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  1. Hi ,yes not if tou at a dark sky spot bjt its also a safety net as well plus it keeps the dist and other stuff outits so easy,to drop some thing and a 16" mirror is not some thing id like to replace ive dropped many eps pens ect when around the scope pat
  2. Yes still does the job and does it well if your worried you can make,metal hoops the same ones that are in wedding dresses but to be honnest it does not cut to much light I have tested it on dimmer galaxies shroud on and no shroud it made little to no change to brightness or contrast keep looking up Pat
  3. That shows a great phase of Venus brill
  4. Hope every one has a great chrismas and new year 

    1. orion25

      orion25

      Thank you and same to you! :icon_biggrin:

      Reggie

  5. Freeze in fog

    Frosty scope

     

  6. todd8137

    The Spider Nebula

    the range of coloured stars out shines ,the nebula in this technical master piece
  7. Hi and welcome enjoy the lounge and welcome back Pat
  8. A great looking moon here tonight 

  9. I take it you wear X ray specs to look through the house ;)

  10. Update It turns out you do need a needle to stitch Lycra nylon mix my neighbor tried last night and yes " aright job it was" the needle is called a ballpoint internet job now ordered pat
  11. Hi well back from town they had three grades of nylon Lycra how to describe them grade 1 rubbish,grade 2 not so rubbish but thicker a bit heavy ,grade three with a £6 pound per metre price supper heavy and easy to sew ( famous last words ) so,here's my plan note pic below A/B are as you guess top and bottom of scope the three verticals lines are the truss tubes parts ,1,2,3 camping matts cut down to each size, I,found 10" of,camping Matt does not un-balance the scope my plan is to glue Velcro to part s 1 and 3 along the dotted lines on pic I will have a 2" band with no Velcro. ( subject to trail and error this may turn in to 3 or 4 pieces) with the black Lycra will sew Velcro top and bottom lenght of this 29" This may not work out but I have nothing to loose I will not cut the Lycra to size I will most prob lightly sew it on for test purpose as if the 2" camp matt does not keep it from of the truss tubes and interfere with the light path Pat
  12. Just to test things will goto town and hand sow it just to see what it looks like and what it will cut out on the light path it's only a few quid and it's nothing if it all goes wrong I do appreciate all comments so far and a group average on a discussion is better than a single thought pat
  13. What a will do is check with my neighbour and see what she says ,I see destiny there also a player a may just hold of till I get a reply from the company in the states then Pat
  14. Right am off to town now to buy some material ,my neighbour as just said she as a sowing machine ,i will still email the company in the states ,a local shop as black Lycra material cheap she said on the phone ,it's finding some thing to make the loops,from and she said we'll see what we can do pat
  15. I just hope when I go to my local town Thursday the local wedding dress shop ,does not think I am mad ,just for the record I to stay clear of women's clothes ? Pat
  16. That sounds good to me a wonder if ribs that are used in wedding dress's could be used you see some with loops in ? pat
  17. Thanks all so it a conundrum I will e mail the said company in the states and send pics and see what' they think ,if this is a non starter ,what else would any one suggest ,when the scopes in the obsy i do not need any shrouds ect.Its when people come round to view with me am worried they will drop some thing or when I travel to dark sites I would like one pat
  18. Hi a little advice needed here ,I see all these great shrouds on big dobs 16",18" ect are these custom made ? Or of the shelf I did try and use my home made ones I used camping matts , and some flocking material ,I also tried to make one from black material .not have in a sowing machine sowing by hand was a pain ,but the camp Matt ones unbalance my scope ,what I want to know Is if I use a tight fitting one made from material spandex does it cut the light out as it will pull tight against the three truss poles ? Will this cut the apature down ? Pat
  19. Hi there that's crazy for that money I would exspect good quality at least and if you do not mind me saying. A good gust of wind and it looks like it would fall over ,and boy it's ugly looking as well ,that said am sure the views are good with this scope am sure you will learn to love it pat
  20. Hi and welcome to the lounge from me Pat
  21. Wow new layout is cool 

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