Cornelius Varley

hi guys am so new into this but i think i have just wasted a lot of think thinking instead of acting,well i want in because i just love it up there "space" and i want to see it with my own eyes.So as a beginner what telescope should buy myself for my birthday this month.my birthday is on 28 July.Something not very expensive but a nice one. well been looking on internet an i found these two very exciting ,1.gskyer 70 mm aperture 400 mm 2.eacon 80 mm aperture 6

Hello All,  am new to Radioastronomy.  I might have lots of dumb questions on building my first 'Scope [ SCOPE IN A BOX ? ]  Any recommendations o  where to find a good FIY first kit would be appreciated.  THANK YOU 🙂

hello - is there a "help note" on uploading pictures. i have posted two and it seemed intuitive enough but i get a "failed to upload contact us for assistance" error message on attempting to post a third one. Cheers

hello - is there a "help note" on uploading pictures. i have posted two and it seemed intuitive enough but i get a "failed to upload contact us for assistance" error message on attempting to post a third one. Cheers

I’ve got my heart set on a NexStar 8se,but I keep reading the tube is too heavy for the mount. Is there anyone with knowledge that could put my mind at rest,thanks.

Hi and welcome, I am new to stargazing , I have  just been give a Meade etx 125, just trying to get used to it, just waiting till it a clear night.

andy

Hi There!...  why was the topic on First light optics closed?

Thanks

David

Hi everyone....

Been doing astronomy for a few years, but only just decoded to take the steps into combining my love of telescopes and cameras and I have been having some troubles with Registax.

Hello everybody,

Being new at SGL, not in amateur astronomy, I'm taking back up my old hobby again 🥰.

I know I will find here a lot of interesting people and subjects and I did write a good part of my "astronomical" history 😉 in my profile.

So You can read it if you want so.

Kind regards and see you in one or the other interesting chat or subject.

Have a nice day 👋 🤓

Jece

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Do you happen to have any good advice on how to make the Losmandy clamps fit a dovetail clamp without taking a band saw to them or spending a fortune on an adapter? 

hi. i tried the link you sent the other day. came up with message error code 2c137/A       clicked contact us box and wrote about my problem but haven't heard anything yet. hope we can sort it out soon. many thanks...geoff

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900mm Reflector telescope with a equitorial mount. It's a Bushel, not a great scope... But has been fun. The tripod is beginning to slip a little. Into observing now but would like add a bit of photography.

I have just treated myself to a Celestron NexStar SE6 how do i slow the slew speed down form 9 to say 7 for fine control one on an object mine seems to stay at nine all the time.

Could anybody please recommend, a power supply suitable for the Skywatcher EQ-6-R pro so that i can run it off of mains power, I have seen various post on US sites but the item is not available on Amazon UK

Although I joined in 2014, I've been too busy running a business to get too involved and now with the COVID-19 crisis, have finally dusted off my 14" Celestron Edge HD six weeks ago only then to have a catastrophe when a Northern Gale blew the dome off the top of my Pulsar Observatory! 

During that night rain got into the RA drive and completely ruined the electronics and after struggling to find support from the original supply chain, decided to upgrade the mount to a CGX-L which in itself created problems in that the mount is 200mm lower than it's predecessor.

Not only that, the bolt positions for the new mount needed re-drilling to get a better Polar Alignment.

Unfortunately, during this major re-build and because of the significant weight of the components, on one occasion  struggled with the tube, which had a considerable bump onto a rubber floor.

I now have a problem as during the process of aligning the finder scope with the main Tube, I find that although both focusing well at short distances, I cannot get the main Scope to focus on a star.

Could this be a collimation problem or even worse a main mirror mis-alignment?  

Yes apologies new to this forum yes I’ve come up with an very easy upgrade so to speak if you can call it an upgrade that is more of a perk as if you got an goto mount in alignment procedure instead of useing a cross hair illuminated eyepiece which can be tricky at times I’ve drilled a small 3-5 mm hole in eyepiece dust cap and you still can see star clearly this saves eye balling the object in centre of eyepiece and I’ve found in goto the object is defiantly closer towards the centre of field of veiw

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Hello, my name is Alex Houston and I live in Central Scotland. I have been interested in astronomy since a very young age and am a member of Stirling Astronomical Society. I am a keen astrophotographer and have taken advice from SGL in the past. Having had a photo of the lunar surface published in the March 2018 edition of Sky at Night magazine, I thought that I might have something to contribute and, therefore, decided to join.

Hi

looking for answers on roof design, roll off details and weather sealing. What information do you need to give advice. 

I doubt if an on site assessment is feasible as i like in extreme NW Ireland.

The pictures show the obey portion of the build on the left.

thanks

Hello. I saw that you have (or had) a Omegon (Barsta) barlow lens

Is it a good barlow? I would like you answer me. Thank you.

do u have the specs and plans for your wooden mount ?

Can anyone help with the slewing area required for the  Celestron CGX 1100 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph  I have a telescope working area of 1.2mtrs depth x 1.7mtrs width which my Celestron SE8 is currently set up in in my observatory but wanting to upgrade to the RASA 11. I have tried for days searching the internet for the overall area required.

I know the width of 1.7mtrs will not be a problem but desperate to find out if the 1.2mtr depth will be sufficient to operate comfortably before I invest in a new set up!

Cheers

Mick

hi...has anyone owned a pair of Sakura 30x260x160? I've got some Orion 20x80s coming and just saw these... I was wondering if they were any good for DSO (<see what I did there! ?) or should I stick with the Orion for now?

hi...has anyone owned a pair of Sakura 30x260x160? I've got some Orion 20x80s coming and just saw these... I was wondering if they were any good for DSO (<see what I did there! ?) or should I stick with the Orion for now?