Neil H

Downloaded thank you 

Heather what was the bad words lol was it red dot finder

SMF  VX12L lucky you I have the VX8L nice scope till it hits a leg and you have star alignment again 

Second that also when I had one I could not get enough side to side movement so had to move the shoe on the scope to get it near then fine adjustment on the finder screws

That's true , doing it the way I do I found Polaris is always in the polar scope just needs a adjustment some times no adjustment  but I did adjust led in polar scope so that must help like you said just never thought about it when I got the mount it was way to bright 

Lucky you if you have clear skies still Have clouds had this for a week now clouds day and night 

I set up day time so it does not affect my night vision and using stellariaum I can set up any were and still get polar alignment

It looks like the bottom part of the Barlow is in the last photo the silver and black part at the top

Hi I set up daytime normally and I use polar alignment pro but if you have stellariaum on your phone go into search more ask it to show you Polaris your then get an arrow on the phone screen now place your phone were the telescope would mount (I use a spare dove tail with phone fitted to it ) now adjust mount till arrow points straight up  then when it gets dark Polaris will be in the polar scope some times I don't need to do any more adjustments to the mount 

Hi Pete for now use the complete eyepiece that will get you started , read the thread eyepieces what do I need this will help , you don't have to buy new look on here and Astro buy and sell for eyepieces plossl as minimum but the thread will give you better into 

I use a celestron zoom 8mm to 24mm add a good Barlow and that's 8 eyepieces in one of you have a good budget the baader zoom with Barlow is amazing but it does cost 

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/baader-planetarium/baader-hyperion-zoom-eyepiece.html

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/baader-planetarium/baader-hyperion-zoom-barlow.html

Pete looks like the bottom of the Barlow is missing the lens part , don't worry for now see how it goes with the eyepieces you have have you found any writing on them 

My second scope was the 150/750 on that mount and I had some nice WOW moments with it 

Hi you can get a back pack that will take a 250 scope they do them at 365 astronomy it's padded too I was looking at one for my 200 but mine 1200 long and the bag is for the shorter scope ,so if you still want big light bucket this bag will let you move easily

Hi it's a 150 scope on the old EQ3/2 mount mine was rock solid it has the polar scope fitted so that's a big win you can't get them and if you could there £50 can you do close up photos of the eyepieces and any writing on them so we can see what you have I know the video is not the mount you have but will still polar align the same way 

9 minutes ago, scitmon said:

I'm certainly no expert so don't take this as gospel, but whatever you attach to a battery will only attempt to draw the amps it need.  So if your mount requires 5 amps, the battery will only give it the required 5 amps.

 

Hi I second that should run it for hours ,but I would put an in line fuse in so if anything goes wrong the fuse will blow not your main board

Hi this may help this guy uses the ASL224

Hi goto will track and find targets for you ,but and it's a big but you need to be able to set it up , it will need polar alignment then a star alignment , some people jump to a goto as first scope and then find it hard to set up , it can be done or you can get a motorised mount that will track 

Also your need to think of size of you put an 200 on an EQ goto mount it's large the eyepiece will be high up on some targets  with the tripod on its lowest the eyepiece most of the time  is about my eye level but I am 6 foot if my wife wants to look it's hard to rotate so it's possible for her to look into she is just over 5 foot a refractor will be lower but may need extension on the mount so over all  size is large with a lot of parts to set up , a manual dob may be the better way to go the eyepiece will be lower easy to use and set up and your get more aperture for your money bresser make nice dobs with a really nice mount and because it has rings you can balance the scope better

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bresser-telescopes/bresser-messier-6-inch-planetary-dobsonian.html

12 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Forgot also this book "15 Million Degree's" arrived today. Hopefully get some sun, lol. 

Hope that book is fire proof if its going to get that hot

9 hours ago, martin77 said:

Well the Postman - heavily disguised as an Amazon Driver - is supposed to be delivering a 15mm Celestron Omni eyepiece later on today.....

Hi I have a full set of them not bad I also got the 8/24mm zoom lens your like that remove the cup and it fits the asl cameras 

What i found works well is the craft knife with the snap off blades use the blade at full length it cuts the full thickness in one go 

https://images.app.goo.gl/7Q9mihJtgzyKW3uF7

Omg that is so nice I just need to remember I can't afford it i can't afford it , must stop looking 

Well that telescope look very comfortable in its new home , hope weather changes so you can let it out to stretch it's legs 

Weather is a real pain I jumped on to solar because days were nicer than night but now kit is in my hands days have gone poor too , had a few days out so don't give in 

They are nice cases I have one for my Lacerta wedge , cut out a cardboard telescope shape then use this as a template this will lay flat on the foam will make it easier to cut out 

Nothing big or expensive . But let the cleaning begin