Neil H

Out here set up with fingers crossed The sky will clear the sky will clear lol there is two hopes and Bob is already dead

Hi if you upgrade the handset lead to the lynx cable it's a lot heavier and it pulls down on the plug were it goes into mount but here is my cheap easy fix Pull small cable tie into a loop then loosen bolt above were lead plugs in list tail of cable tie in bolt hole just in the top refit bolt this will trap cable tie then use the fine garden wire wrapped around loop then cable this will then hold lead at the right angle to stop plug wearing the connections

Yes it should have cleared it , so now set up polar align do a 3 star alignment , then after go to target and do PAE training normally 2 work but if not do a 3rd and you should find it will start to hit the target

My HEQ5 some times misses targets so I clear PAE , then go a bright target once mount says it's done go into PAE training it will ask you to centre target do this then go to another target do the same with PAE training after doing this 2 or 3 times it will start to hit the targets bang on , I don't know why they start to miss targets but this does sort it out ,PAE is in the utility menu your find PAE clear and PAE training

Hi I had the same thing when I took photo of the Sun it looked like a planet next to the Sun , Stu explained it was lens flare , may be it's because the angle of the light changes a little at the scope tracks but the some one will know

Astronomy is a once in a life time thing if you don't your wonder for ever what have I missed I came back to the hobby last year and have never looked back just in time for a once in 7000 year comet , I still remember getting up at 2am to catch Jupiter and Saturn OMG what a WOW moment that was I was like a kid with a new toy I got a goto scope very soon after coming back to the hobby , yes its cheating letting the goto find targets but it finds more than I can , there are 21000 items in its memory some need a dark sky but that will keep me busy for a long time , members report the observations they have done so I write out there list and next time out I work through it What there is out there is amazing and nothing beats seeing it with your own eyes with your own scope , I do solar as well so I can get my fix day or night , go for it don't wait we never know what's around the corner we only get one go at life so live it to the full

If you want a telrad FLO have 10 in stock £42 worth every penny have one on my 8 inch newt first up grade I did

Great little camera I have the same one , still playing with it on sharp Cap

More power for when I go away for a week at a time with the other one I have will give me 27 hours of scope time

STU if the binos start breeding put me down for one lol

Solar is amazing as it changes all the time , a few months back the sun spots changed 4 times in 3 hours brilliant

Great sketch , I also saw it amazing cluster ,Sunday was not bad too not as many but still I tight cluster

In you photo it look as the one with the gear has a flat in the other end of the shaft , can you fit to that it it has

Hi Paul , Scot is a good one , Glad you got out didn't get much chance my self , my phone is going in to repair Monday hope to have it back in a few days then will call for our chat take care Paul

Ok that's great I will give that a go thanks

A question for you that use sat24 why does it show no clouds any were every night after 18.00 ???

Hi try getting as close to focus that you can and slowly pull the eyepiece out of the focuser and see if it will focus

Hi Give Joe a shout he is a member on here and in your part of the world https://stargazerslounge.com/profile/63199-joe-aguiar/

Brilliant well done

Hi your missing the point if you remove the lens section of the Barlow then put this aside you don't need it at the moment now use the rest of the Barlow which is the tube part as an extension to see if you can focus the eyepieces if you can then you do need an extension

Hi get space weather live app it tell you how many Sun spots there are and were they are plus loads of solar into

I just re-read your posts ,you said it did have an extension put this on and try the eyepiece again the extension will move the focus point the eyepiece should focus at a point where your still have travel in the focuser

If you have the old Barlow that came with the scope the bottom part of the Barlow should unscrew this will then leave you with the tube section so then you can put eyepiece in the top of Barlow and use it as an extension There is another way get the tube from an old toilet roll cut and stick it so it fits the eyepiece then put this in to focuser then try and focus you can slide the tube in and out of focuser as well as moving focuser in and out , if you get focus then you do need extension It's normal to need extension tudes, my refractor needs the 2 it came with plus a 25mm to get my camera to focus, my Newtonian just needs the 25mm extension for the camera to focus both of my scopes are set up for visual this is why they need extension for the camera , if your scope is set up for astrophotography then your need a extension for visual use

Hi I use a smart battery pack ,which sees what is plugged in and give it the right amount of power , so I can charge my phone or power my dew strip of my mirror fan on my Newtonian here is a link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-PowerCore-Technology-High-Capacity-Compatible-Black/dp/B07S829LBX/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1HMIBJ60XX0DO&dchild=1&keywords=power+pack&qid=1618136126&sprefix=Power+pack%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-6

Hi if you still have your old Barlow remove the lens and use it as an extension of you get focus that tells you that you will need an extension , I thought PDS scope were set up for astrophotography a camera will come to focus closer the mirror so an eyepiece will focus away from the mirror , some one will correct me if I am wrong , I had all this fun when I changed to a low profile focuser on my VX8L could not focus an eyepiece