SingAstro

Hi Robert, It is a sin to live in the host country of THE world cup and not go and see it... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Think of the poor people here who have to pay for $$$ to see the games live on cable and at unearthly hours (when they should be obbing instead of sitting on the sofa!). Its like hav...

Actually is the World Cup 2006 started and the first games are done. We had no kind of conflicts with no kind of national and international fans. The weather is very very good (actually 28°) and so much sun makes our souls happy, each game is an event. Unfortunately I don´t have any WC card, but I s...

wucheeyiun wrote:really ahhh, no skysensor2000 for sale ahhh.

don´t worry, be happy..... there are a lot of very good other Drive Systems you can choose and belive me, they are not expensiver than the Skysensor 2000

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Robert

http://www.hoo-germany.de/pix/SyED100g_d_Seite.jpg The Skywatcher Pro ED 100 Telescope is a very good investiton for astrophotographies or for watching planets, even deep-sky. It doesn´t need a heavy mount to be mounted and the price is compared to other ED telescopes not realy high. Including in p...

wucheeyiun wrote:Yes, currently trying to decide to get Sphinx or skysensor2000,
hi forumers, any advice...?

To decide FOR a Sphinx is not a bad decission

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Robert

interesting...how much is it... The price for the drive unit is not higher than for the Skysensor 2000. If you have motors you need only to see if they are steppers and after this I need to know what kind steppers they are. If you need the motors and the Drive Unit we shall calculate the price, but...

Hi Robert, Thanks for your positive feedback. Yes, we have high light pollution here in Singapore. The sky is always having this dark reddish glow. The night I took this photo was considered a clear night. I am currently enjoying occassional planetary observations with the 80mm refractor and the 6&...

wow Alvin

nice image shoot. It impress me more the 2.nd image where it shows how much light polution you have and even that you can show the Big Dipper.

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Robert

Having assess my requirement for a long time and the need to do GOTO and DSO astrophotography, have decided to get a skysensor 2000. Anyone here got a used or a new one for sale... PM me please wu chee yiun Hi Wu Chee Yiun I have seen to check if I could get a Skysensor 2000. But unfortunately thes...

instead of a corrector plate, it uses a correcting meniscus lens ahead of the secondary mirror, which is hold by a 4-vane spider (curved in the case of vmc110 to reduce spikes) ...the light traspass the corrector twice where the inventor minds the image correction is ok. Here http://de.wikipedia.or...