nightfisher
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Wow, triton, thats good going, what apparent magnitude would that be, im guessing at 12.3 ish
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Looks lovely John, whats the best target you have acquired to date with it
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Skywatcher all the way, only beaten by Intes Maksutov
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I clean forgot i started this thread.........keep em coming lads and lass`s i have not had any astro stuff for a good while, though i did get a rather nice Giro 2 mount a while back
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A-focal can be a good compromise between webcam and DSLR
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Here is a humble offering from me Mak 102/1000D cropped from another image
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If you buy one it will come with a rather cheap plastic 90 degree star diagonal, swap that out for a better one, i use a Circle T prism in mine.....but most of the time it has a 1000D fitted
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get one, they are a great little Mak, no idea how it performs on deep sky but wont be terrible, but as a Luna imaging scope its top notch
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Just to make things clear, even though i have a few doubts about getting the 120ED, its a superb scope and i have NO plans to find it a new home, maybe i need to get more interested in deep sky observing to get more from this scope, rather than having it as just Luna
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My mak 102 now has motor focus, made from a pair of RC servo`s and a few bit i had
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Its a Circle K f16.5 sold under the Prinz label, the lens will clean up and you can buy tube rings from TS in germany, in fact i might have a tube cradle that might fit it, start of by cleaning the optics before spending any money, when taking the glass out make a note of the orientation (seek advise if in doubt)
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Houston we have a problem...........some one has snuck a newt into a refractor thread...........how should we deal with this infidel
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Mike i must have missed the pic, the rings look better on your scope than on TS website, on the site i thought they looked a bit thin
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would you say they are a lot more sturdy than the stock skywatcher rings?
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Thanks Mike, sounds like i might have trouble getting these
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John, dont suppose you know the diameter of the ED120, mine is all packed away and i have been thinking about getting CMC tube rings for it
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Paul, welcome to the ED120 club, great scopes
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I think you should loan it to.me for a second opinion on this mount or bring it to my little star camp at Usha gap
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Mike, superb write up, i still want one but cant justify it, and still looking into getting a bespoke alt az mount made at some stage, but it wont be as nice as the AZ8
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Sneaks of to google GM8 lol They look nice and not "mega" bucks...........oh for a lotto win
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You mention polar align on this, but why would you even think about it on an AZ mount, sorry just curious about this
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Ruddy hell this forum is doing my nut in!, go to post a reply and up comes a quote from previous! back on topic Nice, this mount looks a million dollars, just oozing quality.....only wish i could afford one, okay so i can afford one but i cant justify this kind of outlay, really looking forward to your "in use report" i suspect it will be good
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Just a thought, a 2S lipo for radio control models is 7.4 v dc, fully charged they tend to put out 8.4
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Ouch, that is one rather pricey AZ mount, but it looks superb..........good luck with it, please share your findings
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Show us your travel kit
nightfisher replied to Moonshane's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
This is now my travel scope and grab an go, skymax 102 maksutov on old but nice CG3 EQ mount
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