Purplehayze104

well theres a good tutorial done by a woman on here called astrobaby its almost a walkthrou of how an what to do to the mount in step by step text an pictures, looks easy enuff to follow mite give it a try next spring/summer as will want it for the winter months ahead for hopefully a bit of AP.

is there any light maitenance that can be done to get rid of the grinding, for all you know somthing might be loose and it could be chewing up some worms or gears. { worst case scenario }

with the weather the way it is, I mite just have to do that no chance me getting out at the moment, will have a look maybe at weekend if get some time, am hopefully going to pick up my new fish tank saturday or sunday.

shouldnt think its to hard to put a peir in as long ya do a proper job an not cut corners, not a huge diy'er myself, an think landlord mite have summit to say. have been thinking bout a movable but think ill give the the HEQ5 a go first prolly be lighter to move, id love a roll off roof but dont think budget will stretch to one, was prolly gunna get a nice size shed run electric to it an use that as me base

Congrats! Best thing I can say about the Moonlite is I don't even notice it is there. I focus without thinking about it, it's just me and the stars :)

hi luke, that sounds like bliss :) also that's one of the reasons i've gone for it, looked at many others beforehand but kept coming back to the moonlite, the standard focuser on me 150P is a bit naff have to have it relatively tight when got me Canon on it so becomes a pain in the rectum trying to get good focus... hopefully be here tomorrow or Friday just in time to fix it on at weekend...

yer you should get down to one of there meets maybe someones got that kinda scope..catch ya later going to watch a movie.

its nice here today,sun is shining, birds are singing,i look forward to tonight to do some cloud watching.ha ha...

allo mate sounds like ya had a good one, hope ya ended up with a good evening too been a bit rotten here mostly heavy grey cloud, wind & occasional rain so been a bit of a fish day today lol, new 2.5 gal tank for my betta (siamease fighter) digging out my 54 litre tank an doing it marine.... should be interesting as never done it before but think im ready as done me homework.

oooo get out quick haha its blowing a gale here an cloud all the way

yer theres still cloud but its thin and patchy,i was just looking at orion ....

I'm forecast an hour of clear skies around 1... Do I stay up and risk tiredness tomorrow for a potential look at orion?

yeah there was a curved place but there was 2 flat ones, one slightly thicker that tother, guess need to get my 32 plossl out an my dslr & see if I can focus with them to decide which one to use, think itll be going on tonite prolly collimate tomorrow :D

best of luck mate,you get it sorted. i wish somebody would sort the clouds here 2 nights now ive setup with the sky looking hafe good then after a hour cool down i go out and wall to wall cloud...

yeah should be to much of a problem....famous last words hehe, been the opposite here been lovely clear skies but been blowing a gale plus still quite light even around 11 o clock roll on the longer nites

I will if you do, see who gets the cloud first ha !

I looked and saw a 2 hour window of clear. Didn't set up though - glad I didn't. High level cloud now coming in during the 'clear' spell.

That's me done not eventful at all almost was ready aaaaand.....clouds came in

well would like a bit of magnification for viewing planets, so maybe a Mak 127 or the TAL100RS have been reviewing both & seem to be pretty good for the money, am going to keep the same mount as do visual & imaging & cant afford much more at the moment

Hmmm if you already have a 150p (long focal, narrow field), I would suggest a wide field such as the ED80 or ED100.

well the 150P is an F5 scope only 750mm long, did look at the ED100 very nice scope bit pricy but not out of question

she does, I got it delivered to her works, ive just started new place of work an dint wanna risk having parcels delivered, hopefully she'll remember to bring it home :D

will you be fiting tonight?

prolly not tonite as popping over to see me mar an par for feed an water but if get chance will post a pic :D

In which case ask clearly for information not "What to buy" Have seen which eyepiece to buy quickly end up as Naglers/Delos. Make your own choices.

That's the trouble with this hobby!

haha ronin been down that route luckily i stopped before that purchase, i love this hobby but know wot you mean always something catching ya eye

good here too,scopes cooling.goodluck.

well seeing is really pants at the moment cant see nothing other than the brighter stars & winds gotten up since this afternoon tut

thay have woken up here,got a whole tribe of them inbetween me and sol.

haha im still in shock we have clear skies an still have mister sun beaming his face off

Don't wait for the weather to break before you come back else you might be looking at another significant Birthday! Have a good one.

haha well its not mine I past the 40 mark, this me best mates, but thank you it'll be a good one I'm sure, hopefully wont bring the storm back with me the North's getting at mo either.

sell the lunt and get a ED80 and solar filter, best of both worlds...

haha, have always wanted a ED80 actually, but I have a solar filter for the 150P & travelscope for some white light shots, was just thinking a bigish dobby mite give me better views for when I cant be bothered to set up for imaging, which seems to be more often than not, could be wrong but wouldn't be the first time.

Kidney john ha ha

haha noooo fear almost debating weather to get rid of me solar scope

my sky says maybe...

mine did again about 10.45 last nite tut, can tell its getting darker now too

never skip work, then you would not be able to afford all your shiny kit!

this is true, must have my shiney bits of kit

Nice choice, bet you cant wait!

to right, ive been looking at getting one of these for ages but never come across one for sale till recent

you cannot go wrong with moonlite,im saving up for one for my 200p,you will have to post some pics when you get it.

Nice!

Come back in the day and stay clear of the night!

arh yes got that wrong way round, ha doh!

450d are cheap enough and easy to mod your self

been looking at them & the 500D as has a better live veiw screen but 450 spose to have less noise

i think there £50 from scs astro ??

just kidding :)

oh the agony and torment, why are clouds so evil...

ooo... the amount of times I've had that thought :D

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Might get the bins out, and have a closer look :)