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15 hours ago, johninderby said:

Revelation 80ED f6.8 for grab’n’go duties. In decent condition. Typical ED frac with FPL51 glass and good enough for what I want it for. Had one years ago and found it gave very nice views so when I came across another one at a good price bought it.  ?

Was that the one on ABS John? I was very tempted myself, but couldn't find enough info about them! Looks lovely.

Same frac, new mount and little & large together 

Ercole goodness arrived today

On 04/07/2018 at 21:07, Floater said:

Hmmm ... Something not hanging together here. ??

p.s. Have used the same company. Thumbs up. ?

OK, you were right. The thing is, I ran out of mag and Saturn was begging for more. Added a TS UWAN 4mm ?

5 minutes ago, Littleguy80 said:

Looking good  Where did you get the foam from?

Ah yes, how silly of me not to say! I got it from here....

https://www.cases-and-enclosures.co.uk/foam-blocks-sheets.html

After weeks of searching I finally found some new pluck foam for my small Maplin flight case. It turns out the case is a standard EN size and the foam was an exact fit and only £4! Needless to say I bought spares! Just enough space for an ES52° 30mm when they're released and then I'm done

21 minutes ago, alanjgreen said:

I had begun to get a feeling whilst using my solar scope that it was getting more and more difficult to (1) get an initial view that I was happy with (2) almost impossible to increase magnification and get a sharp image (3) the sweet spot was shrinking  

So is this a degenerative issue then Alan? Is it going to happen again in the future I wonder, or if it was a batch issue, for example?

2 hours ago, DRT said:

I'm just about to go out and have a peek at the Sun and now I'll have MC Hammer in my head  

Woooaaa woooaaa woooaa, wooooaaa woooaa, woooaa woooa ah! Haha sorry Derek!

No such luck for me & my new gear. Just spent the last 2hrs repairing the dishwasher! Harrumph.

STOP..............Solar time Thanks to the team @FLO for another ultra rapido delivery!

Kept postie busy over the last few days...

32mm plossl from @DRT, altair premium diagonal, 1.25" filter wheel, light blue & yellow planetary filters, DGM NPB and Astronomik OIII.

Oh and one duff Baader prism diagonal which is already on it's way back to the vendor

Very nice indeed @AdeKing, you have no idea how close I was to pulling the trigger on the Celestron!!!! Didn't make much sense having recently picked up the 120 though.

Anyway, someone's got to ask it......which do you prefer !??

2 hours ago, Philip R said:

It's a 'scope with port & starboard navigation lights. 

Finder scope needs to go on the other side then. My OCD wouldn't allow it to stay where it is! 

1 hour ago, Ricochet said:

Nice. It would be good to hear what you make of the 62° line once you've had a chance to test them. I don't think we've had many (any?) reports so far. 

I will report on the 62°. Searched high and low for reviews but like you say, none around. 

WARNING - THIS POST DOES NOT CONTAIN TAKAHASHI

Filling in the gaps in my ES line-up of EP's

82° 4.7mm, 68° 24mm & 62° 32mm

54 minutes ago, Mr niall said:

Ooh - not sure I’ve added my two pence on here yet. Here’s my Opticstar ar90s gold. 90mm achromat, 800mm f8.8 all metal, 1:10 focuser. No longer on the AZGTI though, need to pick up an EQ2 orAZ5 head from somewhere! Cracking scope!

Very nice, I've been tempted by an opticastar scope for ages, but can't really justify one alongside my current frac! Though I do dancy a long white tube frac for solar.......

8 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Congrats on your new family member Jon ?

The baby or the telescope? Haha, cheers Rich

Nearly completed my equipment draw down to one all-purpose scope now. Here it is in a bit of a hybrid visual/imaging setup trying out my new ADM guidescope clamps. The clamps make removing the guidescope complete with guider quick and easy and I've made up two wiring looms, one for visual and the other for imaging. I hope to continue DSO imaging and have a crack at some planetary too.

Received a Sky-Watcher reducer/flattener yesterday only to find it needs an M48 adapter not T2, which I already have - another purchase required! Boy have I spent enough on Astro this last 6 months! Still, sold a few bits on too, so recuperating some cost.

Now I just need the baby to sleep through the night and the scope might actually get some use!

Nothing wrong with the D3200, it's very capable! I've had mine modded and got good results, have a look at my Ha Horsehead

7 hours ago, FLO said:

That might be more difficult to achieve but I will request it.

How about the AZ GTi head only available separately?

I'm pretty sure the answer to that will be a resounding yes Steve. I'm considering the AZ5 or AZ GTi for grab & go but would have to adapt either to fit my CG5 tripod which is overkill, requires the Berlebach adapter and requires chopping and changing scopes/mounts about.

I'd be well up for an AZ GTi on the tripod you speak of as a package deal.

33 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Thanks, a friend just sent me a photo of the AZ5 that arrived with him yesterday.  He has an ED120 mounted on it comfortably.  I think I've made my mind up.

The exact setup I had in mind, was worried the ED120 may be a bit too long for the AZ5 so will be interested to hear any feedback.

22 hours ago, davyludo said:

I wonder how difficult it would be fashion a little converter plate so that the AZ5 head can be attached to the AZ4 tripod.....and if there will be enough demand that someone might start producing these.

Already thought about talking to my local machinist about this, but....

21 hours ago, Helen said:

Berlebach do an adapter 

https://www.berlebach.de/?bereich=details&id=123&sprache=english

Helen

Helen made a good find there

21 hours ago, Rick_It said:

Indeed, the tripod IS the limit. On the Skywatcher Italian website, listed as coming soon, there is the AZ5 with the same tripod as the AZ/EQ-5: payload is 9kg.

http://www.skywatcher.it/prodotto/montatura-altazimutale-az5/

The webpage say also "fluid movements with friction block".

 

This is a game changer, got me thinking about the mount again, fitte dto the CG5 tripod and...

20 hours ago, FLO said:

I didn't know they did one, what a good idea  

We'll order some for stock. 

Steve 

Steve, I think you'd be on to a winner there.

One final thing I'd like to see is an ADM saddle to fit, stop all that dovetail munching that the locking screws cause.

Yes I just noted the same. I'm also a little dissapointed at the rated ota capacity - up to 5kg? I'd like to have seen it capable of more than the AZ4.

Well Well, I waited so long for this before giving up and buying the Sabre. £145 for the head is tempting, especially if it'll fit my CG5 tripod.....

33 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

In the end I went for the SW as it's qualities are well documented. The only stuff I could find on the bresser was a review on here by Parallaxer (I think), he ended up sending it back as he was disappointed with it optically. 

Correct. I was not impressed with the optics and found my ED80 was giving stronger views of the planets, although, admittedly, perhaps I didn't give it enough of a chance.

I also questioned the build quality with some dodgy looking rubber seal around the objective & poor English text on the objective ring. Also, I found the Hex focus very stiff. Nothing majorly wrong in the grand scheme of things but I didn't feel the product was worth what I paid for it (and I got it cheaper than it retails now).