[Dez]

Hey everyone!

Just felt I had to share my excitement with the arrival of my new telescope early this week!!!! After much research, many questions and suggestions here at IIS (thanks again for helping), practical considerations and anticipation, I am now the proud owner of a new Bintel 10 inch Dob.. And let me tell you, she is looking gorgeous!!

Looks like a few significant changes in this model from the previous ones. Apart from the right angle finderscope and 10:1 micro focuser which I’m sure will be great, the colour of the OTA – White!!! My personal opinion… great move! And the wife definitely agrees. I think it looks much more like an ‘optical instrument’ as opposed to a ‘water heater’ as its new home is in our study. A small thing I know, but if it makes the wife happy, it’s gotta be good!!

After putting together the mount, tapping in the staples holding the teflon pads to avoid scratching the alt surface, I sat back and stared at it for a couple of hours. You just can’t beat that feeling of a new toy!! (Scientific instrument to the wife ) Not a mark on it anywhere, just beautiful.. I checked collimation with the Orion collimating eyepiece I bought with it and I tell you, the boy’s at Bintel definitely do a great job of setting things up.. Looked spot on to me! Definitely a bonus as I was hoping I wouldn’t need to adjust it before my first observing session.

Of course, I haven’t had a first light chance yet, which I’m sure is no surprise to anyone with this weather at the moment. Will report on this when the sky clears..

Anyway all I can say at this stage is Woooooohooooo!!!

Cheers

Dez