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OOUK VX10 on its way

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Just had word with OOUK & the telescope has been shipped,with a 3 day or so time frame.OOUK have been great to deal with,they provide excellent communication with the customer(me) and they are ahead of schedule in completion/shipment.I will provide a review here when it arrives.

Update: I just talked to OOUK & its already in Philadelphia!Here very soon :grin:

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I must admit my 10"OO is a great scope, oo optics are first class. clear skies.....

Ditto my 12" F/5.3. Superb optics and, when conditions allow, fantastic planetary and lunar views :grin:

An equatorial platform is a great boon too :smiley:  

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Cracking choice of scope you've made there. Did you upgrade the optic to 1/8th or 1/10th wave ???

  I'm seriously considering the 10" f6.3. Looking forward to your "first light" post.

Hi Eddie,thanks for the compliment on telescope choice.I did upgrade to the 1/8 wave and I hope that my sky conditions allow the mirror qualities to "shine" through!I also considered the 10" F6.3 & the 12" F5.3,but after measuring my truck and thinking of some other considerations I went with the F4.8.I like the look of the 8" F4.5 too-that would be a neat scope too-wide FOV,extremely portable for a Dob......I was just like a kid in the candy store! :grin: I also ordered the 10:1 focuser option.First light coming soon!

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Ditto my 12" F/5.3. Superb optics and, when conditions allow, fantastic planetary and lunar views :grin:

An equatorial platform is a great boon too :smiley:  

Hi John,the ease to which an EQ platform can be used is a big plus for the VX's(I noticed you may have one?!),this consideration was in the back of my mind, as I may try imaging with the 90mm & might have an EQ6 or similar someday here to play with! :laugh: I realize other Dob scope brands are "EQ"ed,but I do love the look of OOUK's ring system.

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Interesting story the shipping....in Philadelphia,Pa, to Louisville, KY, to Minneapolis,Mn,(300 miles from me) to Winnipeg,MB(240 miles), to Kenora On(140 miles from me),where it sits & missed its connection to here.Now here is the story,I was just in Winnipeg for a couple of days & it was there!And then I just drove right by Kenora(about 3hrs ago) and once again the VX10 sits!I called UPS & they apologized for the missed connection....and said it SHOULD be here tomorrow (scheduled for Monday @ latest).I should have brought my laptop to track the pkg & could have picked it up yesterday,possibly.The original tracking info gave today as delivery date,with Monday being the rescheduled date.So I'm checking tomorrow......wish me luck! :smiley:

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I finally got some time to take some pics....I was charged duty @ 4.5% & just called Customs & got confirmation that there is no duty from UK,but the Broker charged it.So calling them first to see about a refund or Customs says they have a form -faster though if Broker refunds it.All this takes time.....but it;s my $100.00!This is one nice telescope if I do say so myself.I tried the focuser movement & it seems very smooth,we will see when I get it set up,but judging from this brief try I anticipate no issues.Here is my new toy & a pic of the dark site trail...

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Nice one, Gerry,

I am pretty sure you will not be disappointed with it.

The f4.8 will probably be a bit more forgiving than my f4 and I think the Dob mount OO make is really nice.

Good luck and let's hope for clear skies.

Gordon.

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