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Mr Spock

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  1. Mr Spock

    Hi!

    Mr Spock replied to KingNothing13's topic in Welcome

    Hi, welcome to SGL
  2. Mr Spock
    Hi, Welcome to SGL Hoth's a bit cold for me. Vulcan is much nicer
  3. Mr Spock
    Hi, welcome to SGL
  4. Mr Spock

    Hello!

    Mr Spock replied to Kepler99's topic in Welcome

    Hi Jessica, welcome to SGL
  5. Mr Spock

    Hi All

    Mr Spock replied to Richard 68's topic in Welcome

    Hi Richard, welcome to SGL
  6. Mr Spock
    A better visual instrument - not just for imagers
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    If I was buying a 150 apo it would be the Esprit 150ED. Yes, it's more than twice the price, but, you get what you pay for
  8. Mr Spock
    Looks cheap, but, in order to get free shipping you have to order 2,000 of them?
  9. Mr Spock
    Hi, welcome to SGL
  10. Mr Spock
    I'd like it, but, I'll need to check my lotto numbers first...
  11. Mr Spock
    Nah. Give me a proper EQ fork mount
  12. Mr Spock
    Welcome to SGL from another Sheffield lad
  13. Mr Spock
    Nice objects and well worth a visit. This time of year is excellent for globulars. There are quite a few around; 20+ in Ophiuchus for example.
  14. Mr Spock
    I bought an 8" mirror from them back in the '70s. Things were more expensive then and it took a lot of saving for!
  15. Mr Spock
    Hi, welcome to SGL
  16. Mr Spock
    Yes, but, at that time the Earth was still had a changeable surface and so most impacts were absorbed. Only a few later (much later) ones exist; even those are mostly hidden by erosion and shifting land masses.
  17. Mr Spock
    It can be seen with any kind of binoculars even in moderately light polluted skies. Any star atlas should provide its location and the best time to see it - but you will need to be able to follow a star chart. At the moment it's in the eastern sky after dark.
  18. Mr Spock
    Hi Patrick, welcome to SGL
  19. Mr Spock
    From my heavily polluted skies double stars are one of few targets available. Doesn't matter whether I use my 80mm apo or C9.25, they all look colourful. The apo is especially pleasing; I don't know why, it just gets star images right.
  20. Mr Spock
    Incredible images. Such fine detail. I think this kind of quality and detail is something all imagers aspire too.
  21. Mr Spock
    Hi Rich, welcome to SGL
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    Agreed. Mine was an early one with better than 1/8th wave optics. On a good day star images were perfect; on an average day they were mush. I've never had a better view of ε lyr than I had on one of the good days. A lot of that was down to me not understanding how difficult Maks are to cooldown. On a night where the temperature was dropping it never quite reached equilibrium.
  23. Mr Spock
    The best view I had of Saturn (when it was overhead), was through an OMC-140. That has an aperture of 140mm and a primary of 150mm. I expect a Skymax 150 would be similar in size - can anyone confirm this?
  24. Mr Spock

    Hi from Dorset

    Mr Spock replied to Tony1972's topic in Welcome

    Hi Tony, welcome to SGL
  25. Mr Spock
    Hi Adam, welcome to SGL
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