Alan White

Thanks chaps Indeed a more compact package with shorter eye relief, I am ok no glasses to 11mm or a bit, so either option works with my scope, but a change of scope and bigger exit pupil might change things. Hmmmm

Well having recently out of rosey memories I picked up a mint 11mm t6 Nagler. It was expected to be an oh well, rosey glow and then sell on moment, a weakness of purchasing as I wanted a lift, BUT... Having used this now, it flipping great and now has me again pondering the XW's as the Nagler is more compact and lighter, i could not really see any discernable difference in 10XW (which is my loved up eyepiece) and the 11t6, both sharp, both easy to get my eye settled. Now as the title says , 'That's put the Cat among the Pigeons!' Stick with what I have, having only just settled back down with the 7 and 5 XW, the 7mm new 35 days ago or so from @FLO or Do I throw it all back up in the air and sell the XW's again (regret it no doubt) and buy the Nagler t6 in 7 and 5 instead and love it. Oh I hate myself for putting myself in this situation, I must stop looking at for sale adverts. Please feel free to throw comments, jokes at my expense etc. into the thread.

Picking up on previous comments om Astigmatism in your eyes, Only at a certain exit pupil does the astigmatism show in the view, the bigger the exit pupil the worse it looks. TeleVue have a chart to show this. I have astigmatism at 0.75 in one eye and 1.00 in the other, so 2mm and above exit pupil and I get funky off shaped stars, doubles cannot be seen at some exit pupils without corrective lenses. I wear my glasses, have an observing pair for the job.

Nice end result for a £4 bit of fun, bet it ended up costing you more than that though in reality. Sometimes old simple lenses can be real gems and generaly just fun, I have an old 50mm Fuji that gives really funky Bokeh in terestrial use, its brilliant fun hunting suitable subjects.

Mind you if he has to clean his mirror it's a bit of a trip outside.....

I bet he gets 365 days without cloud as well lucky fella!

Oh no, not the Vibration Pads, you needed the Anti version 😉 🤣 Sorry I could not resist. Good purchase, be interested in how they work.

Lucky you getting a gap in the cloud yesterday. Thanks for sharing the image, brings a smile that someone got to look out of the cloud.

I have no idea about the science time line, but 2000 years is but a blink of the eye in the Cosmos, So somehow I have my doubts on this finding based on gut instinct. Clearly the data set of two observers feels unreliable to add to my reasoning. Clearly I could be way off the mark through ignorance.

How about dark skies nearer to home, The South Downs for instance or North Norfolk? Just a thought. Lake District etc. has Lakes for a reason, the water fall from the sky regularly.

Oh bless, its shaking with excitement about its arrival to you 😉 Nice addition, look forward to a family portrait when the are assembled together.

NIce to see images of what you have visually observed. Good old Sol is putting on a show for us Solar observers and imagers at the minute 😀 Thanks for sharing your fine images.

Nothing like a savoury pancake, Galletes in France if memory is correct, But as you say Strawberry and Lime Cider, just a step too far 😉 for me anyways,. Cheers, here's to a job well done 👍

Postman finally delivered a rcent purchse, had been stuck in Special Delivery land far longer than expected. Another olf ffriend EP returns for the minute, was curious to compare it to my XW's etc. Not trialled yet other than WL solar and all was good. The now discontnued Nagler t6 11mm, this one is truly a mint copy, nice 😃

I do the same for the same reasons and also same about the Scopes n Stuff fitting as well, if only a UK supplier held them @FLO

An Ethos Mr S , a new direction for you If memory serves me well, which often does not. What scope/s is this intended for may I ask?

For the Penguin if memory serves me correctly, the Mother Superior at the Childrens Home.

Nice arrival, very nice indeed, but I am a biased Vixen fan.

Welcome and Binoculars are a great way to start or even only astronomise. My used piece of kit is a pair of Binoculars 10 x50, in my case. You do have scopes and lot of other well loved and used kit, its a slippery slope this hobby. Anyway, welcome, ask questions, however silly you feel, we have all been new in the hobbya and we are all still learning. sharing information and techniques is one of the pleasures of the hobby.

Ok, not the last post, perhaps an AZ 75 owners thread is exactly what’s needed as asked…..

Good to see folks posting that the AZ75 are arriving and they like them so far, a relief after all the testing that went on. I am still using the test one set on my pier and it’s rock solid and still working flawlessly, you just use it and get on observing, which is what you want from a quality mount after all. I will make this my last post on the thread as it’s no longer about a mount in testing. Wishing every new owner of AZ75 lots of enjoyable and hassle free observing……makes all the testing and feed back worth while. I have really enjoyed the process and working with Rowan. Signing off now Alan.

Progress all round, great result on the lighting, you have a wonderful council team in your area.

@Zermelo you are on an auction site roll I have always felt the same on a SQL Meter, like you at the right price and right time, you never know. Be interesting to see how the maps and your reading differ, perhaps an idea for a thread.

I saw that one come up on the auction site, Looks very alike to the APM excepting the shiney bits and the green finish, should be good, saving grace is that you will use it in the dark so be unable to see the green 🤣

In my old 10" I used the following and all were great. No coma corrector etc either. APM UFF 30mm, really good to edge, super throughput and colour. Morpheus 17.5mm as above Pentax XW10mm as above Pentax XW7mm as above None of them cheap, all super in the OOUK 10 that I used to own, work well in most scopes, have kept all except the 17.5