nightfisher

This new scope does look nice, and i like the new green accent on the livery, it looks to be a nice manageable 6" ED frac, and i await the disappearance of the white fluffy stuff so you can put it to test  

Give it some love and a fettle it will be a nice scope

On 23/07/2018 at 14:20, F15Rules said:

Mr Postperson called today with a couple of small packages..

The first one contained these:

The second contained a nice Circle T 4mm ortho volcano top, which I plan to compare with my Parks Gold 3.8mm.

I owned a full set of BGOs a few years ago and confess I have missed them for certain applications such as lunar, planets and double stars.

I often wished they had offered the BGO lens set in a Circle T volcano top body..but I can use these with winged eyeguards, which I do find helpful in keeping my eyelash off the lens with the short eye relief..

I do like orthos..

Dave

I wonder if you regret letting me have the Antares 7 and 9mm ortho`s, sorry but not letting you have them back

Built my hopes up till i read the description, i would love a 140mm F10 Maksutov, still i can see a good few people trying this new one out

I think the Tak will win, because you want it to lol?

24 minutes ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

Incoming:

Bresser ar102xs and AZ5 mount and tripod.

 

Paul, should be a nice solar setup

On 19/05/2018 at 19:39, DRT said:

I think a simple prism might be the answer to the focus problem. As for the green trimmings - I just assume it was designed to go well with Tele Vue accessories  

Derek, if you wish to try a prism, i can loan you a circle T 1.25 prism, i would require it back at some stage

Mike, looks a nice scope, hope it lives up to expectations, and really good to see pics of it, sadly my big Bresser has failed to impress me for imaging, great visual tube but most of my Luna visual is spent looking at the screen of the canon dslr, so sticking with old faifhful Mak 127

Very nice, i have had the pleasure of viewing through a skylight 4" F13 with carton lens, nice scope

couple of days ago postie brought me a 5-6 volt Ubec, this takes a voltage from a lipo battery and reduces it to 5 or 6 volt dc, i have set it to 6v, soldered some connection plugs, taken the power lead from my skywatcher dual drive battery pack, and now have a light weight power supply for my eq5 motors, using an 1800mah 2s lipo, this will power the mount for a good few sessions with plenty of power, then just 40 mins on the charger and good to go again

1 minute ago, iPeace said:

 

It's not quite what you think...

Now you have my interest,just out for a fly, expect a reply or pm when i get back lol

9 minutes ago, iPeace said:

Right! Absolutely. Besides, who needs another comparison? Who honestly has the slightest bit of interest in a Newt-out between a 6" f/6 and a 6" f/8? What possible good can be served by a first-hand account of how they perform side-by-side on Luna?

So when do you expect it to arrive 

Just now, iPeace said:

I noticed this as well. Not that I was tempted. No sir. Not at all. Full stop.

Of course, you just wanted to see what i have bought.................with no thoughts of, what if? 

24 minutes ago, alacant said:

Yes. There are 2 off 2.5" extension tubes and 2.5" to 2" + 2" to 1.25" adaptors and a rather boring 26mm eyepiece. HTH.

Excellent, and thanks for posting

18 hours ago, alacant said:

With the primary springs fully compressed, a dslr focuses with the draw tube 20mm from fully retracted; no intrusion of the focuser draw tube into the light path. HTH.

alacant, does this 150L come with an extension piece for the focuser, to use with ep`s? if it does all the better 

6 minutes ago, Stu said:

Still showing as in stock, wonder if they have more ex demo units?

Hmm, maybe they do have more in stock, defo ordered one at sale price........maybe you should add one to cart see if it lets you 

1 minute ago, Alan White said:

Hi Jules, just saw the other post, Bresser f8, sounds nice.
I was tempted myself on the sale website.

Yes, it worked out at £161 plus a few shillings posted, seemed rude not to give it a try, Alicant has one and heaped praise on it plus it seems it can bring a DSLR to focus with no mods, nice hexa focus, if the optics are good it should be a real nice scope, time will tell

2 minutes ago, Alan White said:

GSO like Mikes at all?

No, 150 f8

I will be able to post a pic of my Newt in a few days, and no it wont be an amphibian, but a telescope this time

The skytee 2 is pretty well regarded for twin frac set up, and would handle an F11 and 80ED with ease, but its a little "industrial"

This mount is well priced and a nice addition to the range, good to see a dedicated Solar tracking mount, should be a good seller 

Looks a lovey scope, at F15 should give ED views and what a classic

For £170 i would say good deal, be interesting to hear how it performs

22 minutes ago, spaceboy said:

This is an interesting thread. When the AZ5 came out used prices seems to fall off on the AZ4 yet it would appear the AZ4 remains the heftier mount of the two. I've certainly never had any problems using my ST120 on my AZ4 at higher mags and I even used a 150P for some time with no issues. Granted it doesn't have slow motion controls but when it's well balanced I've never felt the need for them anyway. I guess it is always assumed a later version number means they are a better mount. I have no doubt it brings a far better capability to the table over the AZ3 which would in all fairness be it's direct competition regards the use of slow motion controls and lightweight portability. As for a comparison to the AZ4 it's probably not in the same bracket. An AZ4 would probably be better compared to a Giro II, mini or similar I guess??

Did you not have an AZ4 @nightfisher

No.......I have had 2 AZ4, and yes they are a good mount, sometimes they need a little fettle to get the best from them, but i think for me the AZ5 would be nice with slo mo controls, but not in the market for astro gear at present

the tripod on the ebay one will be a TAL tripod, this is how they used to make them, but i would check to see if it does actually come with a mount