brantuk
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Congrats Rez - you won't be disappointed with the views I guarantee. Do let me know how you get on with it - if I can be any help just ask :) -
Hi Rez - it came with the scope - it reminds me of a showercap (which of course would do the job) :)
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Thanks for the kind comments folks and sorry I didn't see your messages till now. The legs are adjustable and they were made for me by a friend with welding kit. Unfortunately he no longer has the welder. The "Goto" was added from a Skywatcher AZ GOTO mount that I purchased for £190. The handsets from both scopes were interchangeable, so it left me with a tracking AZ mount and handset to offset the expense. I prefer right angle finders and the one displayed is an Orion 9x50 Correct image version. With the "goto" though it hardly gets used. The shroud was ordered through Harrisons. On a clear night the views of M42 in a 12mm hyperion are awesome at our dark site :)
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From the album: Telescopes
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From the album: Telescopes
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
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Hi Adamski - welcome to SGL. You have the exact same scope I started with 3yrs ago. It's a smashing little scope and you should get several years of viewing pleasure from it. Feel free to pop any questions you have in the Beginners Help section in the main forum - someone is sure to answer you soon :)
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From the album: Telescopes
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From the album: Telescopes
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From the album: Telescopes
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Earlier years at Kelling Heath
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From the album: Kelling Misc
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From the album: Kelling Misc
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Sounds like you are well on the way - welcome to SGL :) Feel free to ask any questions in the Beginners Advice section on the main forum. Someone is bound to answer soon :)
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IC434 and M42 19x240 310111 Leitz Lens APO F3.4, Canon 350D, stacked in DSS, processed in PSCS
brantuk commented on Fay's gallery image in Member's Album
Smashing shot there Fay :) Was that guided with Phd/Spc? -
Hi Garry Just a quick bit of advice. You may get more responses sooner if you start a thread with your question in the Beginners Help section or Equipment Help section. I'm not familiar with EQmod or I try to help :)
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Hi Apollo - try putting a question in the "Beginners Help" section and you may get responses a bit quicker. The 6SE is a very nice scope - the Celestron optics are superb and the tracking usually spot on. Very nice gift you have there. To test the collimation, focus on a bright star. Then defocus one way slowly then the other. You should see perfectly concentric circles of light in both directions. If so then the scope is well collimated. If not then collimation is required. Do the secondary first (Bobs knobs are usefull for cassegrains), then do the primary. Look in the Primers and Tutorials section for Astrobaby's collimation guide. The principles described apply to all reflectors. Hope that helps :)
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Can't help with the repair as I've no experience of doing that. However if you put your question in the main forum under "Beginners Help" (just under the "welcome" section) you should get a faster response :)
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
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From the album: Photography
