Yep - I kept thinking, "the 12 inch has 44% more aperture"; I drove myself mad thinking about 25pi vs 36pi, but at the end of the day, it's my first scope, and besides which, there's always a scope 2 inches bigger than the one you buy!
York had the 10" and 12" collapsibles on display, but as I mentioned before, I took their only 10" collapsible model. The only tubes on display were the 6" and 8". Some would say that the collapsibles are better lookers than the tubes; I kind of liked the look of the 8" tube. It was very.. cute. VERY portable.
Missing Jupiter is no real problem because I get an awful view of the west from the northern side of my place - lots of smoke and city lights. That may have to wait for darker skies! I have been staying up very late lately - yep, holidays - but very tired tonight, so might have to give up on the sky in the next half hour... no big deal. Just another day or more to look forward to first view!
I'm still a bit wary of using the laser collimator. Don't like lasers, scared of getting my retina fried. If anyone wants to give me instructions (and assurance) over the phone tomorrow, let me know!
Meanwhile, I bet you're gonna love your new scope, whichever one you buy. I am pretty sure that I will!
Are you also a night owl at the moment?
- DSB
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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone
Yes, go ahead, complain, its what you have to do now you are a scope owner. Its OK, we dont mind here, its what we do.
Its a pity that you didnt have clear skies, you might have caught the Jupiter / Moon Occultation. Oh well, catch the next one.
Yes, being 204cm tall, a 150cm tube isnt going to be too difficult for me, however, I havent seen it in the flesh yet so I might have to "offload" the kids for a day of "daddy time" and take a drive to YO and have a look, did they have any 12" solids and collapsibles in store?
That said, it really is only 2.54cm all around difference (yes I know its a difference) on the 10" mirror so I might just fall in love with the 10" collapsible for the same price as the 12" solid after all.
For some reason (maybe its because I am bit of a gadget freak) I prefer the look and function of the collapsible. Or maybe its because I had a very similar idea to make my own DOB before Skywatcher "stole" my idea and I am just jealous, I dont know.
Anyhow, keep those blinds open and hope for some holes in the clouds before it gets too late, although if it clears up later, Saturn will be higher, so its a toss up on what to do here.
Are you on holidays and therefore not needing to head off to bed early?
Cheers for now.
Chris
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