[Graeme Bluestar (Graeme)]

Definitely check your focus if using a Gstar. I have just finished installing a 16" Lightbridge on a GEM mount to use for video timing of lunar occultations. With a Gstar fitted there is not quite enough inward travel with the Meade focuser. By discarding the Meade 2" to 1.25" adaptor I should overcome this problem. A friend is machining an adaptor without the shoulder/compression ring/ thumbscrew design of the Meade adaptor. I have found the 1.25" dimension of the Gstar nosepiece to be only approximate at best, so we can fix that aspect at the same time. Fitting a couple of recessed grub screws into this new adaptor will allow me to tighten it onto the Gstar nosepiece before installing in the Meade focuser.