animaal

I put in an order to FLO for an OTA and a number of other components. I asked for and received advice from them beforehand. Everything arrived as hoped, no drama. Despite the correct advice FLO had given me before the order, I accidentally chose wrong Vixen clamps - they looked similar, but were the wrong size. However, as soon as I expressed confusion about getting things to fit together, FLO sorted me out. Top marks from me.

I made an order from Harrison Telescopes. Some time after submitting it, I realised that there was a small item that I had forgotten. It wouldn't have been worth paying postage for the small item by itself, so I sent a message asking if it was possible to add it to the order I'd already made. Ed replied immediately (on a Sunday!), inviting me to submit a new order, and telling me that he'd arrange for the two orders to be merged, and with only a single postage charge. Delivery was quick, and everything was handled as I was told. Top marks!

I have an Altair Astro 80mm Apo on order, and the matching 1.0x Planostar flattener too. The way it all hooks up seems to be: - The flattener screws onto the back of the focuser - The back of the flattener is threaded with M48, which screws into a M48/Canon adapter - The M48/Canon adapter screns into the DSLR. This all looks fine, since the flattener needs 55mm to the CCD, and the DSLR body (45mm) and M48/Canon adapter (10mm) provide this. But the question is - does anybody who owns this setup know if I can put a standard 2" filter anywhere into this train? It looks like there's no room between flattener and DSLR. And since the flattener isn't push-fit, I'm not sure there'll be an option to the front of it either. Thanks, Martin.