Cant Decide what to Purchase

[astrotyke]

Thanks nick for confusing me more lol, ill have a think about that one, I need to half a proper think about where I'm storing it.

Do these scopes come in a hard storage case or anything like that

[nicnac]

box and polystyrene im afraid, to be honest though the mount isnt much bigger than a hoover and with the OTA stood on its end, should fit beside the mount in the corner under the stairs or pantry ect,ect

[astrotyke]

I suppose the only thing I'm wondering is how much better the sky watcher 127 will be over my basic 114mm selector will be. Decisions decisions

[astrotyke]

well, thnx to you guys, youll be pleased to know i think ive decided, might go for the Mak127 on hte EQ3 mount, as I think this will keep the photography option still open for me in the future, i know there maks arnt the best for photo work but should be fine for what I can afford to do.

And also, if I wanted to upgrade the mount to Goto later on then I could do that as well:)

[nicnac]

the pictures you take with this telescope should be great on the moon and some planets, as a slow scope, its not suited to DSOs

[astrotyke]

Lol ill just by 2 scopes lol I can see myself getting a reflector again

[nicnac]

to be honest, one would do, it does me (see sig) I have had fine views with my set up, DSOs,planets and of our moon.

a good barlow is key

[nicnac]

to be honest, one would do, it does me (see sig) I have had fine views with my set up, DSOs,planets and of our moon.

a good barlow is key

[astrotyke]

Do you use your TAL 150pas your main scope im guessing

[nicnac]

yep, its the bee's knee's, the dogs bits and so on and so forth.

definatley worth the extra over its competitors

rolled steel instead of aluminium

1/10 wave mirrors over the 1/4 or 1/6 the others use

and the current variant has a 2" focuser with a 1.25" adaptor instead of the old 1.25" that the TALs used to have

and the best finder scope on the market (or "meerkat" as AndyH would put it)

ooop! im ranting here, sorry

all in all, a fast scope with a good barlow, thats all you need, its all I need anyway

i got the mak 90 to sneak into work, it just has to be done sometimes............ but only on my breaks of course.......honest

[nicnac]

have you managed to choose one yet Astrotyke?

[astrotyke]

No nick lol had a busy week but got fed up of not been able to decide lol. So much advice around, with different opinions

[nicnac]

out with the TAL now, trained on Saturn with standard TAL 25mm plossl and TAL x2 barlow, its magic, wipes out the mak, very clear view, opaque in colour, satalites in orbit, cassini devision. FANTASTIC!! (on phone, sorry for dodgy report), im off back to Saturn!

[astrotyke]

Nice one, I saw the sky was clear tonight

[nicnac]

yep, crystal. just having a coffee moment then DSO hunting, finaly, a good night and not at work!

Ps, hurry up and get some bins or a scope, as master lee says "you miss all the heavenly glory"

[astrotyke]

dont worry, I will be getting one, ive always got my 114mm scope to fall back on, even if the mount is rubbish lol

[astrotyke]

Think I'm going to go for the mak nick as I think I fancy mainly for planets and its small enough to store.

Only other question I have is depending on which mount I go for, would it be possible to mount my existing reflecter onto either of them

[nicnac]

which spec you going for?

Maksutov - Skywatcher Skymax 127 (EQ3-2)

this spec, yes, your 114 should be fine

[astrotyke]

i presume i could get some rings for it to hold it in place as it doesnt have any other sort of fastner on the ota

just gotta decide nick which mout, go to or eq3, i suppose id get more use out of the EQ3 if i could use both scopes on it (if i can get the correct size rings) dont think it would fit onto the Goto mount

[nicnac]

you can get 114s on goto mount, not sure of the fitting

Maksutov - Skywatcher Skymax 127 SupaTrak

Maksutov - Skywatcher Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO

Reflectors - Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145P SynScan AZ GOTO

Reflectors - Skywatcher Explorer 130P SupaTrak AUTO

(see the mounts)

i would go EQ though, not into that goto stuff

[astrotyke]

yea cheers nick, I was just looking at them too, food for thought,

I found these here, they fit onto all the EQ mounts but only the AZ3, so i dont think that includes the goto mount, So i might go the EQ mount way

[nicnac]

FLO sells these too

Tube Rings

[astrotyke]

nice one, i think i might ring and ask them tommorow to see if they know if they fit the goto mount, im guessing not but it doesnt bother me too much as I enjoy star hopping

[astrotyke]

i decided at last i think, will be getting the Mak 127 on the EQ3 mount, then maybe have a look at getting a reflector later on for it, like the 130p or the 150p