New Sky Watcher Explorer 200P and EQ5

[sezicoolcat]

Hi all,

I have moved away from my "welcome" post now :-)

I have erected the scope in the garden. But I struggled working it all out.

The tripod is white and circular tubes, whereas the one in the pdf's has rectangular legs, so I am not even sure that the tripod "goes" with the mount and scope?

We attached everything but we don't really know what we were doing. We don't really know how the eye piece attached, so tried one (I don't know how many we were supposed to "get" in the kit, but we have 2 empty black plastic circular things, that I guess are mounts for the eye pieces?

I have some pictures and I shall try to post them.

I will be loking for a youtube video on how to asssemble one of these scopes...

Sarah

[sezicoolcat]

Some pics, I am still learning on how to add pics... (Sorry)

[sezicoolcat]

[sezicoolcat]

Then we attached the smaller finder scope, but I never took a pic of that.

I have a 28x lens (I THINK) - is that the only lens that comes with this scope?

Off to youtube now :-)

[Chris Stacey]

Hello Sarah,

I've got a 200 on a HEQ5, slightly different to your mount, but not a million miles away......the tripod goes with the mount as far as I can see, it's the same tripod I have on mine...

When you talk about the circles for the eye pieces, are you referring to the section that screws under the tripod, with the main bolt that runs up and connects to the mount head?

[sezicoolcat]

I need to put up some pics of the plastic things that I mention - these are black and appear to attach to the actual scope (the white part, where there is a lense already on my pic?) and then the lens goes into them. Sorry - my first scope and the only manuals are what someone on here has kindly posted on my "welcome" post. The boxes it shipped in did not come with a "checklist" so I don't even know if it came with all the lenses. I thought I was supposed to have a barlow lense, but it didn't.

I did get a tripod tray, but the pics above do not show it attached.

[Cornelius Varley]

The EQ5 mount was updated recently and now comes with the tubular stainless steel legs. The 200P should come with a 25mm and a 10mm eyepiece, check all the small boxes inside the large shipping box.

Peter

[Geno]

Nice scope Sarah.

I have the same one on order, about 3 weeks away I think. Did you manage to find any videos on youtube. Have searched myself but have not found anything.

Geno

[Bizibilder]

The "rings" are probably eyepiece adaptors - Pics will confirm. You have the 1.25" adapter in the scope at the moment (which unscrews into two pieces so you can fit a "t adapter" and thus a dslr type camera). You get a 2" eyepiece adapter as well.

[Digz]

Looks like your doing well. Id get the accessory tray fixed on sharpish as that will help to keep the mount head securely fixed to the tripod.

[Deneb]

You'll have fun with that 200P DS, also comes with a nice 2" 28mm eyepiece...

Nadeem.

[darkly]

I have pretty much the same scope, it all looks Ok in your pics.

Have you googled and downloaded the manual for it?

If you have please just give this post a damn good ignoring

[darkly]

Maybe some stuff here

TELESCOPE SUPPLIERS - SKY-WATCHER TELESCOPE

[sezicoolcat]

We do not think the scope came with the correct eye pieces (OVL have said it should have come with a 10mm and 25mm but all I have is a fat 28mm)

and the barlow looks half of it is missing (one side has 2 locking thumb screws and a cover that attaches - the other end has a screw thread with nothing on it?) It doesn't look like the pic in the link OVL have sent me.

I am resurecting this thread - just waiting for the camera battery to charge up (typical) and then I'll pop a pic of the lens/eye piece/barlow that I got.

I would have thought everything is standard. Just like computers, I am finding theres nothing standard about astronomy standards :-)

Sarah