Beulah

Moved to Supplier Reviews. Congratulations on your new scope, clear skies!

A belated thanks to Quatermass for this thread - I've been testing the limits of my new camera...

Don't knock the rain- we need it!

Shane,

Excellent work, you are very handy with the tools.

I am beginning to wonder whether to make a base like this for my dob, I am getting hacked off with the footprint of the circular base...

I've flashed mine using russ post - thanks and all seems good. Noticed price of cam has gone up on morgans WS

They're starting to run out of stock....

i have never been good at soldering... mutter mutter i wonder if i can fry a few LOL

I'm a bit "handy" with stuff.....is it a complicated task undertaking a long exposure mod?

Huh?

I got my second cam today - plugged it in to install the 880NC drivers, but it my PC decided to automatically install the 900NC drivers! Took all of ten seconds!

Nice one, how did you fix it? Or what did you do wrong

Got right up to the .BIN file load into the camera...but there are several websites out there that don't seem to have the correct drivers despite linking to them. (I had downloaded them when I bought the camera on Friday before Russ posted his tutorial) .

Russ' links are sound.

Yup, done it all, it's dead.

New one coming tommorow.

C'MON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got it working now as a 900NC.

:(

Yup, done it all, it's dead.

New one coming tommorow.

Phillips SPC880NC is now....dead, Jim...

It was OK on the installed drivers, did the flashing and it didn't work, black screen of death...

Yup, mine has arrive too. What on earth is Royal Mail up to?!

Flashing now, don't look....

Well, you can always buy from his website directly

Billet Parts / Vintage & Classic Spares

Meh!!! *slaps forehead*

Tell a lie, it was Pulsar Optical

Astro Engineering AC414s 1.25" low-profile nosepiece to webcam lens thread (ToUcam Pro SPC900NC)

Thanks mate, purchased.

Yesyes, I would have got it from Ebay, but I cannot be bothered to go through the rigmarole of signing up for the second time (long story)

I got it from Scopes n Skies as it was £6 cheaper than the AE one that FLO do!

Eddy

Link please? I ordered one but I think it's the wrong size

Oh ive got my nosepiece that came quick lol but its useless without something to attach it to! lol

Eddy

Where did you get your nosepiece from?

I've just ordered a second one...because I want to do the long exposure mod...

so im the only 1?! lmfao are they hating or what?! lol

Apparently it went out on Friday 10th aswell so should have been here today!

I ordered Friday, haven't got mine yet either.

I'll give it until tommorow and give them a ring.

They've taken payment, though...

You're heading for a knighthood Russ, the way things are going...

Thank you Beulah, John and Bender. I am still deliberating to be honest but I have now managed to sell my Skywatcher Explorer 150P.

I am assuming that pyrex mirrors are superior to standard but can't find any confirmation.

I can't wait to upgrade particularly as the arms of the milky way are spectacular at the moment when clear skies allow.

Pyrex is superior only because of the cool down prior to observing, and perhaps to some mirror grinders during fine polishing (heat transfer from hands can "deform" the plate glass mirror, so one has to wait for the glass to cool before the next stage); once Pyrex and Plate glass have both cooled down to optimum temperatures, there really is no difference to the image. Some say that Pyrex glass cools down 20% faster than plate glass.

I'm quite happy with plate glass, as once I lug the scope out, I usually faff about getting ready anyway, or spend time checking out the sky with a pair of binoculars - I'm in no rush.

In a way, aperture is more important to me...

There was a 300px solid tube I found advertised on the web...I don't know if they are produced any more in favour of the standard 300p...and why are the 250mm mirrors pyrex, and not the rest?

All the best with the planned increased aperture acquisition, Paul.

Upon further investigation, it does indeed look like the PX versions stand for Pyrex. I may be wrong though!

Good question, I'd like to know as well.

I was under the impression that all Skywatcher dob primaries were made of pyrex glass.

It's either true of there's a lot of astro-retail websites providing misinformation...

Once again though, thank you very much Colin!!!!!

.....I need that clearing up. I can not get my head around it.

Colin please help.....so is my up actually down....]

ROFLMAO

It's IAN!!! Not Colin!!!!

You guys are the best..I love this place...

oooooppppppppssssssss sorry Ian it was the lack of punctuation on my part.

colin (thats me )