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Done 🙂 StellaMira 125mm ED Doublet f/7.8

Our end of financial year is 31st July, so we are having a pre-stock-take Sale! We have already added ex-demo, open-box, and customer return items to our SGL's FLO Clearance Offers board. They are also on Twitter and our website's Offers page. In addition. This year we are trying something new: Private Sale for SGL Members 🤗 We have some new, unopened stock to clear with discounts of around 20-30%! Unlike regular clearance items, we will post these offers only to SGL's private members-only board. (The board is invisible to non-members and search engines). We recommend you follow the private board to receive notifications whenever a clearance offer is added. You are welcome to share the discount codes with a friend, but please don't post them in discussions on the open forum or social media.

Over our seventeen-year history, we have yet to experience a single telescope, from any manufacturer, with a bonding failure. The people at StellarVue can say whatever they like, but as far as we are concerned, it is a non-issue. HTH, Steve

Nearly there. I have asked a colleague at the warehouse to email me them. Details will be added to our website in a day or two.

I doubt that. We launched the telescope only yesterday 😀 I haven't heard of any carbon fibre telescope becoming 'unglued'. I mean, they make F1 racing cars with carbon fibre. If it were a problem, I am sure we'd have heard about it. HTH, Steve

Something for the refractor enthusiast 🙂 StellaMira 125mm ED Doublet f/7.8 Fully multi-coated air-spaced doublet optics with ED glass equal to FPL-53 and Lanthanum. Sturdy 2.5" Rack & Pinion dual-speed focuser with 1:10 fine focusing and integral rotator. CNC-machined aluminium fittings and a Carbon Fibre tube with excellent thermal properties.

We don't know. Manufacturers tend not to reveal ED glass type. In this instance, the manufacturer is United Optics. They say, "The ED glass is equal to FPL-53". So that is what we say on our product page. As you know, the glass used for the ED lens is only one part of a large equation. It alone does not determine the quality of an image or the telescope's APO performance. Other factors include the mating lens, the optical figuring of the objective surfaces, lens design, the lens cell and the telescope's f-ratio. The brand and supplier's reputation must also be considered when looking for performance indicators. StellaMira is our brand. We are the supplier. No other version of this telescope has better optics 🙂 HTH, Steve

Ah yes. That too is a benefit 😁 Steve

Probably not. Aluminium costs less than carbon fibre, so a version with an aluminium OTA would have a retail price of around 10% lower. But we think the benefits of carbon fibre (lower weight and minimal expansion/contraction) are well worth the small increase in price. Carbon fibre has worked well for our smaller StellaMira 90ED. I am sure the benefits will be even more welcome on this larger telescope. HTH, Steve

Ah! My fault entirely. I made the new product page last thing Friday, just before we closed for the weekend. To save time, I used our StellaMira 90 ED page as a template and then edited it (the 125 ED doublet is from the same stable). But I forgot to edit the measurements. I have changed them to 'tbc' and will update Monday. HTH, Steve

One Sky-Watcher Skymax 90 OTA. Pre-owned Pre-owned bargain! Good condition, some marks and other signs of general use. Scruffy boxes. Pre-owned items come with a Six month FLO warranty and our usual 30 days returns period. £159.00 £143.00 (saving £16.00)

One Ocal Electronic Collimator Pro. Customer Return No longer required. Tested and working A-OK. Good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £209.00 £188.00 (saving £21.00)

One Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED DS-Pro OTA. Pre-owned Pre-owned bargain! Good condition scope, optically / mechanically A-OK but broken case. Pre-owned items come with a Six month FLO warranty and our usual 30 days returns period. £329.00 £296.00 (saving £33.00)

One Sky-Watcher Field Flattener for Esprit-100. Customer Return No longer required. Good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £197.00 £177.00 (saving £20.00)

One Celestron SkySync GPS. Customer Return Developed a fault during warranty period, replaced and subsequently repaired by Celestron. A-OK, good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £189.00 £170.00 (saving £19.00)

One Sky-Watcher EvoGuide 50ED Guidescope. Customer Return No longer required. Good condition, no visible marks on dovetail. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £209.00 £188.00 (saving £21.00)

One ZWO ASiair Plus Wireless Astrophotography Controller. Customer Return Developed a fault during warranty period, replaced and subsequently repaired by ZWO. A-OK, good condition, complete with accessories. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £330.00 £297.00 (saving £33.00)

One ZWO ASI 294MM-Pro USB 3.0 Cooled Mono Camera. Customer Return Developed a fault during warranty period, replaced and subsequently repaired by ZWO. A-OK, good condition, complete with accessories. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £1,499.00 £1,349.00 (saving £150.00)

One ZWO ASI 2600MM-Pro USB 3.0 Cooled Mono Camera. Customer Return Developed a fault during warranty period, replaced and subsequently repaired by ZWO. A-OK, good condition, complete with accessories. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £2,589.00 £2,330.00 (saving £259.00)

One Sky-Watcher Heritage-130P Flextube Tabletop Dobsonian. Customer Return Wrong item ordered. Overall good condition but minor marks on the base from transit but telescope itself looks unused. Complete. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £195.00 £175.00 (saving £20.00)

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One Helios Stellar-II 70mm WP Binoculars 10.5x70. Pre-owned Pre-owned bargain! Good condition, clean optics but no original box. Pre-owned items come with a Six month FLO warranty and our usual 30 days returns period. £209.00 £188.00 (saving £21.00)

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