FLO

One Helios Stellar-II 70mm WP Binoculars 15x70. Customer Return Didn't realise they were individual eyepiece focusing. Good condition, scruffy box. Full manufacturers warranty. £209.00 £188.00 (saving £21.00)

One Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED DS-Pro OTA. Customer Return Customer decided to go a different route. Good condition, minimal signs of use, open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £309.00 £278.00 (saving £31.00)

One Sky-Watcher Explorer 130P-DS OTA. Open Box Brand new / open box - we borrowed a part from this for another customer which has now been replaced so this is perfect, good condition, ready to go just signs of being out of the box. Full manufacturers warranty. £219.00 £197.00 (saving £22.00)

One Sky-Watcher AZ Pronto Alt-Azimuth Astronomy Mount & Tripod. Customer Return Arrived with a tight clutch, now repaired and working as it should. Slight signs of use / scruffy boxes but otherwise A-OK. Full manufacturers warranty. £159.00 £143.00 (saving £16.00)

One Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P-DS OTA. Customer Return Changed their minds. Overall good condition, just seems to be missing the dust caps from the finder scope otherwise good to go. Scruffy outer boxes. Full manufacturers warranty. £285.00 £256.00 (saving £29.00)

One StellaMira 80mm ED f/6.25 Refractor Telescope. Customer Return Returned with a focuser that needed adjustment, now all sorted and in great condition. Slight signs of use / marks on dovetail from mounting. Scruffy packaging. Full manufacturers warranty. £599.00 £539.00 (saving £60.00)

One StellaLyra 6" f/12 M-CRF Classical Cassegrain Telescope OTA. Customer Return Change their mind. Excellent condition, minimal signs of use. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £459.00 £413.00 (saving £46.00)

One Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED DS-Pro OTA and Aluminium Case. Customer Return Customer decided to go for something else. All looks good, some minor dust / paint flakes internally but nothing to be concerned with and better left alone. Overall good condition though, scruffy boxes. Full manufacturers warranty. £479.00 £431.00 (saving £48.00)

One Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Flextube Dobsonian Telescope. Customer Return Unwanted present. Signs of use, slightly dusty primary but otherwise overall in good condition. Very scruffy boxes and packaging. Full manufacturers warranty. £238.00 £214.00 (saving £24.00)

One Sky-Watcher Star Discovery 150i WiFi. Customer Return Arrived with a faulty battery cover which has now been replaced. Some significant scratches and scuffs on the side of the mount and general signs of use but, all working as it should. Scruffy boxes. Full manufacturers warranty. £469.00 £422.00 (saving £47.00)

Regarding replacing GSO telescope collimation springs - we recommend you check if it is necessary before doing so. Most conversations on the internet recommending stiffer springs are several years old and/or relate to an older (prior to Ursa Major and StellaLyra) secondhand telescope. So the advice is no longer relevant. The springs fitted to GSO manufactured telescopes sold today are not the same as those fitted to earlier models. HTH, Steve

It's a Sky-Watcher thing 🙂

Lots of emails from people wanting to pre-order this new mount. Currently we feel unable to accept pre-orders because we don't have reliable price info. Sorry. As soon as we do have the necessary price info we will update our website, post details here and enable pre-orders. Meanwhile, please click the blue 'Notify me when in stock' button on our product page. Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi HTH, Steve

We hear through the grapevine this new mount has not yet left Synta's factories in China. If (we don't know) a shipment were to leave China in the next week or two then it would normally arrive here mid-June. However, China recently closed their docks for ten days (another Covid outbreak / lockdown) so mid-June might move into early-mid July. So, currently, our best guess is the new mount will be available June / July. HTH, Steve

We like to help but unfortunately UK retailers know only what is publicly available online (Sky-Watcher's UK distributor hasn't mentioned this mount yet). We made a product page and posted this announcement when I noticed it being discussed here at SGL. Steve

These are good points - the US $ prices don't include US state tax or UK Duty & VAT. They might however provide an indication of UK price. I.e. if we simply add UK Duty & VAT to the US $ prices then we have approx £600 for mount head and £700 for bundle. Sky-Watcher's UK distributor is often last to release new model information but when they do we will post details here same-day. Promise 🙂 HTH, Steve

We are open Monday-Thursday this week, then closed Good Friday & Easter Monday. If you need an in-stock item delivered before the Easter weekend please place your order before noon on Wednesday. Happy Easter all 🙂

@Astronerd76 is there no 'Binokulars' in German language? Steve

Opticron are offering £60 cashback if you buy an Opticron DBA VHD+ 42mm Binocular before end of June 🙂 The Opticron DBA VHD+ is a modern Japanese-made open-hinge ED binocular that is surprisingly compact for it's specifications. Available as 8x42 & 10x42. Both provide very nice views and are covered by a 30-year warranty.

A 'bi'nocular is two oculars. So, then, is a binocular a 'binocular' or 'binoculars'? I confess after all these years I am still unsure ☺️ Please help. Steve

One Sky-Watcher AZ Mount Extension Tube. Customer Return Customer changed mounts so no longer required, looks unused, good condition, open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £27.00 £24.00 (saving £3.00)

One Sky-Watcher Telescope Tube Rings 182 mm (150 mm Newtonian). Customer Return Wrong size ordered. Excellent condition, scruffy box. Full manufacturers warranty. £44.00 £39.00 (saving £5.00)

One Starbase 1.25" Orthoscopic Eyepieces 20mm Starbase Orthoscopic Eyepiece. Ex Demo Used for magazine review. Good condition, open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £45.00 £40.00 (saving £5.00)

One iOptron 2.5kg Counterweight for CEM40, GEM45, CEM60, CEM70 and IEQ45 Mounts. Customer Return Needed more weight so no longer required. Good condition, signs of use in the bore hole. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £45.00 £40.00 (saving £5.00)

One Astro Essentials 9x50 Right-Angled, Erecting Finderscope. Customer Return Didn't suit customers requirements. Slight signs of use, very faint marks / scratches on main tube otherwise A-OK. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £59.00 £53.00 (saving £6.00)