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Originally Posted by dugnsuz
1. A few years ago I bought the same scope from Bintel (didn't use it much, and sold it due to an interstate move soon after). It arrived perfectly collimated with the rear tin plate removed to allow the mirror to cool I suppose. Can I expect the same service from Andrews?
How easy would it be to remove the tin plate myself - has anyone done this?
2.Is the premium version (Crayford) worth the extra cash?
The R+P focuser on the Bintel 10 inch seemed OK.
Cheers for any feedback in advance.
Doug
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- No Andrew won't collimate it for you. I got mine (10") shipped to Tasmania and was only slightly out of collimation. I have removed the mirror for centre spotting and that was very easy. I do not have much problem with cooling as i leave the unit out there about 1/2 hour to 1 hour before i start observing.
- Yes to the premium. Me and a couple of the tassie boys compared the standard 8" dob focusser and my crayford and to me it seemed well worth it.
As you can see by my signature, i have outlined costs. I hope to have tracking via stepper motors in the next two weeks and then i can update as to the final cost to get some deep space images via a motorized dob and modified toucam and whether it is worth the cost!
I saw acropolite's LX90 in action on friday night and was very impressed, but as the buys mentioned, the price goes up. I really hope to motorize the dob, so that you can in total spend $1500 odd dollars and get a 10" newtonian that tracks. Then it really is up to the camera and what it can produce