I wonder what this could be.....

[DaveS]

This

Came through the post via DPD this morning, I wonder what it is... Let's open it and find out....

 

Nicely made travel case anyway, what's inside?.....

 

Which, on unwrapping reveals this...

The phone camera has made the reflections stronger that they really are. It's like looking into a deep well. The lens cap is a very well made threaded item. Let's unpack fully and have a good look..

And

That's all for now, more to follow when I get the necessary adaptors and dovetail from FLO. I think this deserves a Losmandy type.

[ollypenrice]

I assume it's a present for your wife...

Olly

[michael8554]

Yes, the first parcel looks like one of my wife's regular crafting deliveries....

Bet she was disappointed Dave.

Nice kit

Michael

[zicklurky]

Ohhhh shiny new toys! Looking forward to your report and images from that scope. I was eyeing it for a while but ended up getting a Star 71.

[Joe12345]

Reminds me of opening my shiny new powermate at astrofest last week. Opening new equipment is by far the best part of astronomy!

[Dr_Ju_ju]

well that's put the mockers on the weather then....

nice scope btw

 

[laudropb]

A lovely piece of kit. Wish clear skies to play with it and look forward to your first light report.

[DaveS]

Thanks guys...

It'll be a while before first light as I've had to order some bits-and-bobs from FLO to adapt the M48 to T2 and sort out the BF.

In the meantime I've been having a play with it and found two rotators, on the focuser itself, and on the reducer, which has a three point lock. The latter is *very* slightly "rougher" than the main one on the focuser, (Which is butter-smooth) but still miles better than either of the rotators on my Megrez 90 / FR IV combination. The R&P focuser is nice and smooth too with a 10:1 reduction, though I would guess not in the Feathertouch league. I haven't directly compared it with the focuser on the Megrez 90 which has a steel track. I would expect it to be noticeably better.

[swamp thing]

At first I thought it was going to be one of those Meade 30mm UWA but quickly realised that the box wasn't big enough  

[Dave In Vermont]

I'd guessed it was another one of Steve's (bomberbaz) favorite eyepieces. He likes 'em around that size.  

Nice looking scope! Hope we see some images when you can.

Dave