nightfisher

If you want to keep it as a dob and add tracking then get an equatorial tracking platform, or mount the tube on a goto EQ mount

Dont worry, i still have the 120ED, but i found myself needing a grab an go set up, so when i heard about this "Monster mak" i had to go for it, i had one a few years back and kinda regretted letting it go, so here we have a little travel/grab an go 102 Skymax on a Celestron EQ3 mount, nice and stable, ideal to take to Mukar camping (dont think i would be happy leaving 120 in a tent for some badboy to steal)

Maksutov incoming, of to collect it in a bit, did you really think i could live with out a mak

Postie has just been...........a Turnigy TGY ai6 RX but that will mean nothing to you guys better still he also brought a BST explorer 12mm

I guess it would be the ultimate obscene lotto win dream, to buy the big house and get the stunning obsy built to then put a beast like that in it

I thought i would start a thread that may well become bigger than the huge eyepiece case thread! so if the postie or courier has dropped of some astro goodies you can post up in here, your place to show of in a nice way Nothing astro from the post but i did collect a nice ED120 and a nice Baader 2" Nd 09 filter so dont be shy, post up your new goodies

Not to worry Stu, i am really liking the scope, i could have managed with a smaller scope like a 100ED but the 120 looks good, is a sort of future proof tube and should serve really well, may upgrade the stock focuser later in the year and need to do something with the 9x50 finder maybe get a right angled jobbie

I had to think about that one Stu, in some ways its a bit wasted on me but i can deal with that okay

Scope out and cooling, ED120 set up on EQ5 with CG5 tripod, not much to look at but due west seems rich in clusters and just want to see how stable she is

Cheers, i am watching the sky for any sign of pesky clouds, i hope to set the 120ED up on my EQ5/CG5 tripod for a brief session later, if i do i will take some proper pics of the old girl in action

sorry but its been a very long day but i do have the pics the vendor sent me

I now have a rather nice frac, yes i got the 120ED and i have been to a good friends house on the way home for a very pleasant social and first light, the ED120 was set up on a twin mount along side another well proven 120ED and performed superbly, looks like i have a keeper

I now have a rather nice frac, yes i got the 120ED and i have been to a good friends house on the way home for a very pleasant social and first light, the ED120 was set up on a twin mount along side another well proven 120ED and performed superbly, looks like i have a keeper

This is a very interesting image, it gives the impression of being taken in the pouring rain through a window pane with intense ligt pollution

Sounds very promising, i am sure i will be more than happy with it, going to be a bit of a wait till Wednesday

Slowly does it, it comes with skywatcher 2" dialectric that looks nice (maybe re branded WO) but i have a rather nice 2" dialecric so will try both and sell the loser, the weather looks hopeful for first light when i get home, i have even raided the piggybank and relieved the contents toward the fuel. As said on other thread, if i dont like it were would i go from here, but the answer stays the same, no where, this is my last telescope purchase short of a big lotto win, so this will be a keeper

The scopes are multiplying, i have just received a rather nice and completely unexpected gift from my good lady, this Brass alt az refractor, optics look clear and it has a lovely helical focuser, will this be my travel/ grab and go scope

All being well on Wednesday i will be posting a pic of the skywatcher Evostar 120 ED pro, i have listened to the good people on these forums that have put up with my insane dribblings and for once i have taken the advice, this will be my only scope so over the years i hope to build an affinity with it, get to enjoy it and let it reward with crisp views and more than satisfactory Luna imaging

I now have the bit my little frac sits on, and back in the Frac club, nothing special but a Celestron CR4 100mm F10, not any where near as sexy as Chris`s XLT ED but a fraction of the price, but at least i have a scope, just set it up for a quick look and its clouded over and started to rain, consistent if nothing else

@ Chris lock........did you get first light with the XLT yet

I have to admit i would have liked this scope, it looks really nice but i did not want the flak for steering away from the 120 i am being told i need any way in the spirit of this thread, here is my frac and my only scope, there seems to be something missing as i dont see how it fits onto a mount, there must be a vital part that goes between the scope and the AZ4

Chris, looks very good mate

No secret John and no previous post to have missed, though not really using it so much i found myself missing the Tal100 after parting company with it, but the plan had been all along to look to getting more use from the 150pro skymax, hence selling the Tal plus getting the ED80 for a bit of "jack of all trades", the ED80 really is a scope than is jack of all, master of none, but there is a lot to be said for a 4" F10 so i will be purchasing a Celestron CR4 OTA from a very kind member and good friend on here, this will give ED80 for grab an go, some very basic deep sky imaging, a 4" F10 for Lunar imaging and observing plus splitting easy doubles and the 6" Mak for tight doubles and general high power Astro including Lunar webcam imaging and planet observing