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Very nice, Garry. I'll be interested to hear what you think of the double stack as I have been contemplating one myself.

Some of us are just born talented, mate Obviously as a law abiding citizen I must condemn that behaviour. I don't remember ever breaking the speed limit on my bikes

Last time I got fined for that was 90 minutes after I drove one of these out the showroom in Edinburgh and got pulled over at Washington Services just past Newcastle But she was a thing of great beauty... She was my second Thunderace - I wrote the first one off at five days old driving through a rainstorm in Glen Coe That's why I now drive Dobs instead of motorbikes

Very nice, Mike So, which bike did you have W474 RVT attached to? (looks like a £60 fine for being under-sized to me )

That is a very nice set-up

Name it after your wife/girlfriend - then if you mumble it's name in your sleep you won't get in trouble

In recognition of the saga involving Orion perhaps her name should be Odyssey?

Ah, now I completely understand The 40mm was the fist TV Plossl I bought. I then completed the set and found out that the 32mm and 40mm have the same FOV so came to the conclusion that I had no use for the 40mm. It seems you are only part way down that road Both are great eyepieces, but I'm not sure why one would have both. The 32mm's are fantastic in binos, but you might want to consider the eyepiece extenders to give you a more comfortable eye placement

Very nice, Jules - I wish you many clear skies with her

I think that honour will have to go to @Moonshane and @Paul73 with their 16-inchers

WHAT!? An SGL star party with no Dob Mob? Have we somehow jumped into the Is There A Parallel Universe thread?

Sorry, Mark, I have just re-read my post from yesterday and I should have been clearer. I use a 2" TV Everbright diagonal with it and it is fine

Yes - from what I can tell it needs another two or three mm. It is actually the Baader wedge that is the problem as all my EPs work with the scope with a normal 2" diagonal.

@Stu asked me about using the AAS152 with a Baader wedge in a thread that I cannot find so I thought it best to post the answer here. The answer is that this scope and the Baader wedge produce absolutely stunning views of sun spots and surface detail. I need to try it side by side with my SW Evo 150 when I get home to be able to comment on which is best but from what I seen today there will not be much in it. The only downside for the 152 is that it does not allow me to use my E17 or E21 eyepieces, which are the workhorses in my Evo 150

Nice case Interesting that you have both the 32mm and 40mm TV Plossls given that they both give exactly the same field of view. Do you have particular uses for each of them?

I'm surprised it took so long at that price and in the condition described. Someone got a bargain.

Sorry, Mark

Sorry mate - no excuses are allowed. It's just too funny

Mark, I used binos with mine but it was with the Quark, which is also a barlow. I spent an hour looking through it last weekend under a very dark sky in Skye and I have to say it was stunning. I didn't go looking for doubles but I did look at a few clusters and the resolution was fantastic. There is one advertised on ABS UK right now - used three times and almost half price. If you go for it I could help with collection as it isn't far from me Derek

Not as much as it made the rest of us laugh picturing you standing there scratching your head looking for a star with that huge lump of glass covered with plywood

Of all the posts I have read on any subject on any forum I don't think I have read anything so obviously excited and enthusiastic from a grown man as the above post. Absolutely brilliant ...and leaving the lens cap on has now been taken to new proportions

Are you sure it wasn't just a reflection of your center spot

Looking great, Mike

So when can we expect to see the pictures of the fully assembled product? Remember not to get our hopes up by promising us a date and then not delivering on time

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