Red Dwarfer

As an experiment recently I tried a 32 and 40mm Plossl in my SW127 Mak on the Eastern Veil nebula and , though tight , it was definitely visible - had to pan up and down to see it all ... it was almost directly overhead at the time which no doubt helped .

Thanks for the heads up - I`ve never heard of this duo before . I did briefly visit Perseus tonight , Eta Pers at the top - will have look out for those new ones next time .

Excellent ! Plus you got M110 and M32 in too ( 10 and 3 O`Clock )

Very nice selection !

Explore Scientific do Barlows in 1.25 and 2 inch format and neither should need an adapter .

Good eyepieces - I have a 5 , 12 and 25mm BST

A used WO Dura-Bright or new Sky’s the limit diagonal would do - as pointed out above , you won’t notice a visual improvement , but the build quality will be much better plus the better ones will have a brass compression ring to protect new lenses / keep them looking new .

In that case it will be 100% With my glasses on it's around 60 degree fov So I just take them off to get the full 82 degree

A Dob is definitely the best route - I have an ES 18/82 lens and 8.8mm in that series and highly recommend them , but if you view with glasses on you might find the eye relief a little tight , especially with the 18mm

William Optics Alt-Az mount from ENS Optical Waited ages to get one of this type of mount . Looks like it was made for the AZ4 tripod too

Favourites at the moment are doubles in Cassiopeia , Cepheus and Lyra

Not just Winter - I seen Orion at 4.30 am this morning - Castor and Pollux too

That Baader semi-apo filter is high on my to-do list for an ST 120 - can you recommend them , especially for double stars ? I'm a visual observer only .