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Originally Posted by Baddad
The rain gods have been watching and you have struck a time when they are rebuilding their supplies. Very lucky for now but they will hit with a vengeance soon.
When it comes we know who to blame. LOL 
At least you 'fessed up. Enjoy the new toys. Sounds good.
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haha yep, that sounds exactly right. Thanks mate :-)
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Originally Posted by LewisM
Unfortunately been in the same boat but mine was the Titanic due to a few major issues (not voluntary). I have almost completed my re-acquisitions. Just need a few parts (Tak CAA and a set of Baader OIII and SII filters).
Good luck.
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I saw your involuntary sell-out; glad to see you're building back up again. On the bright side I guess you can look at it as an opportunity to use the knowledge you gained with the previous set of gear to make better selections this time! :-)
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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
Great set you have got together , I think you will be pleased with the ed100 , great visual scope. , if you decide on the azeq5 mount I am sure plenty of us here would be interested in a report as these seem to tick all the boxes. , so to speak. .
Good luck.
Brian.
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Cheers Brian! I would have gone with the ED120 as I'm primarily an imager (with a strange hankering for visual lately) but I couldn't afford that and the 414. The 414 should offset the slower scope though due to its significant increase in sensitivity. If I just ignore the increase in read noise as well... In fact, it should still put me ahead, and I can use that more sensitive camera on the GT-81 as well, thus the decision.
Happy to post my thoughts on the AZ-EQ5 once I've had a play, but it will be from the perspective of someone that's never used an Alt/Az mount in his life ;-)
Have an eqdir cable on order but I'm looking at several weeks for delivery on that. Not sure if the AZ-EQ5 has even landed yet either; I was given a tentative date of the 27th, which would mean I could probably arrange for it to be picked up on the 28th.