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In your part 2 forget about the reflection of the primary and concentrate on positioning your secondary mirror perfectly central and concentric in the focuser tube. Ensure it’s a perfect circle. Once done the crosshairs on the Cheshire/sight tube should be centre

The Telrad is the more expensive one in my shopping venues 🤔

This is what you are aiming for

Hi 👋 welcome to the lounge

You have moved the secondary

It’s looking good and as has already been said a final star check would be ideal

Hi 👋 welcome to SGL

I have experienced some dew on my secondary mirror of my 8” Dobsonian from time to time, although not very often. I simply bought the Astro Essentials dew shield from FLO which took immediate care of the problem. These are competitively priced and good quality

For myself when observing Jupiter i always find myself in the range of 100x - 200x. I more often than not find that using my Baader zoom allows me to home in on the sweet spot much easier and faster than if I were using fixed fl eyepieces

Hi Daf👋 welcome to the lounge

I also have the Telrad fitted to my 127 and find it great to use. I just need to upgrade to a RACI finder as well

Hi there 👋, welcome to SGL

I bought both the 10mm and 18mm when they first came on the scene. The 10 from eBay and the 18mm from Amazon. I have only got good things to say about them both and I’m pleased to have bought them. These are my first venture into the Flat field eyepieces so I can’t compare that aspect with any other makes.

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Is there an adapter required to fit the Steeltrack onto the CC8”?. Thanks

I myself initially bought the Svbony UHC filter. Then after hearing about the Astronomik UHC filter being better, I bought myself one. There’s a substantial difference in my opinion and I immediately then added the Astronomik OIII. I also have a Lumicon OIII which is another marvelous filter. To me, the world of filters is definitely one where you get what you pay for and it’s a no win situation buying cheaper makes.

For this focal ratio the reflection of the cap Isn’t supposed to be in the centre. I ran into the same thing with my Stella Lyra Dobsonian 8”. See attached

Personally I have not needed to use any Barlow with my 127. I usually go down to 7mm on the planets giving me 214x. I can go down to 5mm on the moon. I upgraded the diagonal to a dielectric and fitted a telrad finder as the supplied 6x30 was a struggle. I of course upgraded the eyepieces. It’s a great little scope that punches way above it’s weight

Hi 👋 welcome to SGL and you have gotten yourself some decent gear to wet your feet

The fact that China has just closed two of its major shipping ports is definitely not going to help things

Welcome Emlyn from Ian in Oxford 👋

I’m another that has nothing but good things to say about the Stella Lyra Dobsonian (8”). I have also got a 127 Maksutov Go to. What I did with my Dobsonian was bought a sack trolley and fitted longer rubber feet on the base. This makes wheeling it around a piece of cake. I mainly use my Maksutov for the planets and the SL Dobsonian for everything else. You will be very happy with your purchase.

I read somewhere that the SVbony and the Optolong are actually the same filter only with different labels. This was somewhat confirmed.

Yes Orion have bought the same scopes from GSO and put their labels on them

Two of the best for visual are the Astronomik and Lumicon. As a previous member has stated, don’t waste your time on the cheap substitutes ( as I did) as they are no comparison.