CPC 925 only 1 day away!

[anth]

Hi all, joined the site 2 weeks ago and am very impressed by the replies and knowledge that is available on this forum. After many months of deliberation and a long chat with the guy from F1 telescopes (who I really recommend any amateur having a chat with) I have purchased, due to the axiom that the best telescope for you is the one that you will use the most, a celestron CPC 925. Getting delivered on Wednesday and looking at the met office website first clear night will be thursday. I will post an in depth review once my excitement has abated. Once again thank you all.

[nightfisher]

good luck with new scope, hope you dont get a big box of cloud delivered with it

[brantuk]

Nice one Anth - the 800 is awesome so you're gonna love the 925

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Welcome Anth! Great scope to look forward to (and through, of course).

Clear skies,

Michael

[nobbytate]

Hello and welcome Anth look forward to your first light

[JamesM]

Hi Anth and welcome to the forum.

Clear skies for that new scope!

James

[E621Keith]

Hi Anth

C9.25 is my dream scope. Best of luck with the weather, and can't wait to hear about your first light with the scope.

Clear skies

Keith

[Doug]

Hi Anth

A hearty congratulations on you choice of scope I am shore you will not be disapointed with it I have looked through one and was impressed

Doug

Essex

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[Gadget]

Hi Anth

I got my CPC925 a few months back and it has done nothing but impress me it really is a dream to set up and use and will give you some wonderful views

Look forward to reading your reports on it

　

Kevin

[Brendan of Borg]

Hello and welcome!

A new toy this far from Christmas! Can't be bad.

[oldfruit]

Hi and welcome to SGL and good luck with the new scope. Look foreward to a first light report.

[SeedyF]

Hello and welcome from me too

[johnh]

Enjoy your new scope and the Forum.

JohnH.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome from me too

Fun times ahead I think

[glowjet]

Hi Anth,

a very warm welcome to SGL, that is one very nice scope you will be receiving, seen some excellent digital images taken with such a beast, enjoy the forum.

John.

[ashworthacca]

Hi, welcome to SGL and clear skies for your new arrival.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your new toy.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Anth and welcome to SGL!!

[Questions]

Hi Mate, well done on the purchase, I have the 800, once you get the hang of it, its great.

Im sure you have read all the tips, but if you get any teething probs with the gps, goto, ensure the time zone is correct (default for me was california) and manually do the time yourself if it needs it initall, just to give it a kick in the right direction, once the gps locks on, it fixes the time and away you go..

also make sure you do the 3 star alingment on 3 stars as wide as you can (180 degrees), in a triangular shape (not a straight line)

Anyway good luck, its a little overwhelming at first, but you soon pick it up.

Have fun.

[brantuk]

I'm lazy with mine - I do solar align on Jupiter - then add in other objects to refine it as I skim around the sky lol. It soon gets there

[phillc]

Hello Anth and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire wow i bet you cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mark7331]

Hello Anth and welcome to the group from me

[Venus_is_my_friend]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

[Questions]

I'm lazy with mine - I do solar align on Jupiter - then add in other objects to refine it as I skim around the sky lol. It soon gets there

Not tried that is it accurate enough.

[brantuk]

Seems to work for me - I just save it as an alignment object (see manual on how to do that) and everything else falls into place. After the first 2 or 3 saves it's spot on all the time for observing. But for AP I wouldn't like to say - I think I'd take a bit more care initially when setting up for imaging.