Neil H

Shocking

Hi and welcome to you both better be clear skies no forum at 21.00 need a fix from some were

The mount it self will be ok the tripod screws will rust put WD 40 on them will slow the rust down and also spray the main bolt for the spreader plate

Omg i hope the sky is clear on SAT24 its clear every night after 18.00

That 200 dob will be great much easier than my 200/1200 on HEQ5 your have loads of WOW moments your only have to do a lot of nugges at high mag Get on the list quick you wont be sorry

If you say so but will it be clear lol

As the clouds are bad at night i went from the dark side to the light side and solar . Not bad really i had scope out today before clouds came back ready for tonight

Hi I got the 2 inch Lacerta wedge after chatting to John , I have 2 x 2 inch filters fitted to the rotation ring UV/IR cut filter and single polarizing filter , I then use a continuum filter on the eyepiece the viewing angle I feel is nice I can sit on a chair and eyepiece is then at a comfortable angle

If you have an Android phone use this app it's really good has loads of info Space weather live it's in the play store

A grab and go

Glad your sorted i think site was down for maintenance

I also forgot had a long chat with johninderby about IR filter and if removing the locking ring then screwing in another filter so it's a doubled up filter will work

Well fitted new right angle finder scope , the very short window of Sun this morning set up my solar finder and between clouds had a quick look at some Sun spots All cloud now so having a drink of cider and watch a film

Hi and welcome from a cloudy UK

So am I Paul just need to check it if the Sun ever comes out to play

Ok that's what I was thinking . Ok fixed very sharp knife it was a sticker so re stuck it

No I don't think so will have to cut it off

Hi everyone i have a astro engineering solar finder i think its been put together wrong ? The target is ment to be on back plate ?

Hi and welcome to SGL 365astronomy do padded bags that you wear as a back pack so may be worth a look on there site

I have a filter from my asl224mc that I can use I will double up with the continuum filter on the eyepiece

Hi hope everyone is well , just a quick question I have a Lacerta solar wedge it said on the side a IR filter is recommended is that for imaging or visual it does not say

Hi i use a telrad and cross hair eyepiece it works well together the eyepiece is only used for alginment

Hi don't cut the bolts I have tried twice and even if you remove a small amount the bolt will be to short to adjust , it's a known problem that anything over 50degs can bend the bolts or they jump under the mount and jam Some of us have the upgrade bolts try and reduce the weight on the mount when you do adjustments to try and stop bolts from bending

You were lucky I got mist and fog just as it was getting dark so could look at nothing , and all cloud today so looks like tonight is a no go too

Hi go into handset there is a brightness for polar scope mine is on number 2 it's in utility section under polar scope led Sorry I don't do imaging like you but can't you do alignment using finder scope if that's zeroed in to the main scope , with mine I use an eyepiece then once on target pop camera in There is an app called synscanlnit2.1 gives you all the info for your hand set and polar position is