First light SW ED 80 Pro

[wxsatuser]

First light for my ED 80 Pro and Baader Hyperion zoom.

Obsy not finished but could'nt resist a clear night, about 1.5hours to play with.

After glow and football floodlights a real problem but could still see stuff.

Put mount on unfinished pier and roughly aligned.

Went to Mizar......excellent......just the way I remember......nice crisp stars.

Popped over to M31, bit in the LP but not bad.

Went to Vega........beautiful crisp star, loverly!

No going back.......hooked......just gotta finish the obsy and get imaging.

[red dwalf]

it was a lovely night last night, sat in my almost completed obsy in my shorts and t shirt till 1-30 am having a go at imaging, trouble now as i`m using it it`ll take my longer to finish it L.O.L.

[emadmoussa]

Even though I own 2 more powerful telescopes - I find myself using the 80ED more often. The great thing about it you can push it over the theoretical and practical limit sand it still produces very nice views.

[Xeelix]

Great stuff. I hear nothing but rave reviews about the ED 80, definitely want to get one. But they never seem to show up second hand anywhere... probably because no-one wants to let theirs go!

Tom

[emadmoussa]

Great stuff. I hear nothing but rave reviews about the ED 80, definitely want to get one. But they never seem to show up second hand anywhere... probably because no-one wants to let theirs go!

Tom

They do actually from time to time. I bought mine second hand - well, almost brand new since the previous owner bought it but never used it. Place a wanted ad on ABS and you should probably find one.

[Xeelix]

Yeah have done... still waiting! I will try and be patient for a change

Tom

[wxsatuser]

Impressed with the views thru light polution, better than expected, well pleased even after just an hour.

[wxsatuser]

After doing polar alignment last night, I took a quick look at a couple of doubles.

Bands of cloud passing West to East and the Moon washing out the sky but

got a good look at Polaris, split easy at 75x, 50x and 37.5x, with Hyperion zoom.

Moved over to Almaak, what a nice double, easy at 75x, 50x, just there at 37.5x....

clouds ruined it a bit. Nice colour, to me slightly orange with blue/white companion.