Neil H

Franklin there is a 5mm BST in the sale section would this be any good for me

Hi all I have a question on eyepieces , the telescopes I have are Orion optics 200/1200 newt a bresser 127/1200 refractor and the skymax 180 pro 7.1/ 1500 At this time I am using celestron omni eyepieces and thinking of upgrading to something like the BST starguilder would this be a good upgrade on the omni or do I need to look at something else can't spend loads as I may buy matching eyepieces so I can use my binoviewer

What about a MAK I just got a 180 pro it's only 500mm long but thinks it's 1500 , I will never sell my 8 inch even tho the MAK is 7 inch but may be better than a 6 inch

May be your right still interesting

Well that's what the guy said no one knew how to track it

I was on a boating holiday last week and was chatting to a really nice guy when he said "when I was a kid I used to spend a lot of time with my uncle " who turned out to be sir Lovell of Jodrell bank he went on to chat about sputnik and how after the batteries went dead it was Sir Lovell that use a radio telescope to bounce a beam off sputnik to track it amazing guy Sir Lovell

Yeah sure looks that way 🤣

My planet killer came thanks to FLO and there super fast service Quick question of you use a dew shield do you still need a dew strap

If your quick Stu is selling his heritage 150p look in the for sale section

Hi I do have an extension tube but if you use it with the Newtonian the eyepiece is about 7 feet up so makes it way to high , I was thinking of getting another one and cutting it down some thing to look into later on My mate just said to me that as I have a really good Newtonian I will not gain by getting a sct of mak other than it's compact , he also said get a big refractor ??

Hi yes do still have the 200/1200 Orion optics love it but can't do anything over head or it hits the tripod leg even when doing goto you can't be to sure which ways it's going to go and some times hits the leg The bresser sounds great but may be to long the 127/1200 fits in my car just nice a longer one will be a pain

I do have the besser 127/1200 which is nice and has a sharp image till you pop a camera on then it's not so good This is part why I want a different telescope . I have the HEQ5 pro which should not have a weight problem with a cassegrain

Sorry classic cassegrain can you link one please , found a thread by John in derby so now I know what a classic cassegrain is , the 8 inch stellalyra looks a nice tool

Hi hope your all well , I have a question I do enjoy looking at the moon and planets some times I do fit my small 224 mc camera but my acromatic refractor puts a purple tinge to the edge of the target so was thinking of getting a SCT or MAK I am leaning more towards the SCT but are they worth the extra cost over the MAK I do 99% visual

Brilliant news Paul

Get them if they turn out to be poo after you tap the hole get a refund

I am not real southern but gave him link to Luton astronomy , and also Eton college hope one will be helpful to him

Ok I can't shorten the refractor with out cutting it down may be I need a different one I will have another go when the clouds go away If any one of a refractor the bino will work in fully can they post a link please

How do you get more back focus . I have 2 extensions I use when a camera is fitted to this telescope do I need to use them with the binoviewer any ideas any one

Hi all last night I tried my binos in my refractor 127/1200 using the 1.6 Barlow I got focus on the moon using earpieces from 32 mm down to a 9 mm all looked ok . I had about 1 to2 mm back focus left Staying with the 20mm WO eyepiece I can't focus with the x2 WO Barlow but can with my bst x2 full size Barlow waited for Saturn now this is were my problem started I could not merge the images with 1.6 nose Barlow? No matter what combination of Barlow could I merge the image So is the bino ok or me not doing some thing right . I know Jupiter was low so seeing may have been poor but 2 images too and no detail at all ?

I need eyepiece rubber cups for the WO eyepiece that came with bino so tried these from Amazon till the other come from China they will work for now

Hi everyone just got my WO bino all's good except the rubbers on the eyepiece are shot so need to get new one does any one know were I can get them from

Hi post man dropped off my x2 WO Barlow and my WO bino

Hi that super lube I used on large RC Helicopters I got mine from align-Trex.co.uk

Brillant well spotted thank you