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IKEA legs?

Yes but it needs to be levelled to work properly and I suspect that levelling it on a tripod will be more difficult than doing it on a table top.

That looks ideal. I don't suppose you can remember where you got the table from?

Slightly silly question. I've just bought a Skywatcher Virtuoso MAK90 which is a table top mount. What kind of tables do you folks who have similar use to stand your scopes on? I'm using a plastic patio table at the moment but i's a bit wobbly. I'm not too far away from an IKEA store if that's any use.

Bit of a shocker. I ordered it from FLO yesterday at noon and got an SMS from DHL that it would be here on Tuesday. It actually arrived this morning, 22 hours after I ordered it 😃

Just to follow up... I've ordered a Virtuoso 90 Mak and wifi adapter which will be here on Tuesday 😍

Once again thanks for all the posts. They've all been really useful to me.

At the moment it's all going to be back yard stuff but II believe that the virtuoso mount has a 3/8 tripod socket on it so I could blag a second hand Manfrotto off Ebay if I decide to go awandering.

The old Virtuoso mount is compatible with the Wifi dongle. There are videos on the choob showing it working and Alex from FLO confirmed that it does in an email to me.

Thanks to all the replies so far especially Alan64's pointing out the redundancy of the 114P with the ST80. The Meade Adventure version of the ST80 actually comes with a right way up/correct left-right diagonal(?) so terrestrial stuff is not a problem. I've seen the new Virtuosos but I suspect that the lack of buttons would be a disadvantage as far as I'm concerned at the moment. As far as paying ~£315 for a new mount to put the ST80 on rather than paying ~£315 for the Virtuoso/wifi adapter the difference is that with the Virtuoso I end up with a new goto mount and a MAK OTA as well 😀

Total noob. I've been given a Meade Adventure pack which consists of a version of the ST80, a nice backpack, a wobbly tripod and 2 meh eyepieces. I'd like to make it a bit more usable so I've though about buying a Skywatcher Virtuoso tabletop with possibly a wifi adapter to turn it into a goto This would allow me to use either the Virtuoso scope or the ST80 on the Virtuoso mount I want something I can pick up and take outside without hassle Before anyone asks what I want to look at I'm a noob so I don't really know. I did get a look at the moon through the Meade which was quite exciting I understand that there are other options available but I think the Virtuoso mount would suit me at the moment The virtuoso has a choice of a MAK 90 or a 114P reflector. Given the above circumstances which would you choose? The MAK or the reflector?

Sorry to butt in but are these sales a regular occurrence? I quite fancy an SV105 but I'd rather pay £18 than £35 🙂