Hi Mike, Dennis and Lester,
thanks for your warm welcome and also for the kind comments.
Mike, I generally like to put links to my site as it saves on too many uploads.. you know... Bugpond certainly know how to charge once I go over my 500mb limit
I've certainly neglected Globulars of late, always seem to go for other objects.
Anyway I've just sold my VC200L to help part pay for my 10" F4 home built Newtonian Astrograph.
Already have made the Tube & the Primary mirror cell. Have invested in the CR-1 Moonlight focuser, Baader MPCC, Protostar secondary and 4 vane spider and Parallax 12.7" tube rings. I'm just waiting on Bob Royce to finish my 10" F4 conical mirror and then I'll be back in business with higher res images and certainlywill be loving life then
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But for the time being, am always happy to use the Orion ED80 for semi wide fields. Certainly has been a great investment in regards to bang for buck. Now if Orion or even skyWatcher would only put out a cheap 12" RC... well.... now that would be something!!
Cheers for now guys..
Rich