Skywatcher 14" Dob

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Originally Posted by Calibos

Hey Duncan, did you see the post by Kai over on Stargazerslounge.

One word

EQMOD !!

yeah i seen that fella, i have an 8.9" Aspire One i use in the field, it would have been nice to have not needed that, but i guess it makes no odds

[brightstar]

The new Skywatcher GOTO Dobs will be released as "Auto Tracking' Dobs only with a simple to use Hand Controller as was originally planned but by switching the Hand Controller with a HEQ5 Pro EQ6 Pro Hand Controller, you convert the scope into a fully GOTO Alt/Az Dob. These Hand Controllers are fully interchangeable.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Do you know that for a fact, or are you just guessing?
The original ads talked of an AZ goto handset.

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

i just checked with a UK supplier, i can buy a 12" and have it shipped over, and STILL save about $500 ....

hmmm ....

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Andrews now has prices on the collapsible dobs.

200mm...$1499
250mm...$1899
300mm...$2999

still pricey, but a bit more like it.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by toryglen-boy

Andrews now has prices on the collapsible dobs.

200mm...$1499
250mm...$1899
300mm...$2999

still pricey, but a bit more like it.

Well it seems pretty clear from the price points that the premium paid strongly varies between sizes and I bet its exactly the same hardware on each scope.

[mbaddah (Mo)]

Originally Posted by Starkler

Do you know that for a fact, or are you just guessing?
The original ads talked of an AZ goto handset.

This person over at CN seems to have managed to turn his autotracking flextube into a goto by interchanging the handset

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea.../o/o/fpart/all

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Point was brightstar was talking about using an existing handset from an EQ mount. I doubt very much its the same thing as the AZ handset.

[Mike21 (Michael)]

Off the topic slightly I know but is there a way of de-rotating progressive subs at the editing stage so that the subs may be stacked? I imagine at f-4.7 you could get very useable subs at about the 60sec mark.

[AlexN]

A guy in USA I speak to on another forum has a 12" goto dob from skywatcher... He's been taking a few planetary images with it and claims that provided you do a good 3 star alignment, the tracking is good enough to keep jupiter in the camera field of view with a 5x powermate for a good 30 minutes... Thats quite good... Sure, its not everones cup of tea, but im sure there is a market for it!