Hi :)

[Scorpy42]

Hi all

 

Been an member here for a over a year browsing through posts, but never posted, so thought I would give it a go  

I live in High Wycombe and for the past year have been using a Celestron Astromaster 102 I got on my 30th bday to gaze up into the sky at night

Last week I decided to upgrade so I ordered a Celestron Nexstar Evolution 9.25 and a Celestron StarSense (after reading the very lengthy and helpful posts with people's opinions on using it) 

Was looking forward to using my new scope this weekend, but low and behold amazon only delivered the scope and not the tripod  

Looking at at the reviews ( Im kicking myself that I didn't checked before hand) seems it's happened to allot of people that have bought the scope from them 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K6E1VUS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Have contacted them and they are going to send a replacement ( with the tripod hopefully), just thought I will warn others

So hopefully will be up and running by the end of this week  

 

 

 

 

 

[Red Dwarfer]

Welcome to the forum ! Good luck with the new scope ...

FLO are very reliable for kit and if you order from them in the future you will get exactly what you ordered ?

[Scorpy42]

Thanks for the welcome and the tip :), have just bookmarked FLO into my iPad for future purchases, as I'm not sure about getting the celestron GPS and also Wedges as I've heard that are good for Imaging but I have to amit I don't know much about them . Will be looking at past posts on here to broaden my limited knowledge and skills

 

 

 

 

[Dave In Vermont]

Greetings and welcome to SGL, Scorpy - it's good to have you aboard (speaking etal)!

Ask any questions and make yourself at home.

Starry Skies & Death to Amazon,

Dave

[laudropb]

Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. A useful lesson learned. Normally you are much safer dealing with reputable dealers such as FLO. Hope you receive the correct order soon.

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

[westmarch]

Hi there,

welcome to the forum. Hope the replacement is what you are looking for.

John

[Charic]

Hello, admittedly, not the best start when parts are missing, but hopefully, easily rectified!

Welcome to the SGL.

[MarsG76]

Welcome to the obsession hobby of astronomical proportions.

[Wikiastro]

Hi, and welcome!  Hope your new tripod turns up soon.

 

Dave

[cletrac1922]

Welcome from the land down under

U will have a lot of fun once have all the pieces

When got my ED80 on EQ5 mount, and Skywatcher 10" collapsible Dob, purchased through local astronomy store, and took delivery

John

 

[Mr Spock]

Hi Scorpy, pizzas and margarita shooters all round! Welcome to SGL

[PeterCPC]

Hello and welcome.

Peter

[hippie]

Welcome to SGL.

[Dave Lloyd]

Hi there welcome. 

[Charon]

Welcome aboard.

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 

[Scorpy42]

Thanks for All the replies and warm welcomes

Sorry I haven't replied sooner, thought I would wait till I had good news (plus I have to push myself to post cause of social anxiety)

Long story short i found the tripod on another site I got amazon to refund me the amount to get the tripod there

 

Yesturday the tripod came and I finally got to set up the telescope, ( after updating ).

Spent a few hours yesterday in the back playing  around with it and sorting out Starsense and I could of spent all night out there

Just got to learn how to make it quieter so I dont wake the neighbours  , hope one day to get to a dark site

 

Thanks again for warm welcome and I  can never say no to pizza and margaritas