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HA! I was hoping for that and kind of predicted it. I think I will be selling all of my eyepieces except for BCOs. RST here I come.

Can anyone chime in on "new series of premium telescopes, a new (to the UK) manufacturer of premium astronomy mounts, a new manufacturer of astronomy accessories "

Thanks for confirming this. I do this for both scopes and eyepieces. It always made sense to me to leave everything ucapped in a room for a few hours.

Hey Lockie, go go go. Film and post please Eyecandy needed

Still debating with myself whether to go or not. The little one is sick so more no than yes. Any photos for us? Oh and those new scopes and mounts? "We are especially looking forward to revealing the first of a new series of premium telescopes, a new (to the UK) manufacturer of premium astronomy mounts, a new manufacturer of astronomy accessories and, of course, the new Rowan Astronomy AZ100 Alt-Az mount. " I guess these were shown so would be good to see these fine pieces

To the OP. Read your post a few times and I feel that whatever compromise you make now you will not be happy. You have issues with 'high power' eyepiece. Just get one 8-10mm eyepiece that will be your high power eyepiece for now - something like Baader Morpheus 9mm - with that one there are no compromises. If you stretch a little 9mm Nagler for example. Spend all the budget on that one eyepiece. Save and buy more later.

About others involved with our hobby... Had my lady come out a few times with 'let me see it'. She does this whenever I am out observing on the balcony. I think she is hooked. That's why she doesn't object buying/hoarding??? astro equipment lately? I have a few things in carts on multiple shops so I guess now is the time I am really happy today. Such a little/big?? thing and it got me smiling for the whole day. It was just half an hour all but so glad I was prepared for this. P.S. On top of that it looks like 3 hours of clear skies tonight so perfect day

Great captures guys! Keep them coming.

Amazing, just amazing. Got a good 10-15 minutes.

All ready to go. Some clearance between the clouds today so hoping for the best!

We can all hope for a miracle.

Just received Pentax XW 5mm. Didn't expect such a beast. Not sure if I can live with it to be honest Tested it on some block of flats down the road. Looks good.

Baader Classic Orthos are very very good. 18mm especially is one of my favourite eyepieces. Get the whole set if possible and you will be set for life for many scopes. This is my 'failsafe' set. No matter what other eyepieces I buy, try and sell...this one stays and so I am never left without eyepieces (it actually happened I had a scope and no proper eyepices). With this affordable set that is to my eye high quality you cover a lot.

Indeed, you don't need a spherometer for this. Use a simple ruler and feeler gauge. When I grinded my mirror some 20 years ago I used a protractor/ruler with a 26mm coin ( 5 Slovenian Tolars ) to measure sagitta. Check the photos to see what I mean : http://www2.arnes.si/~gljsentvid10/izdel_tele.html#globina Just came to my mind would a simple Amazon tyre depth gauge work? 0.01mm resolution? https://www.amazon.co.uk/ULTRATOOL-0-25-4mm-Measurer-Motorbike-Batteries/dp/B0711S1XHY/

Fingers crossed for RST

Slick combo. Please report on the stability at high powers

Looks great. What will you be mounting on top? Mount and scope?

Checked other pages on your astro society webite and your other obervatory looks great as well - https://aristarh.rs/drustvo/opservatorije/nostromo/

This looks amazing Miloše Would love to visit next time I am in Serbia!

To update the thread. I collected information from multiple sources and all agree that considering the extender lens is further inside the tube and not close to focuser/focal plane it's okay to use Herschel Wedge plus I found one person actually using Herschel wedge with FS-60Q. Now the question is which one? Lunt 1.25", Lacerta Brewster-angle. Want to keep everything 1.25" although Baader and Altair Astro ones look good with built-in solar finder. The other thing is you can get Lunt and SW Solar mount for the price of Baader...

I love it man. Love the 'keep up with times' phone finder Beautiful setup!

He's actually right in a way... BUT Your scope is perfect to get some EAA going and you will be able to see a lot with a simple entry level AA or ZWO camera with a 224 chip. You can even use it with 0.5x reducer attached to the camera. As far as eyepieces are concerned. I would get Panoptic 24mm, 13mm Nagler and 2.5x Powermate. It'll hurt at the beginning but you will be set for life and this combination will work for many telescopes down the road as well

Separate thread please. A little eyecandy with both scopes on that Sabre would do us good as well

There is indeed Circle T on the sticker. So I got myself a classic Interesting that this scope was used as a finder/guider?? on Celestron. I was surprised no one else bid on it. I was mainly after those Silver Top Plossls and Vixen 2x Barlow. Still very happy I got it and it was worth detour up from A127 You can see that the whole package was very well made and the tube is amazing since it's very light-weight. I'll closely inspect the mirror and do a star test and if all good I'll send it for recoat to OO. As for the mount I already contacted DarkFrame and am sending Dave photos of the mount so we can see what can be done. The idea is to get it all refurbished and get the whole thing into the showpiece state. Any othe recommendations for mount refurb?

John, yep. The focuser is of 'sled' design. I read that some people had issues with it but this one looks like in perfect condition and is very smooth. Worth cleaning and keeping.