Clouds on the way

[DaveS]

Just pushed the button on one of these:

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p7717_TS-PHOTOLINE-130-mm-f-7-Triplet-APO---3-7-inch-RPA-focuser---FPL-53.html

Plus flattener and spacers etc.

Comes with a free delivery of clouds, but they don't say how many, or if rain is included .

[Demonperformer]

3 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Comes with a free delivery of clouds, but they don't say how many, or if rain is included .

Thanks!

[Davey-T]

Looks very nice Dave, will it arrive in time for SGLX11 ?

Dave

[DaveS]

I hope so, but I'll be leaving it here, mabe the clouds will stay away from Lucksall.

It's definitely one for the DDM, I don't think the HEQ5 would have the capacity, given the length and weight.

[DaveS]

Well, the delivery came:

And here are the clouds 

Managed to wrestle it onto my patio table, with the 80mm f/4.4 for comparison. It's a bit of a beast!

Too big and heavy for imaging on the HEQ5, but I may, shock horror, put an eyepiece in it and actually *look* through it . Only to test collimation you understand .

[MattJenko]

How many gummi bears do they pack one of those with!

[DaveS]

Enough to fill 41/2 bin bags .

I really hate having to get rid of packaging. It's a bit of a bind, and a waste to boot  .

[garryblueboy]

Really nice scope almost identical to my Altair Wave 130 

[DaveS]

I suspect the lenses all come from the same factory. The main structural difference between this and the AA one is in the focuser, which appears to be a more substantial 3.7" dia.

What the optical difference is I don't know, possibly QC.

[Starlight 1]

Nice , if I can put my tak 106ed with the rest of the bits come out at 12.5 kg and the Heq5 love it. So I say give it ago. ps I got a new one this week and it was a nice night but still went to bed I think I like spending money.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Starlight 1

[Tyson M]

Gorgeous frac! Looks amazing, probably just as amazing to look through it 

[Commanderfish]

Great scope, I have an ES 127mm Triplet and it's fantastic for visual.  So very, very sharp, good aperture and can still produce a three degree field with the right EPs.