nightfisher

My old 180 pro, a superb scope but it just did not get used due to the weight and size, my 150 is much more usable

I keep seeing all these lovely fracs and it makes me want another, then i remembered i have another, but this one is looking for a new owner, the Starwave 102 f11

I assume from that you have it now Jules?

Yep, its in the house, just looking at a new focuser for it

I will have to see if i can find  pic of my old 180 pro, and i best take a pic of my new 150 pro

One of my ex scopes. I wish I still had this...

I can post this pic with the same comment lol

Can someone lock this now as its catching the Dob thread up!!!

I have not finished showing my fracs yet 

What scope is it Jules? 

It looks very Tal like!

TAL 125r, big brother to the 100r

Here is another that i REALLY SHOULD HAVE KEPT ! !, but it did not perform any better than the 100rs, but boy was it a rare scope and very pretty lines to it

You little beauty...!

All the evostar needs to really shine is a crayford and a 9x50 mounted on the tube a little way up from the focuser

And here is a pic of one i should not have sold, but this was one very long OTA, Antares 105 f15 "spirit of unitron"

Here is my "old faithfull"

the legendary TAL 100 RS 4" f10.....a proper telescope 

And here is a pair of TAL 100`s on my skytee mount

Bad news guys and gals,

i wont be imaging with my 130, i have finally got round to setting up my new Nexstar SE mount and the 130 is to long to use with this mount, so long term i dont see me keeping it as i traded my 150p ds for the 130 especially for this mount..................live and learn as they say

Or, at a pinch - you could borrow the one from your 150pds, its exactly the same M54 thread.

I could, but its sale pending and should be collected at the weekend, i am not worried that i cant use 2" ep`s, just hope the 1000d comes to focus with 2" nosepiece 

My 130 came with the wrong top on the focus tube, it has a compression ring top, the 1.25 reducer seems to be from an evo star frac, and no 2" tube not that it would fit any way. The joy of the used market

I now have my astroboot 2" to 1.25 reducer, so i might be able to get a look through this scope, seems like i wont be using any 2" ep`s with it due to the other part being missing, should have waited and gone for a new one

Jules,

Here it is

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Is yours different?

Cheers for the picture, i bought mine used and its ended up with a very low profile generic 1.25 reducer, i strongly feel i will struggle to get focus with 1.25 ep`s, i have sourced a higher profile reducer that slips into the 2" focuser and should be about right height

Just another thought, could a 130p ds owner post a pic of the focuser showing the 1.25 adapter fitted, as i feel my one from the used market has the wrong adapter 

Welcome to club 130

Ok, the mount isnt ideal, but there is still stuff to be had - plenty of givers (M27, globs etc). Im not sure how long your max sub length will be before field rotation kicks in, but just give it a go and find the limit.

Ive got a couple more snaps to process from SGLX, but its just clouded over so im going to take the kit apart now.

Cheers Rob, subs will be 30 secs to 1 minute max, im thinking 1000d with 2" nose piece direct into focuser and 2" lp filter. No point in even trying for  few weeks till i move to new house. By the way your images are top notch, very good indeed

Can i join this club, yes i own a 130p ds 

Right, i am NOT a deep sky imager but the plan is........i can see you all wincing at this,...........130p ds, 1000d un modded and ...............8SE alt az mount  (runs for cover)

The main reason i got the 130 is to use as a widefield visual scope on the goto se mount but nothing wrong with putting the camera on it and shooting some rough and ready images of things like the ring neb, M42, M45 and maybe a few brighter globs, if this does not work i will still have a good visual scope on goto, oh and i can image the moon with it, my fav subject

Superb thread, i plan to join this as i will be using a 130p ds on the SE mount

This one I call the "The leaning tower of Peli"

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Dont let the police see that lot...............they would have a "strong case against you"...........................okay i will stick to the day job 

Her is my revamped eyepiece case, top row is my plossl`s, 10, 20 25mm silvertops plus 15mm revelation and 18 plus 25 BST

middle is filters, blue thing is lipstick brush clear cases hold 1.6 barlow and 0.5 reducer, these screw into a 1.25 T thread nose piece, then 32mm imaging plossl and 2.5 revelation barlow

bottom row is full set of orthoscopics, all being Circle T other than 18mm BGO

Ha ha, i have just found a pic of my first EP case, although i consider my ep collection very humble, i have progressed a long way

I am in the process of doing a new case, i bought a larger box, got the foam, i had planned to get all my EP`s in the one case but looks like i will have to use the new one for 1.25, and the old one for my humble 2" set, should get it done tomorrow

Nice one Jules. It makes you feel so elated on completion of a task you have dreaded since discovering the problem.

So pleased the good ol TAL's back to it's old best.

Steve

Thanks Steve, i have posted this in case any one needs to do this, but i also hope no one has to ever do this to their TAL, at least my old girl is now good as new

Having bought a new aluminium eyepiece case finally got round to ordering the foam for it, should be able to consolidate my 1.25 and 2" ep`s all in one case