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One Hawke Endurance 8x56 Binoculars. Customer Return Didn't suit customers requirements. Tested and A-OK, good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £279.00 £251.00 (saving £28.00)

One Pentax XW 10mm 70° Eyepiece. Customer Return No longer required. Good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £279.00 £251.00 (saving £28.00)

One JTD Dual Rig Telescope Alignment Saddle. Customer Return Wrong item ordered. Open packaging, excellent condition. Full manufacturers warranty. £299.00 £269.00 (saving £30.00)

One Pentax XW 14mm 70° Eyepiece. Customer Return No longer required. Excellent condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £279.00 £251.00 (saving £28.00)

One Founder Optics Bino One Scope BOS72. Ex Demo Ex demo - used for product photography. Some minor signs of use from setting up but otherwise brand new A-OK. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £999.00 £899.00 (saving £100.00)

One Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P-DS OTA. Customer Return Arrived with a damaged screw so was replaced. We have no repaired the damaged screw and this is in excellent condition but with a scruffy box. Full manufacturers warranty. £315.00 £283.00 (saving £32.00)

One Pegasus CF Tripod for NYX-101 Mount. Ex Demo Ex demo - used for product photography. Some minor signs of use from setting up but otherwise brand new A-OK. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £395.00 £355.00 (saving £40.00)

One Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi Mount Only. Customer Return No longer required. Complete, in good condition. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £499.00 £449.00 (saving £50.00)

One Sky-Watcher SkyMax-127 AZ GTi. Customer Return No longer required. General signs of use / marks on dovetail but overall good condition. Open box, complete. Full manufacturers warranty. £555.00 £499.00 (saving £56.00)

One iOptron HEM27 Hybrid Harmonic Drive Equatorial GoTo Mount with iPolar. Customer Return Developed a fault during the warranty period so we replaced and have subsequently repaired this in our workshop. Running smoothly and correctly with some minor signs of use and a few cosmetic marks. Complete with accessories. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £1,859.00 £1,673.00 (saving £186.00)

One ZWO AM5 Harmonic Drive Equatorial Mount. Customer Return No longer required. Fully tested and working A-OK, complete with all accessories. Great condition - very minor signs of usage. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £2,363.00 £2,126.00 (saving £237.00)

One Sharpstar Z4 Sextuplet APO Astrograph. Ex Demo Ex demo - scruffy boxed but optically A-OK and in good condition. Full manufacturers warranty. £2,259.00 £2,033.00 (saving £226.00)

One Pegasus NYX-101 Harmonic Gear Mount. Ex Demo Ex demo - used for product photography. Some minor signs of use from setting up but otherwise brand new A-OK. Open box. Full manufacturers warranty. £3,095.00 £2,785.00 (saving £310.00)

One Sky-Watcher SkyMax 127 AZ-Go2 WiFi Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope. Customer Return Suspected WiFi fault but we have thoroughly checked it and it's working A-OK on multiple devices. Customer changed their mind and decided they would prefer a refund. This is missing all the original packaging so we have carefully repackaged. It is complete, in good condition and working as it should. Full manufacturers warranty. £469.00 £422.00 (saving £47.00)

One iOptron CEM40 Center Balanced Equatorial GoTo Mount Head & iPolar. Ex Demo Ex demo. Complete and in good condition. Scruffy box. Full manufacturers warranty. £1,715.00 £1,543.00 (saving £172.00)

One Sky-Watcher Classic 200P OTA Only - Second Hand. Incomplete Second hand stock. Brand new tube but no base - this would make a great little project for somebody! Six months FLO warranty. £389.00 £233.40 (saving £155.60)

One Celestron C6-N Newtonian VX GOTO. Customer Return Customer return - decided to upgrade to the 8" after dispatch. As new condition, small crack on one of the plastic covers but superficial and not easily visible / noticed - a common issue we see on these mounts. OTA still wrapped. Open box, scruffy packaging. Full manufacturers warranty. £1,199.00 £1,019.15 (saving £179.85)

The Society of Popular Astronomy is holding a day-long workshop for anyone interested in starting astrophotography 🙂 Starting from Scratch Astrophotography day The workshop will cover all aspects of astrophotography at a beginner’s level, whether with DSLR/mirrorless cameras or specialised astro cameras, from wide-field photography with an undriven camera to through-the-telescope imaging. Sunday 21 May 2023, 11:00 to 17:30 At The Humfrey Rooms in Northampton Speakers at the event are: Dave Eagle: Author of several guides to all forms of astrophotography. Mary McIntyre: A noted astrophotographer who has organised previous courses on astrophotography. Robin Scagell: Vice President of the SPA and author of many books and articles about astronomy. First Light Optics are supporting the event, so will be there with some examples of equipment suitable for starting astrophotography. It'll be fun. We hope to see you there 🙂

The manufacturer has confirmed the legs are White Ash wood. HTH, Steve

The Sky-Watcher SkyWand is essentially a laser pointer for astronomy that instructs your telescope to slew to the target being pointed at automatically. It is a neat, easy-to-use device that works well. When it launched, its retail price was £129. We have purchased all remaining stock, so can offer it at only £49! 🙂 Sky-Watcher SynScan StarWand

We have seen that before. The cast metal on those aluminium EQ3 tripods can break if overtightened. The EQ3 mount itself is good for the price, but the tripod is less so.

We are looking at questions emailed to us. People most want to know how a StellaLyra wooden tripod compares to a more expensive German-made Berlebach tripod. The StellaLyra tripod provides the usual benefits of wood and has an affordable 'workmanlike' fit & finish. The Berlebach tripod is a premium product with a premium fit & finish, and a premium price. We have added some text to our product page to highlight this. HTH, Steve

I confess we don't know. It's probably ash. We'll ask the manufacturer. Yes. Except for the central spread stopper. HTH, Steve

My colleague says the tripod's North peg is removable. It is a bit of a faff (five screws involved) but doable. HTH

They raised a few eyebrows here at FLO, too 😁 But. Hey. They work. Good point. All solid-tube Dobsonians sold at FLO have ferrous metal tubes, but we'll add a note to our product page to make this clear. Johninderby would have enjoyed this post. HTH, Steve