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https://teleskopy.pl/product_info.php?products_id=5749&lunety=GSO Cassegrain 8 F 12 200 mm klasyczny kolor czarny OTA hopefully this link link works GSO 8” F12 in Poland €753 / £659 plus €40 delivery . teleskopy.pl, worth a look .

Welcome back Ian , I've read may of your great posts here. As only a newbie, I haven’t post up much but read a lot what goes on here, it’s what made me join the 130pds brigade. Anyway, I think changing username to your real name is a great idea. I’ve started to doing the same for any new accounts I join. Wonder if there is a easy way of changing it on SGL ? look forward to reading / seeing more of adventures

What a buzz when getting a new scope. Enjoy. Welcome to SGL. While waiting on clear sky’s check out “Stargazine” , loads of great videos.

Never heard of these, might give it a go. Are they any good. Find my collimination a bit of hit and miss.

Hi Snarf, how did you get on with your goto, as I have similar issue and only starting out with a new az-eq

Starizona suggest staying with the screws https://starizona.com/tutorial/collimating-a-schmidt-cassegrain/ but as others have said, a screw driver in the dark is nerve wracking?

That's the probe with reading using "adverted vision" , I've never check the date ! ?

This fuzzy blob got me hooked on astronomy 1yr. ago after viewing through a pair of binoculars. Was expecting to great things when I purchased my 6"sct. Spent weeks looking for m80 & m81, only to find out they were too low on the horizon for that time year to see clearly started to look at other dso's then : ring nebula , heculas cluster, Orion Nebula and only recently found the blinking nebula which was a great buzz to find. Thats the great thing about this hobby…discovering dso' s yourself imho. Ps : did get a good view of m80/81 last January. Stick with it angelik

This trend was a great read , very informative about the ax-eq6. Also a few laughs

Seen several posts about collimation aids , which seem quite good as long as your running on windows. But for Mac users needn't despair, as there is an app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collimation-aid/id1059878623?mt=12 Hope this helps anyone in need

Just wondering, would it not be beneficial to cover down these heated straps to retain the heat generated?

Bookmarked this ?

Home made wedge…Ingenious ?

How time marches on…( Aug. '16 ) look at the price of 1000d now! You probably got great value ?

Thanks for that, as a beginner , you hope you're making the right choice of telescope. My next port of call, is to contact the local astronomy club to get some hands-on. Thanks again