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Roy Challen

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  1. The Baader adapter I had fits between the visual back and diagonal - see image below. The scope in the image is a 90mm but I believe the visual back is the same for the 127mm as well. I might be wrong on that though.
  2. I have no experience with Lunt scopes, I have a Daystar Solarscout. By far my favourite eyepiece in this is the Baader 32mm plossl, but I also liked the Vixen 30mm NPL - it just has more reflections than the Baader. I've also used a Televue 25mm plossl (didn't get on with it), Meade 26mm Series 4k plossl ( not that great but useable), Baader 18mm BCO (good in good seeing), and an ES 16mm 68° (good in good seeing). Hope that helps
  3. I agree with everything in your post except this. Baader sell an inexpensive compression ring adapter that screws directly on to this thread, making a much nicer way of holding the diagonal. Looks nicer too!
  4. I live in a large town centre, so pretty much any DSO is invisible to me. However, I go to Kazakhstan regularly and on one visit a few years ago, we went to a place that is truly remote. Such places ought to be Bortle 0. The Milky Way looks like thick cloud, you cannot clearly see constellations for the stars, and DSOs are no longer faint fuzzies! I saw the dust lane in M82 through 12x50 bins, with ease. Unforgettable.
  5. Can you believe it? Mention Starfire and one appears on ABS, a 152mm no less! I need to ban myself from looking.
  6. Agreed, much as I do love my Tak, it would be the first go in a forced cull. So on that note, I'd keep the Skylight and get an adapter made up for the Solarscout's quark enabling me to use it in the Skylight.😀 Actually, now that I've thought about it, that's a great idea. More resolution, more focal length, less telescopes😁
  7. I think this thread isn't so much about need as want!😉
  8. Depends on what you mean by budget. If I were 'allowed' to buy what I have funds for (aka life savings) the result would be very different from what I have...but I'm not saying I'm unhappy with what I have. On the dream list though: Tak frac 100-150mm, anything with LZOS lens, Zeiss APQ of any size. Wouldn't say no to AP Starfire either, or a Traveller, or...even a large Russian Mak. Any one of these would be perfect even if I only got to use it once a year in perfect conditions on my favourite targets.
  9. Daystar Solarscout, it's my most used scope and likely to remain so.
  10. Ought to be pretty good. I didn't know what the difference was between the 7E and the 8E, but the clue is in the name - 7E has seven elements in four groups, the 8E has eight in five groups.
  11. Just three refractors here; Takahashi FS60-CB, 76mm f/16+ Skylight achro, and my Daystar Solarscout which gets used the most. I don't think I need anything else...😉
  12. I have had two Hyperflex 7-21mm zooms, and personally, I think they are excellent value for money. Yes, they're a bit narrow, but that doesn't bother me at all. The eye relief is good (I currently don't wear glasses), and they perform well even at f/5.9
  13. That's great! I was expecting something barely visible and without colour.
  14. For what it's worth, the tuning knob was turned fully anticlockwise.
  15. Give it a go! At the end of the day, it is ine of the cheapest Ha scopes available (at least it was 3 years ago). As mentioned, I have not had any experience with any other Ha scopes, so mine may also be disappointing to someone else...but I'm happy with it.
  16. I wouldn't take a phone image through a Ha scope as any sign of quality. The view through it is far superior. For a start, the sun appears deep orange, not pink. But the level of detail and contrast through the eyepiece is totally different. The image is a crayon scribble compared to a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece!
  17. I've had it for three years now, and it has been my most used scope by far. If I were allowed just one scope, the Daystar would be it. There has been a lot of talk of the variable quality of the quark that goes into it, but as far as I am concerned, mine is good. I haven't looked through any others, or any other Ha scope for that matter, so nothing to compare it to. As an entry point to hydrogen alpha observating, I have no hesitation in recommending it.
  18. My EQ setup is about 18-19kg so needs both hands to lift, as I also need to move around the garden occasionally. But actually setting up and tracking is just as quick as alt-az. I was being slightly tongue in cheek, hence the smiley face😉. It's worth it as it allows high power tracking while using orthos, or other narrow field designs, even in strong winds.
  19. This is what I do, no faff at all. Some say a manual alt-az is less faffy, I disagree 😁. My EQ mount is much heavier though...
  20. I was a long time fan of the BCOs (still am really, and of orthos in general) but imo the SvBony 3-8 is better in every way. However, the 10 and 18mm BCOs are complementary to the zoom. I also particularly like the Baader 32mm plossl for low power and HA solar use.
  21. I'm guessing you're referring to this one, seen between 1-1:45pm.
  22. Daystar solarscout, Baader 32mm plossl, manual alt-az mount and my phone.
  23. Seen while dodging clouds, bright, very intricate details, rapidly changing. Well worth setting up for.
  24. I used to have a Zeiss 25mm Huygens, which I used to split the Double Double in my f/16+ Skylight. It only happened the once, in excellent seeing, transparency and close to the zenith. The view was so unbelievably sharp. Fantastic eyepiece - in that telescope.
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