Skywatcher ST80 Refractor

New telescope has arrived, I wanted short wide field refractor to suppliment my 130m. I opted for the Skywatcher ST80.
A brilliant little scope, I have mounted it on the same EQ2 mount as the Skywatcher 130m. Some great wide field views. I took a couple of images with the scope and am just getting used to using the scope. I find that my Toucam needs an extention tube to get back focus on the scope. For this I used two barlow lens cases with the lens unscrewed.

Listen to this space for more on the scope!

Saturn Night

Tonight's Image

After two weeks of cloud and gloom the sun came out and tonight was clear and looked GOOD!
The Moon was bright so I had a go at imaging Saturn again, tried to find the Eskimo Nebula but it was a bit close to the Moon, so no luck.

New Telescope

Took this pic of Saturn in January!

Well, i've took the plunge and ordered a new SkyWatcher ST80 Short Tube Refractor. I gave this a lot of thought and even tried to get one from E Bay. My SkyWatcher 130m is superb - I love it! At this time of year though I want to capture some images of objects that are just too big to fit on screen with the Toucam and 130m. My Focal Reducer does not work with the 130m so decided to add a ST80 to solve the problem.

Trouble is...supplier is out of stock, so I will have to wait a bit for it to arrive!

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