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I reckon it might work well in my 6" f11 1/10 PV newt. I presume in a newt you get the alignment along the axis of the scope. Might be a lot more experimentation with that scope!

Cheers John. Makes sense 👍

Does that mean that you have to readjust throughout the night with an eq mount but not an altaz?

For me it's about the joy of research and the joy of ownership and the joy of use. There's no issue with anyone buying anything as far as I am concerned as long as they don't over stretch themselves. The most worrying thing for me about the op is the sneaking around and what appears to be an element of deception which leads to feeling guilty. I would also feel like this but my wife and I get a small allowance every month from the family budget and we can spend that, birthday money, Christmas money, anniversary money, sale of kit funds etc with impunity. I still have kit worth a fair bit. My wife's has long gone on makeup, shoes and bags, many of which end up recycled. I also ignore the "I've had it ages" remarks when she wears a new pair of shoes. As far as I am concerned, "happy wife, happy life".

Funny how we start modding straight away! 😂 Here's my initial set up. Using things I had already. Baader 1.25" clicklock, Baader quick release clamp, 1.25" 2x Barlow element, 20mm TV Plossl. I think this will give about 180x in my 120 Equinox assuming 4x factor on the Barlow. Have lots of options eyepiece wise.

Also do some research on the size of planets in the eyepiece. Even with a top quality scope and at 150x Jupiter would be about the size of a 10p piece at arms length.

I'll be screwing a 1.25" nose into the 2" nose of my diagonal and the barlow element onto that. Not sure how it will affect the focal ratio/magnification though at this point.

Cheers. I only have the end element but will add to the nose of the diagonal or maybe not use it. Will do some trial and error 👍

My current thinking is Equinox 120 Baader Prism diagonal T2 quick changer female Baader quick change wedge Prism unit minus nosepiece 1.25" eyepiece holder 2x Barlow element screwed into 9mm Delite for 150x and 7mm for 192x or 6-3mm zoom (if I want to go mad) for 225-450x

Same for me John in terms of lots of T2 Baader stuff available. Hopefully mine will come tomorrow 👍

Cheers Michael. I did thankfully take the opportunity to see it on Saturday night but really would like to do a sketch and see it again 😊

Getting better and better Michael. Just wish I could see it !!☁🌧

It's probably correct but I don't see the point either. A 25mm Plossl would have more true field.

It's probably only really bought by professional OBS and people with £30k scopes, then it's a cheap part of the chain😵 Does anybody have any idea please how long the path is through the Altair or zwo units?

I must admit I find the images above about 200x start to get rather dark and I enjoy much more the views at 109-150x. E.g using my 120mm Equinox, the Baader Maxbrights and the 1.7x GPC I get (I assumed) 117x and 156x with the 20mm (TV Plossl) and 15mm (Panoptic) pairs. I find if I go to the 11mm pair (212x) it starts to darken a lot.

The prices of the others puts into perspective how amazingly affordable much great quality telescope gear is these days when you compare what you get for the price you get it for. And still we moan 😂😂

I just ordered the Altair one too. Will be interesting to see how well it works. If nothing else it will give me more impetus to observe!!

I have Maxbrights and generally use a quick connection system but my bvs just screw onto the male thread on the diagonal (mine is the prism one)

It's all part of the initiation process to see if you can stand hours in the cold staring at one object 😂😂

Ps anyone know if it adds much to the train? And what about binoviewer use?

I think I might get one. The Altair one does look fancy.

Would it improve low doubles like Sirius and Antares?

Back to mounts, I think that I'd keep away from a runaround slew.

Reminds me of the view I had of Zeta Herculis a while back. Great obs notes as always 👍

As daft AST it sounds, sometimes a different scope is cheaper than a set of new eyepieces trying to force a scope into a corner where it is not comfortable. Maybe a solution is more to be found in something like https://www.firstlightoptics.com/maksutov/skywatcher-skymax-127-ota.html