ITS ARRIVED

[astroeddie]

At 12pm this afternoon I took delivery of my new Sky Watcher 300mmF5 Flexitube Auto Dob,

One initial thought .... MASSIVE

Now built up and ready for the weeks of endless rain to go away.

I've took lots of photos which I'll I'll sort out and post later.

It took me 34 minutes to construct the Dob base. Lots of Hexagonal screws for securing the compi board together. Its mega sturdy and well constructed.

Motors are already installed on both axis'.

Came with 2 x 1.25" Super Plossl's 10 and 25mm. 9x50 Finder and bracket. 1.25" and 2" adaptors for R&P Focuser. A Battery pack is also included, takes 8X D batteries. I have a power pack so that's not an issue, I hope.

Quick check and the collimation is way out. Guess I'll be using my laser collimator later.

Apologies for the month long poor weather ahead of us.

Eddie

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[Parus major]

Well according to the beeb round my way is supposed to be clear from 7pm onwards to morning so you could fall lucky since I'm 60ish miles up from Berwick.

Congratulations on the new baby, btw!

[gfletcher]

Excellent news Eddie

Get it collimated and all set up for some maybe clear skies this evening and lose yourself in "Cygnus".

Can't wait for your First Light report from the 12" beast.

Graham

[Telrad]

Congratulations Eddie on your new scope! Give us a first light report!

Cheers

[astroeddie]

[Doc]

Did you drop it on your toe?

[astroeddie]

HA HA ,

Full nail removal because of in-growing.

[PortableAstronomer]

That's a great looking piece of kit. Congrats on your purchase Eddie, but I guess you have to go through the familiar ritual of "2 weeks solid rain after receiving a telescope" that happens to everyone.

:-)

[astroeddie]

Without a doubt. Its also very windy here today.

Cheers everyone

[Adamski]

WOW thats a beast. Looks like you've already dropped it on your foot.lol

[ollypenrice]

I think a 12 inch tracking Dob is such a great idea. Excellent. I was going to make the toe joke but they got there before me!

Olly

[astroeddie]

Here's a set of photos that I took of the "grand opening"

The two big boxes the scope came in ........

Next, the main scope packaging, which was solid......

Next, the base components unpacked.

Next, the scope unboxed.

Finally, all set up for the first time

Sorry if its long winded ..... just excitment I suppose.

ALSO, may I take time to thank FLO for organising my scope in such quick time from China. Another happy customer once again from FLO.

[wayneh]

Looks nice Bro cant wait to have my first look throw it :-)

[haitch]

So patient too! ... I never have the patience to find out the camera and stop to take photos.

[kris h]

Did you drop it on your toe?

LOL I was going to say that Congrats on the new Scope looks

great

Clear Skies

[astroeddie]

Suppose taking the pix was a way of calming down a bit.

Its heavy rain clouds here at the moment... told you so....

[Astro Imp]

Hi,

Congratulations on your new arrival, looks a nice bit of kit.

All you have do now is wait for the weather to clear and away you go.

All the best and enjoy.

[philhas]

I want one! some sunny breaks in the cloud here in Whitley Bay so maybe a chance tonight...

[virtualpilot45]

I was going to make the toe joke but they got there before me!

Olly

That's just toe bad.

[BAZ Senior]

That's a purdy lookin scope there Eddie.

Congrats mate, you will have many hours of great views with it.

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with it.

[astroeddie]

Phil,

If you're near Hartlepool you're more than welcome to come and have a butchers.

I'm home until 20th August before I sail away into the deep blue yonder once again. Feel free to PM me for a meet up. My brother has a 8"F6 dob. So, plenty of aperture here.

AS FOR MY TOE !!!!!

TOEtally fine .....

[nightfisher]

nice one eddie, looks a right beast, god luck for first light.........see what happens when you dip your toe in aperture fever

[space3]

best of luck with the new scope, it looks fantastic

[UTMonkey]

Lovely scope, have you decided where your going to keep it?

[Bazzaar]

Wow! deep, deep envy here!

Its looking good for first light tonight, the moon is getting quite full so be careful, stray to close and you'll give yourself flash burns!

Enjoy!

Barry