HollyHound

Oh dear, I’ve just bought one today too, curious to try an ES eyepiece (having been impressed by their focal extenders) and now having a dob, interested to see if 82 degrees is any more useful that 70 of the XWs 🤔 I had the set of Nirvanas earlier this year, but sold them on here in the summer... great eyepieces, but at the time I didn’t need the 82 degree FoV. Now, with the dob I’m seeing if the slightly wider FoV is indeed useful...

Thanks to you all at @FLO for your courteous and efficient service during this very strange year 😀

Well it has got black zippers and a flash of green... I can see the special forces carrying these off 😬🤣

Yes, huge difference from October unfortunately 🙁

Enjoy 🔭 Just had a short session on the moon too... just the Mak 127 and zoom, but still lovely 👍 Interesting to hear your thoughts on this combination, I’ve would expect the Ethos is amazing on the moon 😀

Already posted on the “what did the postman bring thread”, but it’s a Christmas present so here it is... The Night Sky Observer’s Guide Vol 1 & 2... these books are an amazing resource and will be great for exploring more targets with the 10” dob 👍

Bought from a fellow forum member (thanks👍) and delivered by 🎅 today... The Night Sky Observer’s Guide Vol 1 & 2... really loving reading through these this evening, and will be great for exploring more targets with the 10” dob 😀

Me too... final prep for Christmas lunch tomorrow 🎅

Had two hours with a clear sky and the Mak 127, and my experience mirrors yours... magnifications up to x100 were ok but much higher and things seemed “mushy” indeed. Binoviewing the moon was still very pleasant though. Just lovely to have clear skies again for first time in ages 👍

Scrub that... suddenly cleared up and moons amazing 🔭👍

Likewise, was hoping to get out for an hour on the moon this evening, but total cloud cover so far... still it's Christmas Eve and so sure there'll be some festive food and drink around anyway 🎄 Lovely scope BTW. Will be interesting to see how it performs, as I love Maks and this seems to be a really good one 👍

A rather more modest (and only recently acquired) little collection... 26mm (Halloween) 18mm Ultima 12.5mm Ultima Admittedly I don't know when these were made (not sure they even class as "vintage"), but they're now part of a "grab and go" set, give lovely sharp views and complement my newer eyepieces 😃

I've bought the 20x60 version of these to get back into astronomy and they're excellent... enjoy 🙂

Health Care Assistant... usually assists nurses and doctors, working under their guidance 😃

My stepsons girlfriend is an HCA and has the same thoughts 🤞 If it’s not been mentioned before... I admire everything you are all doing out there on our behalf... thank you👏

Think of it as therapy for a very trying year 👍

Ah, but it’s been fun trying and quite educational too 😀

It's been quite a shame this year that the opportunities to meet with other astronomers has been hampered by the crisis, as I'm sure that getting to experience other setups, views and experience, is very useful to help decide in which direction to go 🤔

No, in all seriousness I am very happy with the 70(ish) degree FoV, as I find it very relaxing to view for long periods, and the eyepieces I have for that work well now in both the dob and refractor... so I am more than content 😃

Yet... 🤣 I certainly have no interest whatsoever in an Ethos of any kind this year either 😬

Thanks. Unfortunately the Hexafoc version hasn't been in stock for a while, so this worked well without the Paracorr, but not with 😬

Umm, not such a big secret here... I've already used the Bresser on the moon and loved it, so if the Paracorr improves further, then am in for a treat... I love the moon, hence why I have the StellaMira 80mm ED f/10 and Mak 127 already. I wasn't expecting a dob to be such fun on the moon but it was 😃

I have noticed it very occasionally gets a little stiffer in the cold, but usually just loosening the clutch a little, moving it around a bit then re-tightening does the trick for me.

I really didn't expect the improvement to be so great, but it does indeed seem to really clean up the view for coma (it was very noticeable to me before) and helps with field curvature too. It very noticeably improved the Pentax XW20 to where I can't really see field curvature until the very edge and this is a superb eyepiece now. The XW14 also improves, but the Delos 14 is flat field anyway with no other obvious downsides, to that's my first choice at that focal length. I certainly intend to seek these targets out now and make the most of the improved view 👍

In order to obtain focus visually on the Bresser 10", you need to use a 37.5mm extension tube ring (which they supply in the box). The small 2" clamp screws into this and then both 2" and 1.25" (with adaptor) eyepieces fit into that and can be focussed normally. As I wanted to use a ClickLock (because I have them on other scopes), I bought this one... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/baader-2-inch-click-lock-cl-extension-47mm.html, figuring that the extra depth on this would be equivalent (approximately) to the extension ring, which I then removed. This all worked perfectly and there was still a reasonable bit of "in travel" available even when using the closest focussing eyepiece (the Delos I think). I figured that the Paracorr might go in this and still have enough "in travel" to work fine, unfortunately however, this Clicklock adaptor (having a 2" nosepiece) won't of course allow the Paracorr to go more than half way inside. So I've now reverted to the supplied extension tube ring and clamp the Paracorr fully into that... given that I am now very likely to leave the Paracorr in for most (if not all) my observing, then being able to use ClickLock to swap 2" eyepieces is not such a big deal, although I do have a ClickLock 2" to 1.25" adaptor inserted in the Paracorr to use for the majority of my eyepieces 👍 I may still obtain the normal HexaFoc fitting ClickLock... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/baader-clicklock-m68-clamp-for-hexafoc-focusers-bresser-omegon-and-explore-scientific.html, at some point to make quickly fitting the Paracorr easier, but this is very much a minor detail for now. I'll have another play with the Paracorr and figure out how much inward travel I've got left now and see if maybe I can even do away with the extension tube ring, but likely it may put focus position out 🤔 I'd like to set it up so there is the minimum amount of focus tube extending into the OTA, as I have noticed when I de-focus a star that I can see the shape of that in the similar way to the secondary spider vane supports, and worry it may degrade image quality.