devdusty

Thanks for all your advice and comments. Will have to give this some thought over the next few days.

Chris P

Thanks for your reply LukeSkywatcher. I notice that problems with collimation  crop up frequently on the forum.

Also the Heritage 130P has a Red Dot finder which will be of limited use in my light polluted skies.

Chris P

Thanks for your advice Jetstream. Unfortunately a Go To mount is way beyond my budget. The SW heritage 130 P is just about within my means.

I note your comment about collimation. I did have a 90 mm   SW  refractory but never successfully lined up the finder with the telescope.

Chris P

Thanks for all your replies and comments. Great photo of your telescope Mark.

Unfortunately I have no practical skills so would not be able to make any adjustments as mentioned. Also  I doubt that I would be able to collimate it if necessary. I have a bortle 8 sky so what could I expect to see through it apart from the moon and bright planets.  I would like to see some of the colourful doubles in the night sky , but I can,t even see Albireo at mag 3.1 with the naked eye.! So presumably  deep sky objects are out of the question.

Chris P

Thanks for your reply Demonperformer. Does any member of the forum use a Skywatcher  Heritage 130 p flexitude.? Is it as good as the 5 star ratings promise.?

look forward to any comments. Thanks . 

Chris P

I am interested in buying the above mentioned telescope, as it appears to have 5 star reviews all the time. A couple of questions .As I live in a light polluted area and the telescope has an open tube surely stray light will affect the view. Also presumably you need to have a solid garden table to mount it on ,to ensure its stability.

Any comments or advice would be welcome.

Chris P