[QUOTE=nightstalker;648173]Sorry to hear of your dissapontment and frustration Rob.
Is it at all possible your scope is a reasonably high quality astrograph from from orion optics (uK).. the mount and Fl (4.4)you mention fits there europa series.. as far as Mr google tells me ??
As to whats up with it I have no clue , but I'd look a little more at
possible causes before throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Failing that you have a pretty good fallback in your good wifes
man I'd be runnin for the hills with that one
Firstly thanks again guys...............had a good laugh with some of the comments...............you crack me up!
Graham, yeah.................It is most likely the europa series astrograph from Orion...............thus my surprise on the performance problems.
However, this scope has an acessory which I believe is the culprit:
It's a big black 2 inch adaptor with a 1/1/4 inch adaptor inside that.
This is because the original focusser did not accept 2 inch eyepeices at the time of manufacture.
Now.............this thing does not sit square to the focussser's tube as I have found out today.............something fishy is going on here
A change in focusser to a new GSO or something like that should sort out the problem?
Rob