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My Russian wasn't quite good enough to understand what was going on Shame they don't carry on transmitting, it's like they are hiding problems.

Transmission has just stopped before launch?

What an awesome product! If it comes to focus with perhaps a short Prism diagonal it will be amazing as a travel scope.

Very good question!

Just a couple of pointers or observations which may help... I use a 24mm 68 degree eyepiece when finding the alignment stars, and then switch to the cross hair once it is centred. Makes life much easier, as does an accurately aligned finder. Do you use the Rate adjustment when centreing the star? Usually down at 3 or 2 you have very smooth adjustment. One thing to be sure of is that your scope is balanced front to back, if it is out then things can get a bit jerky or it just won't move! Finally, always make sure you approach both alignment stars from the same direction, e.g. By moving up and to the right say. To a degree it doesn't matter which direction but keeping it consistent ensures that the backlash is being taken up in the same direction and this keeps things more accurate. I do find that the gotos can get inaccurate when moving to the opposite side of the sky so realigning on stars in that area may be the best option. Let us know how you get on.

Absolutely. Whatever happened to the central core is a side show compared with what they achieved with the launch, and that coordinated landing of the two booster cores.

I suppose if it wiped out the comms from the drone ship then they might not have images to show yet?

Not seen what happened to the middle booster yet? Did it crash or miss?

Unreal! That was amazing, particularly the simultaneous landing of the two boosters. Enjoyed that. A lot!

That FRT looks a lovely scope, long focal length ED, I bet that performs well!

Are you not looking at a 150mm f6?

Could give that f15 a try Jules?

I see these every now and then, they look lovely https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F253398267048

Is it really three years? Crazy! I assume he just doesn't want to sell as otherwise that should be long enough (by a factor of about 12!) to know it is too expensive. Hadn't realised it was as you say, there is a lot less value in scopes like that without a provenance of some sort. Best left I agree.

@Dave1 this one has been hanging around for a long time, it's 4" f15, presumably Vixen optics. I assume the price is too high for it to shift, and I gues f15 4" is loooooong! http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=133447

Have you seen Mark's thread on his Heritage 130P? Mark knows his onions and is very pleased with the scope and mount. There is currently an OTA without the dob mount on AstroBoot for £54. You would need to add a finder plus the shipping but, but could then look at an AZ5 mount on a decent tripod like Mark's perhaps? Plenty of shroud threads on the forum, here are a few... https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/303479-heritage-130p-shroud/?tab=comments#comment-3319337 https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/286532-made-a-shroud-for-my-heritage-130p/?tab=comments#comment-3139656 https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/305224-observing-session-with-15x70-binos-and-heritage-130p/?tab=comments#comment-3337555

True enough. You can at least turn the brightness right down to save a little battery?

Is that using the handset though Gavin? That has to be there to replace the synscan app doesn't it?

Actually it seems like a yes.

What are you trying to do Kerry, use SkyFi to allow you to run the Synscan app, not using SkySafari? Have you tried using Skyfi into the handset and connecting that way, i.e. Bypassing the Synscan app?

Hi Colin. There is currently no way around this. It is an iOS issue in that the Synscan app will not run in the background, it must remain active. That's why you need a second device to run SkySafari, so they can both be active on the two separate devices. My way around this was to use a SynScan handset and then to use SkyWire to connect (you can also use Skyfi). This completely bypasses the AZGTi wifi which is a shame but it's a more useable solution I think, and works well. I doubt there will be a fix for this, unless SkySafari integrate the Synscan app into their app so only one needs to be running. This would be a huge piece of work and unlikely given other priorities I think.

I've yet to find a stacking app for phones, wish someone would write one!

... and in a 60mm I can't find a weight for it anywhere, but they are not that heavy.

You would only need mono for Ha Paul, you can add the colour afterwards but it's basically a very narrow frequency band, so is only one colour. Here endeth my knowledge

I've bought and sold abroad on a number of occasions and not had a problem. I've even sold a nice eyepiece to that renegade @alan potts and it arrived safely. I also bought a lovely Televue 85 from overseas and that arrived safely. Just make sure you pack it very securely, assume it is going to be dropped so make sure it is adequately protected and you should be fine. The main complaint I get is how long it takes to get into my packages . You can always request that the seller packs it a certain way for stuff you are buying. A filter should be fairly straightforward though.