Hello From West Sussex

[Starflyer]

Hi LB,

Welcome to SGL.

Cheers,

Ian

[Albedo 0.39]

Hi Lightbucket

Welcome to SGL. :wave:

David

[jgs001]

Hi,

I'm new on here too, and it looks like there's a lot of us here in West Sussex.

John

[James]

Hi Lightbucket and welcome to SGL (albeit belated...)

James

[barkis]

Thanks everyone! here's a photo I found of the homemade mount - as you can see I'm no master craftsman - or photographer for that matter!

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That looks quite a nifty little mount. I see it doubles as a prop for your wifes ironing board when not in use.

Ron.

[Sam]

Thanks Ron, The mount that originally came with the telescope was quite flimsy and wobbles all over the place and took ages to settle down after adjusting anything so I thought a heavier version might suffice. The result didn't look pretty and my wife demanded I hide it when we had visitors but it certainly worked well - the balance wasn't very good though. For my new telescope I am going to get a HEQ5 rather than try and build my own.

Sam