todd8137

I would say the one that answers the phone ,so many do not ,like your self ,every one as been there ,wants to no who is the best

well most are brill they all offer the same service ,customer service is hit and miss with some of them,

get on the phone give a few places a ring ,you will find that you will klik with one of the shops or websites and away you go .i would not go as far as to say use this shop or that shop as you may not get the same service as i did ,but give them a ring they will all happily advise you what you may need

tell them your budget and your needs for the scope ,do you just want to look at things ? Whats your main interests ,once you can answer these to your self write a check list of things you want to say say And give a ring round

Flo,365 astronomy,opticstar,skys the limit

they have all been good for me in the past they all have fast delivery times ,if the item is in stock most delivered with in 1/2 days,they all offer good customer service

am sure you will klik with one of these shops ,its like saying which shop do you goto every day for you bread and milk

pat

The trouble with other halfs is to be cool flowers chocs wine go a long way

pat

Yeah ditch the tin and clad it with wood

pa

Nice i to love the mney there gret images ,look forward to the next ones

pat

Make a nice guide scope i would have that for it

pat

My sct 9.25 is a dew magnet when out side dew shield and heaters are a must many a great night is killed,on the hair dryer front be carefull these will dry stuff on to the glass and is hard to get of.

Pat

Hi there I have one for my cgem I think it saves lots of time setig up,if I go on a club event I just stick it in wait a few mins nd I do not have to bother with time date ,snd ll he rest of it,if you have the cash ,and like gadgets go or it,it makes things s lot easier

Pat

Hi all FLO did another great job getting this gear out to me the baader lrgb set is great the dew controllers are fine all in all great service

Pat

Hi all been use in this great company for a couple a months now they are great guys up in Manchester,they give discounts on items big all small i got a uhc filter 2 " they knocked 1.22 pence of the price they do it on all items you buy from them

the shop its self is great ,they have plenty of stuff on stock and when we went up before we had even spoke about spending any money they offered tea or coffee and a chat

they have a great track record and there customer service is direct ,

there postal service is next day service on big and small items and they do not argue when you want a refund or are not happy in fact i would say they go the extra mile with discounts and customer service and follow up calls if they could for some reason post the same day

great guys, great kit ,fast delivery prices are the same as every one else but they "do offer discounts " which makes the diference whn spending huge amounts i spent 3 grand with them i got what i wanted for 2,567 pound a massive saving

Pat

Rother valley optics astro shop pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket

lets hope they send a man they will b the first men on the moon,i read a report the other day they are still worried about radiation

the telrad is a great bit of kit i still like to use the 9x50 finder along with the telrad

hi from me ap fever ermmm never had it ,due to SGL have in great threads on this my first scope was a 12"reflector i did not want to take the chance with a a 4,6,8 inch ect as i new i would want the big tube a some point,then we went the other way ,we brought a small frac 90mm and that gives us lots of quick views or makes a good grab and go

be in a dob owner a would say the 8"

the meade oto frac i have is the biggest hassle i have ever had

Please do that - I, for one, would be extremely interested in seeing it

look here

WcRmac - Description

Took my time but I eventually got round to flashing the cam today. Worked like a dream

Cheers Russ.

hi there you should take a look at

WcRmac - Description

flash it with the non raw color ,it makes a big difference the color on Jupiter is a bit cleaner with my spc900 and if you do not like it just use the same software to flash it back and you only have to klik on one and away you go its fool proof as well please do not take that the wrong way.

the raw modes are wicked as well i have two Phillips webcams

1,color non raw mode special factory settings

2,raw mode black and white

now these Phillips webs cams do process the image for you that may be the dif between a good and bad pic some times try all the modes

it depends how you like you images raw file wise have a look

i may even pop a vid on you tube at some point to show the modes

before some says it makes no dif because rgb filters

RAW is much better for this, you can use jpg, but the results will not be as good. If you install the Canon Zoombrowser EX you can use that to view the images this is what I use... or have a look at

ImpulseAdventure - RAW Thumbnails in Windows XP

thats a great quick view thanks

i prefer the jemreds i have 2 i had a wixey the rubber seal is not the best ,and with the wixey any frost kills them it did mine and dew formed on the screen on the inside i may have got a duff one

hi all i have a few probs with stell and my meade ds2090 frac i do the easy 2 star align ect ,then plug the cables in click on a star and its miles of traget before a plug the cables in .do i first put the scope back in the home position /park it any one no ? i only use stellarium and not tis other thing

Epic thread, loved reading it!

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this from Morgans, but does anybody know of anywhere I could send it to get the LX and Amp Mod done if I want to go that route in the future? (My soldering skills are worse than dire.)

I was looking at Dion's modded SPC900 on eBay but there's no way I'll be able to slide a £100 single payment past the wife!

nothing wrong with the 10d have had some good results 2"adapter and a 2"barlow not modded but still works

been here while but i learn something new everyday via sgl, and if am not sure about some thing,i can pop it on sgl and with in a short space of time i would have 10/20 answers to my problem i would love the mods to have a sgl youtube channel with video on how to set things up eqs ect andhow to use sofware like dss and registax ,yes yes i no theres a million videos out there but would be great if we had a one stop shop so every one could view because its ok some times reading a answer to a problem doing it is another,a video would be great

hi well a tried some 30 secs the other night heres the link tried to get some more last night but very damp here heres a link to the blog and pics

http://stargazerslounge.com/blogs/todd8137/815-start-my-mega-wide-field-shot.html

ermm i do not have dark skies i did some 20 secs and did not get results like this but only have a 28mm/80mm zoom lense so 28mm is the lowest it will go i did about 30 subs and still did not get a result like yours a dark site may be needed a think

ordered the light polution filter tuesday came this morning ,great service fast delivery as normalwill give it a try tonight

cheers flo and the gang down there