Sunshine Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 It’s a beauty! can’t wait to get it out tomorrow for first light, well actually first light will be tonight in night mode but does that count for a solar scope? I’m not sure lol. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Wonderful- congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Very nice scope, looking forward to hearing how it goes 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 They must have got the addresses mixed up! 🤔 It should have been, purchased by, your's. Ship to, mine!😁 That is a beautiful piece of equipment! Keep us posted on how great it is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 @Sunshine Congrats! I should have bought one of these instead of the Quirk, - eagerly waiting reports!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburymark Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Lovely scope! Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Brush Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Looking forward to your reports. I have the older daylight only model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Carbon Brush said: Looking forward to your reports. I have the older daylight only model. Thats the one I had about five years ago, I bought it used tilt tuned then i had it sent to Lunt for pressure tune retrofit and sold it a year later, lesson learned. Edited April 10, 2023 by Sunshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburymark Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The new focuser looks like a big improvement from earlier models. That old GSO Crayford was ok if not too stressed, but not great under heavy loads. Also - as the base scope has moved from using a singlet objective lens to an ED doublet, I wonder if you can push the magnification higher than the old LS60 when seeing allows? I seem to remember about 60-70x was the normal before - worth trying the new scope at 90-100x on a bright prominence when you get the chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 05:10, Highburymark said: The new focuser looks like a big improvement from earlier models. That old GSO Crayford was ok if not too stressed, but not great under heavy loads. Also - as the base scope has moved from using a singlet objective lens to an ED doublet, I wonder if you can push the magnification higher than the old LS60 when seeing allows? I seem to remember about 60-70x was the normal before - worth trying the new scope at 90-100x on a bright prominence when you get the chance. Good point about trying higher power with these new ED doublets, i tried out my 5mm XO (85x) while focusing on one particularly bright prom and even though the sun was only half an hour to setting I was impressed with the sharpness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburymark Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 15/04/2023 at 02:15, Sunshine said: Good point about trying higher power with these new ED doublets, i tried out my 5mm XO (85x) while focusing on one particularly bright prom and even though the sun was only half an hour to setting I was impressed with the sharpness. I have an XO5 too - haven’t thought about using it for solar as I mostly binoview, but I shall give it a go next time the clouds part - so around July 2030 then…… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Congratulations! The R&P focuser is fine on these. Made by Feather Touch/Skylight Instruments? The whole telescope oozes quality. Clever, modular design provides multiple options. Though the overall weight is quite a shock. Lunt must be making quite a few. Judging by the serial numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highburymark Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Yep - the build quality of Lunts is remarkable. Very solid pieces of kit. A joy to own and use. The only thing letting the old LS60 down was that so-so focuser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) On 17/04/2023 at 02:42, Rusted said: Congratulations! The R&P focuser is fine on these. Made by Feather Touch/Skylight Instruments? The whole telescope oozes quality. Clever, modular design provides multiple options. Though the overall weight is quite a shock. Lunt must be making quite a few. Judging by the serial numbers. Not sure who makes the focuser but it is buttery smooth and finely adjustable according to ones preferences. You are correct when it comes to the weight, it is heavy! for a relatively small scope, so much so that it is quite surprising, actually. It can double as a weapon should a thug ever break into my home lol, solid aluminum. Edited April 20, 2023 by Sunshine 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 No, no, no! You want an f:15 refractor to use as "proper" baseball bat. A 75-80mm should do it. No need for an APO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre2 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago (edited) Hi, "sunshine" that's already one year ago. May I ask you an short update how good the PT etalon works and the useful magnification? And where you are using the telescope... at the fields or at home? Thanks. ( I always viewing near my home and using a Svbony 10-30 zoom eyepiece. The image seems a little bigger to me compared to normal eyepieces and generally I need more patience for the prominences then for the surface detail. Maybe this is normal for a (tilt) 60 telescope? Never seen spicules. This one is made in 2017 , so it's probably not one of these older, " very good " models with their better built etalons or whatever the thing is...). Andre. Edited just now by andre2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saac Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago That is a beautiful piece of well engineered astro happiness. Enjoy. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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