Visual setup part 2 - TEC 160FL

[DaveS]

On ‎03‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 21:23, GavStar said:

It’s been permacloud since the scope arrived but I decided to do a dry-run for first light. Scope is quite light but I don’t think I would want to go any heavier.

 

Not tempted by the 180 then? .

My credit card has just seen this and run off under the desk, whimpering quietly.

[GavStar]

On 05/12/2017 at 09:28, DaveS said:

Not tempted by the 180 then? .

My credit card has just seen this and run off under the desk, whimpering quietly.

I was going to say that refractors don’t upscale elegantly and the 180 would be huge and heavy in comparison. However, this picture seems to show it’s not that different from the 160. ?

I’ve still not managed to look through the 160 yet (but forecast seems good for the evening). However I need a portable scope that I can set up and take down easily and having got the 160 in my hands IMO it’s the limit of portability. My 130 is very comfortable to manoeuvre in comparison.

[John]

I saw a TEC 200 FL at a show recently. It looked like an observatory scale instrument to me. Very, very nice though

APM have a nice Zeiss 130 triplet on sale currently

 

[hoverge]

Did anyone try mouting a 7" refractor (e.g. TEC 180) on TTS-160? I'm wondering how the mount performs. Thanks.