My First Light Skymax 150

[Bigwings]

I noticed on another thread that Dobbie wanted to downsize from the Skymax 150 Mak to a 127 for portability . Today we exchanged scopes wi h a cash settlement.

Tonight M42 was passing to the front of the garage (unheated). To quote Oscar Wild (I think) " I can resist all things except temptation.

Lifting the EQ5 to the garage door I mounted the Skymax 150 and chose the Baader Aspheric 31mm. With clutches off and no power the finder was nudged to M42. A few seconds focusing and WOW......

M42 filled the field of view with great contrast and tac sharp stars showing trapezium as clear as I can remember. 

It seemed to me as good a view  as I can remember with the SE8 or my 8" Newt. Perhaps it's my memory. My first light with this scope fills me with anticipation of views lunar and planetary but it certainly can do a good job on bright DSO's. Cool down was not a problem when kept in a cold garage on this occasion.

Thanks Dobbie... I love it.

 

 

[happy-kat]

Here's to many more wow moments

[Sunshine]

Jupiter and Saturn will have you over the moon! no pun intended, it is a planet/lunar killer.

Have fun!

[nightfisher]

Skymax 150 is a very good scope, i have owned 2 of them, little tip dont mess with collimation screws