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10 hours ago, Saganite said:

It is quite shameful what some folk will do to deceive, and describe as very good condition !!!

No wonder there was just the one picture.

 

Put in a complaint through eBay.  The seller should be banned as violating trade description. Also ebay will refund you if the seller does not.

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Will you have to adjust the spacing between the Primaluce rings or will they fit in the gaps? I assume they don’t bolt to the Losmandy plate? Anyway, hopefully the Tak green will tone in with the Prima Red  Regardless, the scope will be super safe with four rings and two clamps.

I won't be using them together. The height difference even with clamshell screwed straight onto a bar is too much. And colour clash ?

But mounting the Tak on any bar on another mount is now possible.

If nobody bought anything for a month, maybe we would have a month of consecutive clear skies. (Sorry @FLO)

Pair of ADM DVPA-TAK clam ring saddles. Bought from ADM site in the US as I could find no UK ADM seller in the UK who sold them. Only 10 days from purchase to delivery!

4 minutes ago, Red Dwarfer said:

I was worried on two fronts while waiting for this new SW 350P flextube to arrive yesterday - the weight and having to install the primary mirror myself - the instruction manual goes up to 12” and stops there , so you need to go to google images and look at the assembled set up ... 

Thankfully , I had an expert on hand to help with the build : Ellie , my niece , aged 3 ... and instead of the standard baked beans tin for scale , I have used a 3 year old in the pics for scale ...

Forecast is clear spells tonight , so hopefully I will get a chance to use it ...

Oh Bless! Must be very exciting for her. Can't wait to climb inside I expect

Does the OTA fit through a door frame easily? I think the 16 inch would just too. 

Happy collimating & what a "wow" for your daughter to see stars through!

3 hours ago, Eastman said:

Hello All,

Well today my new scope arrived.

The SW Skyliner 250px flextube.

 

Me...happy

Shroud to follow?

Looks like a hand held monocular or pocket telescope, noticing the clip. 

Russian or German made possibly?

Living in the SW, in a valley, not much chance this year so far. All ready for when the oppotunity comes though ☺

Thanks to @BillP's review & other favourable opinions here on SGL, I have added a Baader Morpheus 17.5mm. 

40 minutes ago, Saganite said:

A dose of good luck and the second one is found just 8 days after the first ! ( thanks Dave)

And first light just might be tonight. 

You have the luck of the Dave-il! ?

Vixen moon filter.

38 minutes ago, Stu said:

What are hole spacings on there? Will it fit the SkyTee without modding?

You will certainly be prepared for when the TEC200 arrives  

Middle holes match, but I will need longer bolts. Need to measure how much extra yet. M8 definitely.

5 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

But it's not Japanese, 25885!  

Well I have an Ultima Japanese-made Barlow already.....

Zeiss Abbe 2x Barlow bought from @Piero

Many thanks, another A-Team optic. Lining up eps to try out. 

Amazon warehouse bargain. Geoptik 495mm Losmandy/Vixen clamp. Heavy.

@Johndefinitely going on my Skytee side mount! Might be too heavy for it altogether with a scope attached as the clamp is about 4kg by itself. 

Now reduced to £15 + p&p

What mine is. Good construction for the price. 

On 22 April 2018 at 00:14, F15Rules said:

Parks Gold set (3.8mm to 30mm except the 5mm), now joined by a pair of Celestron Ultimas in 7.5mm and 30mm.

All in a nice new Ali case☺..

Dave

 

Any difference in use between your Parks & Ultima 30mm eps? As the same optically, potentially a good bino pair. 

2 minutes ago, Olli said:

2 months of cloud  

That's May & June written off then. July has Wimbledon & August school hols. But astronomical twilight will restrict DSO viewing for awhile. 

Leather tan case for a pair of binoculars. New £30 on ebay. Very strong, just right for my Swift Osprey 7.5 x 42 birding bins. 

2 hours ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

Brandon looks like fun. That's a lot of glass. Immersive views a plenty to come with that one. 

No problem with eye relief. Better than all my others, just overtaking the Vixen NLV 50mm. 

What's amazing is the Brandon is really light. Less than any other 40s eps, & my lightest 2 inch by far. 

12 hours ago, Alan White said:

Postie busy today.

Happy to report Double Star atlas following encouragement by Ed NGC1502 to look at them.

Have that & the Herschel also in same series. The data on doubles is what makes it so good. 

25 minutes ago, Saganite said:

These would have come by post but were purchased from a fellow member of BAS, and collected from him during Sunday's meeting of the BAA Deep Sky Section at  Bedford School, the home of my Astro Society. It was a terrific day of lectures, and good food,enjoyed in the company of well over 100 kindred spirits. 

 

Very nice! Ultima Barlows, which are short, are good for bino viewing. Not too hard to come by. 

1 hour ago, Alan White said:

Second item is a David Chandler item, replaces my Phillips one, far easier to read under red light to me.

All part of my ongoing Luddite existence.

Looks impressive Alan, Milky Way is good. I have a Phillips glow in the dark planisphere, which is quaint but works.