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Thanks Stu, I'm looking forward getting the Tak out, its been a while since I used it. Avtar

My Celestron NexYZ smartphone adapter arrived yesterday. Last night was cloudy so there didn't seem any prospect of trying out the NexYZ but when I looked out of the bedroom window I could see the Moon peeking out from a tiny gap in the clouds although there where still some wisps of cloud floating across it's face. I quickly grabbed my 102 mak which I keep mounted on a photo tripod in the study and pointed it at the moon through the closed window. Mounting my Xperia phone on the NexYZ and attaching it to the eyepiece was straight forward. the following pics were taken through a 24 Hyperion and a 17.5 Morpheus. there was more wispy cloud across the face of the Moon when it came to use the Morpheus. Soon after the Moon disappeared behind the clouds. I just used the auto setting on the phone as there was no time to try different settings because of the cloud. Avtar

Looking forward to taking some pics with my smart phone. Avtar

Yes it's a really lovely pair. This is a sketch I did about 3 years ago. Avtar

I have this scope, its great for lunar, planets and double stars. Mine only has a 1.25" focuser but still most of the open clusters fit into the view of a 24mm 68* eyepiece. Avtar

Thats exactly what it is. Avtar

Just had a quick look, yes one is with a 14" at 200x with OII filter and the other with a 27" at 172x with OII filter. They say all the sketches were made under moderately dark skies. The Deep sky guide consists of photos and sketches of deep sky objects and the page numbers correspond to the page numbers in the Deep sky atlas. Avtar

s I have not had a chance to look at it properly yet , I just took a few random pics with a smart phone. I will have a proper read over the next few days. Avtar

Me too

Arrived today ' Interstellarum Deep Sky Guide ' I already have the ' Intstellarum Deep Sky Atlas' both are the desk edition. Avtar

I'm hoping this is my final setup. Avtar

The latest incarnation of my 1.25" eyepiece case. Panoptic 24, Delos 14, 10, 6, Morpheus 17.5, 4.5 My minimalist set comprises 24 Pan, 18.2, 7 Delites and a 2x ES Barlow giving me 24, 18.2, 12, 9, 7, 3.5 Avtar

After the Morpheus 4.5 I received last week, today the 17.5. Avtar

This is a sketch I did about 5 years ago of the Alpha Persei cluster using 10x42 binoculars. Avtar

Clear here as well but seeing not so good, using my 6" f8 newt mars showed as gibbous but no detail just orange with a bit of white around one side. The eyepieces I used were 24 panoptic, 10, 6 delos and 4.5 morpheus. The Moon showed nice crisp detail and was best viewed in the 10 delos. I used my newly acquired 4.5 morpheus to look at some doubles including iota cas, almach, eta per, the double double and polaris. The thing that struck me most about this eyepiece was the contrast against a black background and the vivid colours of the stars, I'm really impressed with this eyepiece, will be getting the 17.5 next. Avtar