As you see it we are mounted on the original mount and tripod. In the new
I have not looked at any stars yet, but terrestrial views are very nice.
Tonight we may have an opportunity to give it all first "star" light. :-)
Thanks for looking.
Cheers.
Thank you Mark.Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:59 am Hi again Mark
A shim should be fine; I've had to do that for my 3" as well. Good for you! I agree with you on the focuser travel, a few of my cheaper 25mm's and my ES 24mm won't focus unless I lift them up a bit in the focuser! Maybe I need to make some shims
Still, my KK's are fine; that's about all I use in it; sometimes my ES 16mm as well.
If you have a T-ring for your Nikons and a 2X barlow, you should be able to get a decent shot of the Moon too. Everett might get a kick out of that...
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The Moon picture isn't the best; but it was quite humid out at the time which didn't help. Anyways, just a thought.
Hope first light goes well!
Thank you THP !The Happy Parrot wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:45 am Sorry to hear about your mom's hip. Elder falls are much more common than I ever realized. Hope she recovers OK.
In the meantime, curious to hear how the telescope turns out when you finally get a chance.
Thanks I gave it to my nephew the Refractor attached is a tasco 4 VTE that I cut and changed to astro to make a better finder as the original is quite bad
As someone who adapted my Tasco 4VTE back in the mid 70s to squeeze some extra power out of it, I'm very impressed with your 'finder'. The adapted telescope is a pretty good instrument, and would be a useful finder.
Well, it would certainly give you a more stable platform from which to use the scope. That enhances its versatility in my mind.Don Quixote wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:22 pm I am wondering if there would be any benefit to rigging a dovetail on some rings and mounting this 11T on my CG4, or maybe even on my SW AZ/EQ. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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