Fastar on it's way

[MartinB]

Bad news - looks like Celestron have stopped making the fastar lens system. Good news - Bern has pressed David Hinds who has managed to find one in the bowels of his storeroom and it's on its way next week :). The fastar replaces the secondary mirror and you attach a camera to it. The scope then works at F1.9. It takes a couple of mins to swap over and, I'm reliably informed, doesn't upset secondary mirror collimation. From what I can gather the NS8 fastar and Atik 2HS are a perfect combination so I will find out.

[OXO]

Great combo those Martin as Rog will profess!

Good news there mate!

James

[GordonCopestake]

Excellent news! I expect a full report on my desk the second it hits first light

Oh and lots of pictures!!

[GazOC]

I'd wondered how those things "worked", thanks for the quick explaination Martin. Enjoy your new gizmo!