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Be great placed on the underside of your dobsonian for moving it around the sky. Depends how heavy they are. Edit:- just read the listing and that’s what they are for. Lol.

There’s no 2” Baader clicklock for the Stella Lyra dobsonian. I have made do with the 2-1.25” clicklock as I primarily use 1.25” eyepieces anyway.

You will be surprised at the size of a 10” dobsonian. It’s not the weight of the telescope that’s the issue per se it’s the sheer bulk of it. It’s fine if you are just moving it out to your garden or a nearby area and even then that will be in two parts (telescope tube and base). As you are 15 you won’t be driving to observe unless your parents or some other kind person obliges. A sack trolley is a convenient way to move it about as one unit. I have owned the 8” and now own the 12” and the size difference is considerable. Consider these points before making the purchase. Good luck.

Most definitely. I tried and fried my brain 🤯.

I would personally opt for the 150mm PDS simply due to the fact that the 200mm plus accessories will be the limit for the EQ5 mount. The 200mm will also be more of a wind sail. Regarding your choice of camera it all depends on what you want to photograph. Planetary, lunar or deep sky objects. The cameras are different. Although the ASI585 is having a good showing on some DSO’s. A 200mm with accessories and camera etc will be overloading the EQ5 for astrophotography IMO. HTH.

The skies in Oxford are constantly covered by high cloud which even inhibits me from giving my new wedge it’s first light. It supposed to be like this for the next week.🙄

Welcome to the SGL forum 👋

The EQ5 uses dual bearings and not Teflon shims. I have re greased my EQ5 to make it smoother, but not by much.

I second what @Louis D has suggested you do and take advantage of the sale on the Baader Morpheus eyepieces at the moment. I own all six of them and find them to be an excellent eyepiece. They all perform fantastic though there’s a couple that are my favorites.

Just wait until you look through it and you will see a noticeable difference especially near and at the Edge. You would have to spend a lot of money to better the Morpheus for clarity and edge correction.

I think he is talking about the filter thickness changing the back focus slightly. At least that’s what I read into it.

I agree with you about EEVA and I am seriously considering starting again. I basically have everything I need apart from the camera. What do you think about a dual band filter for EEVA?

The dobsonian is a capable scope for EEVA as long as you have it on an equatorial platform. There’s a YouTube channel called “Dobsonian Power “ where he is having great results with his 12” & 8” dobsonians. There’s also folk on here using dobsonians. He uses a ASI294MC camera.

Thanks Don for your detailed guide of how to setup the GSO coma corrector properly. I have bookmarked your reply and will be ordering a bunch of parfocalizing rings along with the coma corrector. Thanks again 👍

Thanks for this. What f ratio is your scope? I’m just wondering whether the spacing will be different. Mine is f5. I will buy the GSO coma corrector as soon as I track one down. Thanks again 👍

Do you have a photo of your GSO coma corrector setup please? I am considering buying one for my 12” dobsonian. The SL focuser is different from the Skywatcher etc. Thanks.

The 6” SCT is a great scope and will suit your needs very well. However you should be aware that the 8” uses the same SE mount and tripod and the telescope itself is only 1.5kg heavier than the 6”. It’s indeed bulkier and when you have to move your equipment up and down two flights of stairs every little bit counts. I’m sure you will be happy with your 6SE.

I believe it’s identical to my WO 2” diagonal. Looks identical and has the same specs🤔

They are not necessary but they sure make it a lot easier and quicker than fiddling with screws or Allen keys in the dark.

Just screw in the first one until you feel the screw making contact but no more. Repeat this for the other two then once you have done this with all three give each of them a tiny 1/8-1/16th turn feeling resistance. Then check the collimation. If done this way it won’t be far off if at all. Good luck.

I went out with my new (to me) Vixen 10x50’s and my pistol grip tripod to view the moon and a general look around the sky. To my dismay this was the first time trying them with my tripod and found my binocular mount too wide to fit the roof prisms. I always used the heavy mount as I have always had Porro’s up until now. I will have to purchase a lighter binocular mount from FLO. I made do with a hand held session until the clouds came rolling in. Sigh 😔.

I generally forget about any of the fuzzies and concentrate on the moon, planetary nebulae, globulars and doubles. Once Saturn comes round again I usually gain a surge of renewed motivation. You will soon discover yourself when you start observing your chosen target whether it was a worthwhile endeavor.

Welcome to SGL Sathya👋.

Believe me it will. I got so itchy I ended up buying all six of them and their custom case. I’m so weak 😂

Hi Stuart 👋, welcome to SGL and I’m confident that you’ll receive advice on how to collimate your 8” Edge HD. It’s just the same as a standard SCT.