Dazzyt66

A great series of podcasts are Astronomy 161. They are actual course lectures from Professor Richard Pogge at Ohio State University in 2006. There are 47 episodes which talk you through Astronomy and our solar system. Great if you want academic background to our hobby ?

45 minutes ago, Chris Lock said:

There were a couple of Tal's briefly on Astroboot the other day. One was just £85, but the objective lens had a network of swirling micro scratches on the objective lens like someone had cleaned it with the scouring pad. Poor thing  

Seriously considered buying it but alas it was snapped up...

Here's my new baby... ST80 now known as Stacie....

All, I don't have a pic (yet) but am well on the path to a sw mak pro. Will this be a keeper (150p Dob and st80 at mo)?

Homemade base but proud!!

I would just add that the sketches are absolutely spot on. I saw M42 for the first time last night through my 150p and it was almost identical to the sketch at the start of this thread.

I was no way disappointed with that view - every night I view something new I am in awe of just how beautiful the sights can be even with a simple setup such as mine. [emoji3]