fozzybear

Steve, Have a look on astroboot they still have some old WO 1.25" 2x Barlow and between 1.5 and 2 X and a cheap price maybe this could help? Williams Optics 3 element 1.25" Barlow nose-piece. This 2-power (2x) nose-piece Barlow allows you to double to power of your eyepieces when used with William Optics binoviewers. It also makes it easier to reach focus with most telescopes. It can be screwed onto 1.25" eyepieces as well as binoviewers. It fits all 1.25" standard filter threads and will provide around 1.5x to 2x magnification when screwed to eyepiece and camera nose-pieces. Features three elements, front filter thread, and edge-blackened lenses for superior contrast

it's alive great job

yep the OP needs to decide maybe go down the route of a 130pds but again a trackable mount for astro photo. one has to decide. visual or photo on a limited budget you cannot do both. Unless someone can come up with an alternative....

You will need a mount capable of tracking you are unable to track an item as it has no guiding capabilities in it's raw stage. As it has no motors manual control https://www.firstlightoptics.com/reflectors/skywatcher-explorer-200p-eq5.html?currency=1 maybe look at the SW ED80 or ED72 and a trackable mount if photo's are your ambition

please

After todays seminar on StarGaZine this thread will gain momemto on Affinity help

+1 just hit the button

Have ISS in my sights coming over from the west just below the moon and visible after that only an object coming from the south not dark enough here.

It's the retirement village for the wealthy

photoshop is great isn't it. Kidding of course it landed somewhere if it did on the barge then bullseye if in the sea who cares less debris in space... no doubt they will provide video later. but fantastic

i'll keep an eye out

on the second pass?

probably not

welcome to SGL you won't be disappointed any questions ask away Andy

If if you go down roberts route you will need 4 longer screws to replace the existing one's on the bottom of the focuser M3 I think but please check

Have you had a look a Robert Brown's sourceforge site https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/files/MOUNTING BRACKETS AND IDEAS/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduinoascomfocuserpro2diy/

What other goodies with the scope would I need was looking at the OVL flattener as a fair bit cheaper than the skywatcher one. Any pitfalls etc. greatly appreciated

Doug, Could you send me the link to have a look at Cheers Andy

she is only feeling generous because she has become a grandma..... and grandpa needs help albeit a lovely grand daughter if you get my jist ...

@Pixies Can you recommend a safe way to protect the mirror To protect the mirror wrap it in an accident bandage. the one with cotton wool layer then lint as wrapping or raid the wife's makeup stuff, and cover in "makeup remover pads" same stuff just don't scratch the secondary

Ok, I have a skywatcher 150PDS with Baader CC yet to be used in anger I am content with my efforts with 450D also a vintage Celestron C5 for planetary/Lunar visual Mount EQ5 with astroeq mod the question is the boss wants to get me a present for our 30th anniv. me looking at the SW 72ED as a reasonable scope and have seen good images from it. What say the members on SGL

they might have thought you won the lottery...…..

hammerite finish springs to mind ….. or kind of

that's what I love about SGL. members helping others and some not in it for the profit but helping others good on you @Oldfort

could you help or advise the poster on any other options?