Nexstar 6SE

[Marcus daniel]

I finally made the jump up and bought a Nextar 6SE, well please with it and the mount seems sturdy. Just waiting patiently...(not) for first light. Mind you, have just betelgeuse peeping out from behind the cloud, fingers crossed !!

[red dwalf]

nice scope, and good luck with it

[Demonperformer]

Yep, mine has given me hours of fun. Good choice. Any problems, just shout.

[smudgeball]

Yeah

It's a good yun !

[Marcus daniel]

Thanks Red Dwalf, I notice you gave the SE XLT, hows that fairing with your webcam, I have the Neximager, do you have pics you could share please, as Im interested to see how it will fair.

Thanks

[Marcus daniel]

Cheers all im like a little kid, the wife says i haven't stopped smiling since i collected it this afternoon lol!!

[spacebloke]

Well done on a great purchase!

These are a couple of pics ive produced and I've only been out a handful of times

If you have any questions just ask, everyone is really welcoming and honest on this forum.

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[Johnboy2011]

Ha! I'm exactly the same, new scope and waiting for the cloud to go! The downside is I seem to have developed an addiction for buying accesories!!

I'd love to see how you get on with the cam.

John

[davy999]

Great scope, was my first and still use it occasionally.

[smudgeball]

Hi

I was out last Wednesday and put my Canon EOS 40D on the back (prime focus). Helps my daughter see things easier with "live view" on the camera.

Had to try a couple of pics while I had it connected, but imaging IS NOT my thing !

Regards

Neil

[Marcus daniel]

Nice shot Neil, im interested to see how the neximager will do too. Clouds are coming in now so won't try either cam i dont think tonight.

[E621Keith]

Congratulation on your purchase. The 6SE is a great scope. The only bad thing I'd say is the stupid date (MM/DD/YY) input.

[smudgeball]

The only bad thing I'd say is the stupid date (MM/DD/YY) input.

Agreed

[Marcus daniel]

Yeh I know, its ok once your used to it

[Demonperformer]

Fortunately, my gps dongle, from which I get lat/long/time/date, gives the date in that format

[old_eyes]

Great scope. It was my first and I have had great fun with it over the last 15months. Weirdly I seem to have accumulated a total of three more scopes (all right one is a guidescope), a GEM mount and a whole box of eyepieces, accessories and random adaptors and wires.

Be afraid - be very afraid

old_eyes