Daniel-K

On 4/27/2017 at 19:51, F15Rules said:

Mint Takahashi FS128 on Tak EM2 mount.

My heartfelt thanks to Tony for waiting for so long until I could proceed with the purchase, and to my wonderful wife Heather for her loving support.

Can't quite believe it..

Dave

I dont think thats F15 though is it. 

41 minutes ago, Chris Lock said:

I've just read a few of the above comments and flicked back and seen a few pics of the beast which have sent goose bumps down my spine! It might take a a while but I'm going back to page 1 and reading the whole shabang 

My hat off to you faulksy, you clearly have some mad DIY skills 

  

should see his welding chris!

i'll let you off mike not phoning me cause you were excited. looks great mate.

9 hours ago, mapstar said:

It's testament to the amount of hours Mike has put into it Alan. 

Wonder if the mirror has arrived? Come on Mike give us a good update fella we're all waiting 

No mirror yet. Spoke to mike yesterday he's waiting on an update from OO

My god that is some nice wood ☺

Love the drop down mike. Promise I'll be over soon.

looks horrible welshy 

Did you sort the secondary or leave it?

21 hours ago, LeeRich said:

I am totally happy with my Discovery now i have collimated it. I took it out the other night and before i and all my eps froze up i got a cracking pic of Jupiter with my Samsung S4 mini holding it above the ep !!! this has got me thinking about a DSLR now lol

thats it your doomed. welcome to the dark side 

€250 each for a counter weight! !! 

I would of strapped one my kids to the pole insted

Nice review , stunning equipment you have Mathew.

Swish!!!

my mate who i sold my 14" to with a moonlight focuser on has no issues with inwards focus and it has two riser plates on.  honestly when i used it with the 30mm ES on the moon to test how well it corrected against my SIPS i was shocked at how sharp it was on the edges.  the craters on the moon when pushed to the edges of the EP where as sharp as in the middle . these are underrated.  steve its shame your not coming to SGL i have all my mates gear in my shed , i could have brought it for you to try.

3 minutes ago, estwing said:

you really,really struggle with spandex...lycra might be easier...

read what I said cal. nylon lycra blend. 

Just now, estwing said:

stop...you cant run lycra ...spandex through a sewing machine it just gathers doesn't work!

my mate did mine ok. you must have been using the wrong needles

4 minutes ago, Stu said:

Dan, Pat's truss design only uses 3 pairs, not 4 like yours, so he will have problems unless he uses some form of hoops to keep the material out of the light path.

I think he has it over the lower part of the UTA like mine it will be fine.

Just now, estwing said:

nice wall Dan...them perps look empty steve?

stay on topic 

You can but the material of eBay.  its a nylon lycra blend. its stretches tight so no need for ribs or anything.

get the ES one its miles easier to use. set it once for the night. 

5 minutes ago, Mrbloke said:

  I would much rather have a Sumerian for my money based on this review. 

nah you wouldn't trust me.

you don't really need warm air to clear a secondary just needs air flow.

1 hour ago, AWR said:

Thanks all,

I may go for a Tracer battery in the future but initially I was looking for something that I can run of the mains.  I don't have an observatory which was leading me away from the Maplins style PSUs towards something a bit easier to plug into an extension lead outside.

Maybe the answer is just to go straight for a Tracer battery!

Andrew

I had a 4AH one cost me £60 from eBay.  It powered 4 dew straps and a hair dryer for 6 hours in sub temperatures I really rate them

tracer batteries from FLO are an excellent way to power dew heaters. Small and easy to use.

id be interested in what lenses where good aswell. im off to france in october so hoping to capture some nice images whilst there with my 1200D

also with the F4s you will need a coma corrector and as john and micheal said collimation at this F ratio is a little tricky even for the experienced astronomers.  

firstly check these out http://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-quattro-f4/skywatcher-quattro-f4-imaging-newtonian.html  i had one and liked it very much. 2nd buying a mount from here or http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php is fine. ideally you would need a HEQ6 by the time you add imaging equipment the weight adds up.

do you have any ideas on what imaging equipment you are likey to be using.