My new scope - minus the mount :(

[nuttystar]

Well my first scope turned up today (thanks FLO) but unfortunately they seem to have forgotten the mount that came with it (not so much thanks to FLO)....

So I can test drive it and its a clear (ish) sky tonight

I am gutted................. Its like having a chocolate biscuit without the tea to dunk it in....... only worse......... *cries*

Anyways here is a pic....

[red dwalf]

nice to look "AT" if nothing else, better than tele anyway !

[nuttystar]

I dunno.... Looking at a scope I can't use is like torture Especially as its not cloudy...

[Psychobilly]

Silly question I know but you did by the scope and mount and not just the OTA as FLO sell it "both ways"?

Billy...

[nuttystar]

Yes I thought I might have messed up at first too... but I checked just to make sure

[Psychobilly]

You should get some nice views through the scope...been trying very hard to avoid buying the OTA on its own myself...as its a bargain... been spending the money on getting the obs modded though instead...

Billy...

[nuttystar]

I cant wait James from FLO has been in touch and he is gonna sort it out for me early next week so hopefully I should be up and running fairly soon

[Jarndyce]

I'm sure you'll be pleased with yours, nutty.

Mine looks nice in the kitchen. One day, I might get to point it at some of those sparkly things I've read about...

I've mounted a quick-release camera mount on the top and also a Rigel Quikfinder from FLO, which works well.

Billy - you want one, you need one....

....it's only the cost of a dozen or so tubes of silicone sealant....

[Psychobilly]

But I buy my silicone in bulk for £1 a tube... think its a bit big to put on the CPC800 and I do love my Megrez72 FF III combo which gives a wider FOV...

The sensible way for me to buy it would be on a driven mount so i could do some field work with it...

Billy...

[nuttystar]

ooooooooh that looks lovely.... I am itching to use mine now........

[Jarndyce]

..think its a bit big to put on the CPC800 and I do love my Megrez72 FF III combo which gives a wider FOV..

I bet you do. I think the WO scopes are beautiful and I'd love a CPC800...

[Reggie]

I got one of those on monday, it will go on a tripod at a push if you've got one knocking around, normal tripod thread screws straight into the dovetail. No chance of using in anger at the sky though yet, the weather taunted me by just starting to cloud over by the time I got home from work at 11.15pm

[jgs001]

Very nice Nuttystar, it's a lovely scope. I've used mine on a camera tripod, and used a 2x teleconverter with the camera to take shots of the moon, it works well, but you need to allow the wobbles from the pod to settle. For normal viewing of large DSO's it'll work fine on a decent camera tripod.

[nuttystar]

Unfortunately this scope has to go back to FLO next week so I can't even put it on a camera tripod Oh well it just hightens the suspense