New Scope!

[Astroman]

Hi all,

Just letting everyone know that I am now the proud owner of a Skywatcher 8" f6 Newtonian. It came with tube rings and dovetail aswell as the alt bearings, but I havent reinstalled them yet. I did however reinstall the focuser and added the orion accufocus to it. Had a quick try out on the moon and Jupiter, great image scale and very clear image. I think this will be a great scope once I get the collimation back to where it was. (oh is that what that screw does oops)

I did notice some minor pin holes in the coating when I had a laser pointing down it, but thats nothing. The focuser is crap, I will be changing this over to my NGF-DX1 later, but for now I need to get a temporary base made up so I can use it as a DOB.

I think once I make up a base and start using it,it will be one hell of a scope. Can't complain for $200 :)

[g__day]

Looks pretty darn good Andrew!

[Shawn]

:thumbsup: Very nice

[astro_nutt]

Now THAT'S what I call a good buy.....nice one Andrew!!

[Harpspitfire]

i used to have a sky 8" f/5 (blue)- i thought i was a great OTA for the $$$

[h0ughy]

and where did that come from SIR!

[Astroman]

Bought it second hand from a guy just up the road :)

[mickoking]

pretty sweet deal Andrew :thumbsup:

[Hammerman]

Nice scope Andrew! Gotta love those 8" newts. :thumbsup: The white OTA looks so much more classy than the typical black that you normally see.


psst.... once you build a dob base, build another base for it! Check the first project from my sites "Build" page.
http://home.comcast.net/~astrohammer/build.htm (http://home.comcast.net/%7Eastrohammer/build.htm)

[ving]

sweet price for a sweet ota :)

i have a 200x1200 too, you should like it :)