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Skies cleared up unexpectedly around bedtime so ended up staying up a bit later with the Moon for company
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Littleguy80 started following Aero 40mm vs Vixen LVW 42mm , Vixen 102M , If you HAD to keep only one scope? and 2 others
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So happy for you, Paul. Like a lot of others I was following this thread with my fingers crossed for you. Thank goodness for the SGL experts!
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Between my 10” SW Dob, Tak FC100DF and Daystar SolarScout 60, I’d choose my dob. DSO’s are my favourite and the dob at my dark site can really push the limits. Does a great job wity planetary and could do white light solar too. I’d buy some nice binoculars for travel. The Tak is my most used scope currently and I love that I can bring it on holidays with me. However, whenever I take it to my dark site with the dob, I always spend more time with the dob.
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Fab report, John. I have fond memories of hunting this down with my first scope, a 130mm newt. It was at my local dark site and was quite challenging as I was pretty inexperienced back then and wasn’t totally sure what to expect. I was enamoured by the name and really chuffed to see it.
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Oh that’s interesting. I wonder why it was sold as 42mm 65°! Good to know it doesn’t have a noticeable impact on the views.
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Thanks John. Great to hear you got on well with your Aero 40mm. Yeah, try before you buy would be ideal. I’ve not really found anything that’s making me think there’s a big difference between the two. There’s talk of uneven magnification across the FOV with the Vixen. If I do jump ship though, I’ll drop you a message on the Aero
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Tak MEF3 Micro Focuser First Impressions
Littleguy80 replied to MalcolmM's topic in Member Equipment Reviews
I’ve recently installed @Mr Spock’s MEF3 on my Tak FC100DF. It’s really helped having the fine control. The MEF3 can be adjusted and I found doing this got the Focuser feeling really nice and smooth without backlash. I just need to avoid trying FT focuser now 😂 Instructions for the adjustment: -
Thanks Louis, that’s super helpful. Will have a read
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Interesting, sounds ideal for maximising FOV then. Performs well in your Tak?
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I have an Aero 40mm which I use mostly with my 4” F7 frac but also with my 10” F4.7 dob. With the dob I only use it with filters but it worked well for tracing Barnard’s loop with an HB filter one time. I paid just under £50 for the Aero and it’s been superb value for that. I’ve often wondered if it could be bettered. The Panoptic 41mm would almost definitely beat it but at a significantly higher price tag. More affordable is the Vixen LVW 42mm but is it much of an improvement over the Aero 40mm? Has anyone compared them?
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Thanks John. It does seem like it’s a case of gaining that extra FOV with the downsides being weight and the price tag. There doesn’t seem to be anything to pick between them in terms of optical quality.
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It would be great if someone has an APM UFF 30mm or equivalent to compare it against. I love the APM but will sometimes wonder whether one of these would be worth it for the extra FOV
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Interesting. I’ll have look into those. Thank you!
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Awesome. Great to know it’ll handle a bigger scope comfortably too as a bit of future proofing! I got the Uni 18 and it’s such a massive step up from the carbon fibre tripod I had previously.
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Yep, definitely can fault the Giro-WR for the price and will still be great as a travel mount. Though maybe the AZ75 will work for that purpose too? I understand the pain of keeping Mrs Stu happy. I’m often told that my scopes are an eyesore. Not everyone appreciates the beauty of good engineering I guess 😂