The Trubble Telescope

Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear you had that experience but it does make me feel better knowing that I'm not alone. This is the first time I've ever been on a forum ( everyone will have to forgive me if I get things wrong, I'm not very good with technology ) everyone has been so kind and helpful with their comments and advice.

Ha ha, Love it. I'm gonna do something similar !

Thanks, yes totaly agree. I'm waiting for a reply from Celestron I'll post what they say if I get a reply from them

Thank you, well the shots were ok and the 6.3 reducer gave a much better, wider field of view than the f 10 on the 11" SCT however I also discovered that I need to do a collimation, which seems a bit irrelevant at the moment, I also took some test shots with a small skywatcher scope which was giving some good results. I intend to trade in my OTA for probably a Skywatcher Esprit 100ED Triplet, all feedback on them seems good

Thanks, yes I'm going to do something like that before I get set up again

That's for sure !

Thank you I'm not sure I've got the confidence or ability to do that, sounds scary ! Thanks for the info

You know what I think I'll do ? I think I'll connect a small red light to the out outside of the obsy. Thanks Kev, great idea !

Thank You, I'll post the outcome

Good idea

That's what I've always thought, don't know why they haven't. I can't be the only one that's happened to.

Thank You

Well fingers crossed !

Hi all, Just joined the forum so first time post. I just wanted to share my horror story and warn all fellow observers not to make the same stupid mistake that I did. After spending months getting my new obseratory up and running, and with lots of problems along the way with the roll off and telescope set up ( hence my name ) I was finally ready to start aquiring some images. I had waited ages for even just a small break in the clouds to try out my latest set up ( you've all been there ) Finally I got the chance, there was a break in the clouds, out I went did a quick star alignment, d