , of course, went into the ' pot ' to purchase the Vixen 115....

My collection at PAS , of a beautiful Vixen SD115S means that I am done, happy, and contented, for sure, and for the rest of my natural etc,etc At the moment I still have my ED103S and felt the same with that, but I was always aware of the bigger sibling. I had a hand in Dave's ( F15 Rules ) acquisition of his , quite without knowing it, and he has reciprocated because he had suggested how good it would be to find a discounted one at the show. On the strength of that I rang Bresser and asked and to my amazement they did, at a tremendous discount. They are both in perfect balance and a spell of decent sky will allow me to align them accurately. Dave liked it, even the ' blingy thingy ' on the Vixen, he said , but I like red, my car is red, unfortunately not a ferrari red ferrari....🤣

Perfectly correct ,but... Ferrari red Ferraris don't go any faster than other colours either but if I could afford one that's the colour for me....

Thanks Paul I appreciate your comment and it was a great shame you couldn't make it, but one of these days. It is a lovely scope and I count myself fortunate to have got it , but the reality is that I almost certainly see no more than you do with your scopes. Take care

Super image, just beautiful...

Thanks Mike. My concerns about it not being stark white but creamy , something I have not seen before on a Vixen, do not matter because there will be none of the original accessories on it.

This has been used only briefly as a demonstrator, but looks and feels as new as a...... well ,new one, and at 25% discount I am very happy. It came in its original box with all the accessories which I don't want so will be selling in due course. It has certainly lifted what was a disappointing show. Meeting up again with Mike , Alan, and Ed made it worthwhile, as did the Rowan boys Derek and Dave. The Feathertouch of course was on my ED103 and swapping focusers was the first thing I did once home.

I'll be there , I have to collect something...