Anthony1979

Cleared up a bit then went grey again.... Ive got another green bar but i cant find a way to attached the rings to it

Ive just got to figure out how to balance it and fit the guide scope proper... Its just sat on a piece of wood there

Nice little scope just cant wait to test it now.... Ive not got a corrector at the moment 

I was gonna get the ed80 but ended up getting this

Now for balancing it all out... Another nightmare

41 minutes ago, fozzybear said:

star test time me thinks.... just to validate all is good then off you go....

I would but i dont think i will get through the clouds ha

Is this good to go or does it need a tweak.... I will be imaging with it so i want it as close a possible 

2 minutes ago, alacant said:

Hi

Yes. You've been amazingly lucky. I've never seen a sw out of the box anywhere near!

 

Ive just adjusted this.... It was all over the place... Wasnt impressed at all

Is that offset normal

Is this good or not good

Just resolved my new scope today and just had a look ot the collimation on it... It look out but i dont want to really touch the secondary mirror... So does this secondary mirror look ok

5 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Delivery times are totally random at the moment. I've had things arrive almost next day and others take weeks. Apparently there are parts of the country that are acting as bottlenecks.

Its been sent out now... its with dpd now so hopefully it will be here soon

Well was hoping my SW 130pds was going to arrive... Was suppose to be here yesterday but phone and they said its coming today but not holding my breath.... Unhappy...its looking like a refund 

2 hours ago, rnobleeddy said:

I'm jealous you found stock! 

Let me know if you find a viable alternative - it might not be perfect, but if you want to image there doesn't seem like there's anything else that comes close at the price.

Had 1 left at rvo so snapped it up hoping i would have a good imaging scope

18 minutes ago, spillage said:

@Anthony1979 These little scopes are such good bang for your buck. I can only highly recommend it. I Think at the end of the day they are a newt and so do need some form of housekeeping. Yes the focus can seem a little extreme but worth it. I would also recommend flocking the tube, baffling the primary mirror and making (or using a thick black shower cap) a cover for the end of the scope.

Whats baffles the primary mirror 

It arrives tomorrow and not that excited now

Yes i regret buying the 130pds now i will probably send it back... Not impressed especially when it suppose to be an imaging scope and need to buy a corrector which cost more than the scope itself or need to cut up the focus tube.. Not happy

Wow would love to be sat in that... Amazing view of earth 

Will i see this over UK

1 hour ago, spillage said:

I could be really wrong here but in the back of my head I am thinking you do not need as much focus travel with a dslr, so the op should be okay?

I wont be using the 150p for imaging when the 130pds arrives... So will the dlsr be ok without chopped it up... Last thing i want to do

2 minutes ago, carastro said:

Might depend on your camera and your coma corrector. 

this was the shape of my defocussed star before I chopped the end off the focusser.

I use a dlsr for my imaging 

29 minutes ago, carastro said:

Correct, but they are talking about the focusser tube, not the main tube itself.  I had a 130PDS and had to cut the focusser tube because when in focus the part of the focusser inside the tube protruded into the light path too much and took a bite out of my stars.

Carole 

Thats what i mean... Arnt they designed so you dont have to do this.... Ive got a 130pds coming on monday and this is the last thing i wanted to do

6 minutes ago, alacant said:

With a dslr attached, at focus with coma corrector or not, the focus tube will protrude into the light path and so cause irregularly shaped stars. 

The easiest remedy is to cut the end of the focus tube. a 20 minute job with a hacksaw.

HTH

Isnt the pds versions made for imaging so you dont have to cut the tube

3 hours ago, PeterCPC said:

Neither. AstroPixel Processor.

Peter

How much is this