IAS purchases

[John]

4 hours ago, djpaul said:

I was told it will be ready by end of the year.

I will order one probably February. 

I did notice some new tension knobs I think have been added since john had one to test.

I've had two versions of the mount to test. The 2nd one had the new tension knobs - 2 to the alt axis and 1 to the azimuth axis.

I also upgraded the worm bearings on my 2nd mount using a kit provided by Rowan.

The end of the year seems realisitic for sales to commence I reckon.

 

[Second Time Around]

I dropped off a very dirty 10 inch mirror to Orion Optics UK to be cleaned and if necessary re-coated.  I also bought a few accessories, but was most pleased with this beautiful picture from Carl Gallagher of Light by Night.  It's number 8 of a limited edition of 10, but the reason I bought it was to give me some inspiration to try some wide field Milky Way photography with my dSLR.