The Skywatcher 130PDS has become more fancy !

[Skyline]

I mean its become more fancy by the nice green dovetail supplied, FLO need to change their telescope pic .

 

[Timebandit]

 

 

That's very pretty 

Maybe they should do the whole scope in that fancy green ? ?

Decent scopes the 130pds , enjoy 

 

 

[triton1]

Looks abit TAKky to me?

[Alan White]

Yurk, I was hoping the green would go for 2018 

As you can tell I am not a Green anodising fanboy.
When I got my 150p recently, I was most relieved it was older stock with the black dovetail.

Nice scope though and better focus unit than I have as well.

 

[steppenwolf]

Lovely 'scope, hate that green - what are they thinking of?

[daz]

My new SA is all green and white - looks like the new livery!

[Chris]

I don't mind the green dovetail, I'm getting more tired of the black diamond livery if anything. 

I think you've gone through more 130pds's than me, what is this, number 6? 

[RayD]

2 minutes ago, steppenwolf said:

Lovely 'scope, hate that green - what are they thinking of?

The Smash martians 

[RayD]

24 minutes ago, Skyline said:

I mean its become more fancy by the nice green dovetail supplied, FLO need to change their telescope pic .

Is it only that part that is green and not the focuser etc?

[Skyline]

only the dovetail

[Alan White]

8 minutes ago, RayD said:

The Smash martians 

Love it>
Sadly I will always think Smash, when I pick up my ED80;  that's really not a good thing with a telescope!
 

[Skyline]

Sorry while I was unwrapping....

[RayD]

1 minute ago, Skyline said:

Sorry while I was unwrapping....

That's not too bad there.  Looks like this is the new branding colour across the board then.

Telescope Marmite I suspect.

[Timebandit]

 

 

 

Boooooo

Wrap it back up and send it back to FLO , and say you want an all Green one?

 

 

 

[Skyline]

Mint choc

[Stub Mandrel]

I'll swap you my black dovetail for the green one.

Usual EQ3 fixing scratches......

[25585]

Hmmm. Black & green. Maybe it's meant to appeal to fans of a certain eye piece manufacturer

[Craney]

Check that all this green decal doesn't glow in the dark.....!!!!

[Skyline]

6 minutes ago, Craney said:

Check that all this green decal doesn't glow in the dark.....!!!!

I think that would be a good thing. Saves you tripping on the mount tripod leg.

[Skyline]

18 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I'll swap you my black dovetail for the green one.

Usual EQ3 fixing scratches......

I quite like it myself, certainly different then the usual livery, now what be a nice is a green micro focuser to complement the colour...

[John]

Perhaps they have realised that green and black are a popular colour scheme on astro equipment  ?

 

 

[Adam J]

Not a fan of the snot green to be honest.

[25585]

These!

http://ebay.co.uk/itm/Meade-5000-Series-SWA-Super-Wide-Angle-Set-Eyepiece-Case-/122851845054?nav=SEARCH

[wimvb]

12 hours ago, Lockie said:

I don't mind the green dovetail, I'm getting more tired of the black diamond livery if anything. 

 

When I got my 150PDS black diamond a couple of years ago, one of the first things I did was rotate it in its rings. Unfortunately, SW had  forgotten to remove the burrs on the rings, left after manufacuring. GRRRR!

The problem with adding colour to equipment is, that manufacturers don't coordinate. So, you can have a yellow Tak Epsilon, on a white/green SW mount, a red camera (atik, zwo, sbig), a black guidescope, and a purple (altair) guide cam. It's a good thing we only use our gear in the dark.

[RayD]

7 minutes ago, wimvb said:

It's a good thing we only use our gear in the dark.