DRT

And this also arrived last week... a 13" ADM Dual Saddle to give my Evo 150 a little less opportunity to wobble ?

I have wanted to try one of these for ages and finally cracked a couple of weeks ago. It should give me a wider field than my Pan 35mm in the C11.

If it truly is a keeper then those stars aren't going anywhere soon so you will just have to serve your punishment from the weather gods before being allowed to use such a wonderful new toy ? ...or drive to Scotland tomorrow ?

Congratulations, Dave, what a fantastic set-up Having personally witnessed your legendary ability to resist buying and selling astro equipment I am sure you will comply with all the pleas above to make this one a keeper I hope you get lots of enjoyment with it - the views should be superb!

Step away from the "Buy" button, DRT, step away...

Slangevar to that ? ?

Very nice, @Chris Lock, I'm particularly impressed that you have managed to train the Little Tikes car to look through the eyepiece!

Very nice, Gordon. I assume from the proportions that the previous bee in the bonnet was a solution to safely carrying a hip flask and a crystal glass up a hill?

I emailed FLO at the weekend to ask if they intend stocking the 102 F/13.5 - the reply today says that they are not intending deciding until they see some feedback from customers on SGL

Me neither, and having recently bought a new C5 I am very happy to know this ?

I said friendlier, you said warmer - tomaeto / tomato - lets call the whole thing off...

I wasn't wrong...

I think the problem with that, Chris, is that the order for many hundreds of these units would have gone to China many months ago and those plastic bits will currently be attached to OTAs in containers heading into the global supply chain. It is great to give the feedback, which is absolutely valid, but the supplier's ability to do anything about it will probably be severely limited. I just noticed that FLO and TH are not yet listing these scopes. It might be worth drawing their attention to this thread or sending them your thoughts on the 90L as it might influence whether or not they want to stock it, or at least how they choose to market it. A disgruntled end customer is one thing - a couple of top end retailers unwilling to stock your product is quite a different proposition

I've just had a look on the Bresser website and the 102L seems to be a completely different animal to the 90L. No plastic bits, a decent looking 2" R&P focuser (looks better than the one they supply on the 127 and 152 AR models) and a similar cradle to the one that was on my 127L AR. €259 doesn't feel like a lot of money for that, particularly if the lens is as good as the one they fit to the 127L.

That reads like an automated response, Chris, so I suspect it is simply their way of informing everyone in their email queue that they are closed for Easter. I think you'd get a similar message (perhaps with slightly friendlier wording) from most retailers at the moment. I'm sure they will sort you out with a refund - if nothing else you have distance selling regulations on your side so you have 14 days to return it without cause providing it is in mint condition and in the original packaging. On the subject of the clamshell v rings, I think most of the scopes from four or five decades ago that this is trying to emulate would have had a clamshell very similar in size to the one on this scope. Perhaps the choice was more to do with the retro look rather than practicality and ease of use? Best of luck

That looks great, Mark. Did they tell you what the problem was? Loving the red Moonlite! First time I've seen one fitted to the scope. Do you feel the upgrade is worth it?

I could do with 250 of those to give as gifts to everyone in our IT department

Sounds like it's time for a a Star Party at Paul's ? Lovely looking scope, Paul. By coincidence, I was the next owner of the Skylight 60 after Chris. A lovely little scope that has moved on to pastures new. I look forward to reading more about this monster. Derek

Thanks, Helen.

Happy Birthday to me...

A couple of Ebay items arrived recently as birthday presents to complete my travel kit...

All of those green and blacks on the right hand side look familiar to me

Thanks, Helen. I tried to contact the seller yesterday but no response yet

I get mine from here: http://www.allendale-stores.co.uk/cases-enclosures/aluminium-flight-cases.html

Put the pitchforks down lads, he isn't a witch after all