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Hi,

After much searching of retailer sites, I finally plumped for a Celestron NexStar 6SE .. :smiley:

It's just out of the box to have it's picture taken (attachment)..

I purchased it from http://telescopeplanet.co.uk, who were very pleasant to deal with.

It actually came all the way from the Netherlands. It was interesting to watch it's progress via UPS:

Stoke, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 6:10 Out for Delivery

Stoke, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 5:00 Arrival Scan

Tamworth, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 3:34 Departure Scan

Tamworth, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 23:43 Arrival Scan

Barking, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 21:06 Departure Scan

Barking, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 14:04 Arrival Scan

Herne-Boernig, Germany 27/06/2012 3:54 Departure Scan

Herne-Boernig, Germany 27/06/2012 0:25 Arrival Scan

Drachten, Netherlands 26/06/2012 19:30 Departure Scan

26/06/2012 17:48 Origin Scan

26/06/2012 16:20 Collection Scan

Netherlands 26/06/2012 5:36 Order Processed: Ready for UPS

So I'm all set to try it out - if it doesn't rain .. :rolleyes:

all the best, :smiley:

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DirkSteele

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Do my eyes deceive me or does your scope have a bold shadow in the picture?! Has the Sun made an appearance today? :grin:

In all seriousness, congratulations on the new scope. I own one of its big brothers and they are fantastic to use. I love the orange tube, I think they look great.

Clear skies,

Matthew

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faulksy

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nice one mate congrats you will love it. i thought telescope planet had closed, had a lot of dealings with them bought 2 scopes of a fella named simon very helpfull and good to trade with

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knobby

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Hi,

After much searching of retailer sites, I finally plumped for a Celestron NexStar 6SE .. :smiley:

It's just out of the box to have it's picture taken (attachment)..

I purchased it from http://telescopeplanet.co.uk, who were very pleasant to deal with.

It actually came all the way from the Netherlands. It was interesting to watch it's progress via UPS:

Stoke, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 6:10 Out for Delivery

Stoke, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 5:00 Arrival Scan

Tamworth, United Kingdom 28/06/2012 3:34 Departure Scan

Tamworth, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 23:43 Arrival Scan

Barking, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 21:06 Departure Scan

Barking, United Kingdom 27/06/2012 14:04 Arrival Scan

Herne-Boernig, Germany 27/06/2012 3:54 Departure Scan

Herne-Boernig, Germany 27/06/2012 0:25 Arrival Scan

Drachten, Netherlands 26/06/2012 19:30 Departure Scan

26/06/2012 17:48 Origin Scan

26/06/2012 16:20 Collection Scan

Netherlands 26/06/2012 5:36 Order Processed: Ready for UPS

So I'm all set to try it out - if it doesn't rain .. :rolleyes:

all the best, :smiley:

Grahampost-24706-0-55382400-1342021519_thumb.j

Good to see telescope planet getting some good press, I nearly bought a Meade truss from them but got scared off by the going bust / takeover bad press.

Congrats on the scope, looking good

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JamesM

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Congratulations Graham on getting on a very good scope. Did the Dutch sell you any of their cloud busting eyepieces? When I rang they said they were out of stock - AGAIN !!!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Hope the weather remains clear for you to get out there and to see what it can show you,

James

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GWS

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Thanks for the replies folks .. :smiley:

I've only used it for land peeping so far - lovely clear, steady view.

I'm still reading the user guides .. there's a lot to take in.

I intended a night session, 'cos the weather was good, but the sky was light until way past my bedtime. :rolleyes:

I've also been trying out the TheSkyX (First Light) software that came with it .. it's quite good, but I think the free Stellarium software is probably the most satisfying for my taste. I'm now looking at a lovely sky view with Vega high in the sky to the South - very atmospheric. And even the smallest star (barely visible) can be clicked on to see lots of information about it. One of the little things turned out to be 2,500 light years away - wow, I shan't be visiting there then. :shocked:

I've bought a 12 volt, 5 amp power supply from Amazon for less than £10, which works fine to power the scope.

I've also bought an XBox CCD camera from there (£3) - another little project which needs a bit of tweaking and might just give decent AP results. Let you know when I've tried it.

all the best, :smiley:

Graham

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