Has anybody got a william optics 132mm

[musab]

im really thinking about getting one some say
their ok some say their are amazing but i have
heard that the focuser gives problems but thats
just with heavy CCDs im only useing canon 550D
are they good for the planets iv heard thats what
their great at im a planetery man myself.:confused2:

[musab]

id be very greatful if any of the lads could post any images.

[Alchemy]

What kind of images would be useful?

I'm happy with mine, but having said that I haven't had too many scopes 5 or so.

The focuser works fine with my qhy8 but that is a light camera. I want to go to a qhy9 and don't see a problem there.

Planetary imaging.... For less dollars a 12 inch newt would do better, I had one of those, but given I like deep sky the refractor was a better deal.

Pretty much all of the planetary imagers here use large mirrorred scopes, newts or cats , plus a video camera of sorts.

Cheers Clive

[cfranks]

I'm happy with mine too but after sending the (non digital) focuser back to WO and they returned it after adjusting it, I replaced it with a Feather Touch. A first class piece of equipment.

Charles

[Poita]

Something like a C8 or similar might be the go if planets are your bag.

[jjjnettie]

Aye, I agree. A big Newtonian is the go for Planetary work, and the money you save by buying that, you can spend on getting a top of the range Planetary camera. :D

[naskies]

(This is my first scope, so take what I say with a grain of salt.)

I very recently picked up a two year old FLT-132 (without the digital focuser) at a great price, as my primary interest is astrophotography of galaxies and nebulae. It's kind of like a giant version of my SLR lenses.

The moon, Jupiter, and Saturn all look amazing through the eyepiece - fantastically sharp, better than most photos I've seen, etc. However, the planets are simply too dim to capture well - the exposures are a bit too long, and so the images get blurred from the atmospheric wavering.

I'm actually considering picking up an 10" or 12" f/4 reflector specifically for solar system objects. If you haven't seen it already, I found Mike Salway's equipment pages to be an interesting and useful read:

http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2008/12/16/planetary-imaging-equipment/
http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2008/12/17/deep-space-imaging-equipment/