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@John now you are just teasing us Hopefully the weather will settle down!

Good point Helen!

Not seen those before Derek, is it even smaller than the Mini Ercole? Looks interesting. It has a little more height than my Giro-WR so probably won’t need a pillar of any sort to avoid tripod leg clashes! Nice, although I do see the white is a little unusual. Can’t see it in the dark though I guess

Not sure that’s the case Phil, would be interesting to find out though hopefully it is not something which will need touching. Great pictures @John, it sits very nicely on the Ercole along side the 120ED. I can see you are going to have some fun with those two plus the LZOS Out of interest, do you have two similar diagonals so you can rule out that contributing to any differences you see?

Binoviewer and eyepieces I expect

Something a little different. An old pair of Chinon Countryman 7x35 wide angle. They are specced at 11 degrees, but I think 10 is more realistic. A kind gentleman from this forum 3D printed some filter holders for me so I have OIII and UHC on here, nice for the NAN and other widefield targets. The moon was bright last night (obviously!) But I still got some nice hints of the NAN with these.

You have my sympathy Paul, been there myself for quite a while with just a set of BGOs, a 24 Pan and a Nag zoom but you will manage. Those big bad boys will come back to you in time

I’m making some progress with this which I will share soon.

That looks an excellent addition Piero. I think the Docter might be next on my list! I still recall it showing me 5 moons around Saturn in my Tak, no scatter at all!!

Will do!

Thanks Piero, I’m looking forward to using it. I only use Binoviewers for high power now, and have the Nag Zoom if I do cyclops but the Docter is definitely on my list to reacquire too

Been a long time since I posted in here. This is a bit of a temporary solution, but I’m back in the 2” game, which is fun. The thing on the right is an extension tube for the Tak when used with a 1.25” Prism.

Sssshhhh

Not so exciting, but a nice original Vixen counterweight for my GP.

No idea, but I really hope it was worth the wait!!!

Funny I feel your pain!

Dizzied, tee hee, I hate autocorrect Fozzie , Fozzie, fozzie ...... how strange, now it has stopped doing it!!

Looks fabulous dizzied. Watch out Berlebach!!

Afraid not, the focal length is just too long. You need about 3.6 or 3.7 degrees to fit it in comfortably with sky around to frame it. With a 42mm 68 degree eyepiece you would get about 2.4 degrees. Nice, but no banana

Not in a 10" Paul, unfortunately. Would be nice though. Best high power view I've ever had was of the Witch's broom in a 15" Obsession with OIII. Totally photographic view.

Good to be out there with it anyway. You need an Ercole, no issues with 2 decent sized scopes side by side.

Good stuff Richard, should make for interesting comparisons as you get more experience with them. Was this last night with the Io transit?

Nice one Gert. The Veil is one of my favourites and I hope to get some nice views when away camping later this year. Most if my viewing of it is with smallish fracs (4”) which fit the whole lot in, but a larger scope shows much more detail in smaller sections. Each has their merits! I need a bigger scope

No, not in the market for one at the moment. If I remember correctly I used to own Derek’s scope anyway

Tried any doubles Derek? Pi Aquilae is worth a go.