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  1. A new member @Flakmunky mentioned that he had named his daughter after a star and it reminded me of something. Back in 2006 one of my boys and his family named a star after me using and old cb name I used mid 70's "rustbucket". I wondered if anyone else has a star association? Ps. I do understand that this is a novelty 😉
  2. Of those telescopes, the only one I have and use is the skymax180. It is a very fine telescope for solar system and doubles and even fully loaded would sit well on the eq6. Just to add, have a close look at a stellalyra 8" cc. May be one to add to your list. All the best
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    Hello Dee55 and welcome to the site
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    Hello Flakmunky and welcome to the site. Ask away with any questions, people are only too pleased to help.
  5. Without even blinking, stellamira125mm. Reducer and a barlow and I have a lot of bases covered. Strangely, I would miss the seestar.
  6. I have four, skymax180, stellamira 85mm, stellamira 125mm and a seestar s50 which interestingly nobody has listed
  7. Just to confirm that the sm125mm will sit very nicely on your heq5. Due to the weather, I have only had a brief moment to compare the sm125mm with the skymax180, which was the other telescope I was going to suggest as it also sits nicely on an heq5, but using a 5mm and barlow with the sm125mm on Jupiter was quite impressive. All the best.
  8. I tend to use a pair of disposable gloves with fingerless gloves over the top. I then just pull the tip off the appropriate finger and all is good. I've tried the conductive tip type glove, they work but I just can't seem to get on with them.
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    Hello John A and welcome to the site.
  10. Hello shinebug777 and welcome to the site. Please don't frighten us by saying you point your telescope at the sun; to align your finder scope find a distant object during the daytime, center it in the eyepiece then center your finder scope. You will need those eyes of yours to continue painting, so please, as RT65CB-SWL says, unless you have a solar filter or leave the lens covers on, no more pointing telescopes at the sun. Just for information ignoring the obvious damage you could do to your eyes, should you point your telescope at the sun, temperature build up within the telescope could melt plastic components and render your telescope useless. A great painting, please do start a topic within the astro lounge, it would be good to see your work. All the best.
  11. The red dot finder is, imo, a bit of an essential. I have three types but this is the one I prefer.... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/astro-essentials-red-dot-finder.html It needs aligning with your telescope, wookie1965 videos give a few clues. Basically, during day time, find a distant point, center it in your telescope eyepiece then center the finder cross hairs. It will be out when you look at stars but it will be close. At night, set your telescope and mount up as normal, goto your first alignment star which will be out, then use the finder to get closer to the star, this hopefully will put it in the fov of your eyepiece. Center the star in your eyepiece then center the finder. I tend to leave the finder in place at end of play so it's ready for next time, but being clumsy, I manage to knock it so have to do it again anyway. All the best.
  12. Hello Hans, I've found that the input colour is white on yellow and is difficult to see, is this because I am viewing it in "sheets" as opposed to excel?
  13. May be worth a visit to have a look. This is a car park associated with the strawberry line, it would be worth seeing if they have other car parks that offer better all round views. All the best.
  14. I must admit, I am enjoying this. The pictures will never win prizes but that is not my aim, standing outside, getting on target and watching that picture build up is me all over 😁
  15. Camera. Quite how it got there is a mystery as I leave the camera, flip mirror and eyepiece all in one lump. Hey ho.
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