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Hi Mike,

Yes new scope coming. I'll be honest the last one didn't do much for me and represented too much of an investment. It was very good but felt a bit sterile. A bit of time off and of course I realised no scope is even worse! Trips to the garage to work on my sports car over the winter were hard because Orion was often sat right there in all its glory, begging for even a small scope to observe.

Your prediction is very close. A Vixen, but Chinese made in the form of an A80MF. Always liked long achros but have had to consider the mounting options and really want to have something that I don't mind not using when life gets in the way. I think Lunar and doubles will be this scope's forte, can't wait!

So far, so good Alan. Accepting the smaller diameter than the Equinox 120 and consequently dimmer image, I'm very happy with it. It has certainly made a MASSIVE difference to setting up, so much quicker and easier on the AZ4 that I can see this scope getting more use over the years.

Mostly been observing Jupiter, the detail is there that I saw in the 120, just not quite as bright an image, but really not a deal breaker.

Woohoo, a whole buch'o'subs on M27 last night. Bloody tired today, not complaining though

Well an unexpected half hour with the ST80 before bed last night was welcome! First decent session with the scope, which I modded straight out of the box. M27, the ring in Lyra and double cluster in Perseus, suprised how well the scope performed

Woohoo, they delivered Clear skies forecast tonigh 'n all

Got a Baader 2" 7nm Rich.

Thanks Alan. Yes it's the used one, just hope it's in good condition!

Great thanks Alan, really good to get behind the scopes again. Andromeda, Dumbell, Pleiades and a bunch of globs plus some low power cruising with frac

Not spent a penny yet Alan!

Hi Garry,

Thanks for the offer but a little change of direction means I'm keeping hold of these for now.

Regards, Jon