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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Not sure what EP's you have got or come with it
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It comes with a 25, 15, 10, 6 and a 2X Barlow, Brent. Quality unknown but certainly a good starting point.
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Originally Posted by raymo
Assuming that the 12" collapsible is a Skywatcher/Saxon model, you are
in luck because it has enough back focus for DSLR astrophotography.
raymo
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Yes, raymo, it's a Skywatcher. I had a brief discussion at the shop about this and they confirmed that it was possible. On the drive home, however, it occurred to me that a Dobsonian is (presumably) designed to be in a reasonably balanced state. If I were to hang an 800g DSLR off the end of the OTA would it not upset the balance? Anyway, a question for another day.
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Originally Posted by billdan
Suggest you grab a Notebook with Stellarium
Bill
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Hi Bill. Yes, I've had Stellarium installed for a couple of months now. What a great piece of software. I've learned more from just playing around with that and looking at the sky than anything else.
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Originally Posted by Allan_L
Let us know if you have any questions about setting up and using it, as you are just around the corner from me, it seems.
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I probably drove past you on the way home up the M1 yesterday, Allan.
Thanks for your kind offer. No doubt I'll have plenty of questions. Collimation is the first challenge but I've read everything I could find about it (and all the methods described were different) but I'm sure that, once it's all set up, it will prove to be quite straightforward.