Tyson M

I think you own some of the finest telescopes ever made. I want to buy one of those 130 F9.2's some day when I am done school. Also the APM 100mm F8

I have one of these scopes coming to me I had an ST120 and thought it was okay, but left a lot to be desired. I am trying my hand at this larger, better quality one strictly for deep sky. I am stoked.

That is beautifully constructed. I like the upper tube assembly.

Here are my contributions. SV80L doing solar work My SW120ED Here both of them are together:

That is absolutely beautiful!! I'm so jealous, I have always wanted that Istar. Perfect mount for it too.

Very nice!

Well said. This has been exactly my experience as well.

My 8" Orion Xt8 plus dob with moonlight is a joy to use as well. Jupiter indeed shows a wealth of detail some nights like you mentioned, that are mere glimps in smaller refractors. More often then not though, I pull out the refractors for convenience. The dob is a good tool to have when you have more time observing.

Any pictures of the new set up!? Sounds like an impressive scope.

That is absolutely beautiful. I love that scope set up.

Why don't you make a dob mount for it? That's what I always thought would be killer on these large mak newts.

I have an 8" with moonlight and still find myself using my refractors more because of its bulk. I am going through this same dilemma. I think I am going to buy a TS152 F5.9 achro some day to try it out on an alt az mount, although I can see that the newt appears to be superior in almost every way.

Thanks Pete. Not much happening in WL obviously but good to capture it nonetheless.

Good day fellow SGL members, I went out today with the AT60ED and the Star Adventurer to image the sun. Visually there was no spots or faculae that I could see. I thought I saw one or two ultra tiny spots of AR12709 with the SV80L but I didnt see them while imaging with the AT60ED. Granulation still apparent. Best 15% of 5000 frames. FC, AS!3, ImPPG, Gimp

Can you give us a breakdown how you cleaned it effectively without introducing microscratches?