Mr Spock

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi Miguel, welcome to SGL

Hi Wes, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi Wouter, welcome to SGL

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Hi Robin, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL Nice scope you have. As a C925 user I'd recommend a good quality 10mm eyepiece for lunar/planetary. x235 is just about perfect for this scope.

These are relatively new areas of astronomy and I think it's an exciting development to have a dedicated section on SGL. I look forward to seeing many members, new and old, taking part. I know any kind of progress, technological or otherwise, really piques interest - it does me.

Hi Johnathan, welcome to SGL

Saving that 'Angelus - Oxblood' picture for the Buffy group

Nice project you have going there. Sad to say my EQ-1 ended up in a skip...

I used to have the ubiquitous 60mm refractor in my teens. It didn't stop the wonder, only fueled it. Plus it was very good for double stars.

Strange how some people find things more difficult than others. I'd rate E & F as very easy in the C9.25. I used to pick them up in the 140 Mak too. This is with poor suburban skies.

Terrific image!

For planets I'd go for the C9.25 - it's what it's made for, especially imaging. Look up Damian Peach's images taken with a C9.25. Maybe he has used ideal seeing conditions but it still shows what the scope is made of. If I was doing doubles only, probably a 180 Mak. The tighter stars and better contrast would make the difference. I've not used a 180 Mak, only a 140. That couldn't see the pup but the C9.25 shows it easily - e and f in the trap are easy too, as they were in the 250 Newt.

I went from a 10" Newt to a C9.25. There are differences; the Newt had more contrast but the C9.25 is more easy to handle, collimates better and is easier to push to higher magnification. While not having the tight stars of a frac or a Mak, the C9.25 splits really close doubles easily. Something like an 0.7" double is a wide split. If you think they take long to cool down then you are keeping them in the wrong place!

Hi Bryan, welcome to SGL

Hi, welcome to SGL

I'd say it is money well spent ? If you are spending this amount of cash on a scope then peace of mind is really important.

Nice to hear you have a good one ? That packaging is shocking though