SingAstro

Much as I would like to, I think I'd better hold out for a CG-5 instead.

Hi there! Welcome to the club. FAQs for the transit has been summarised here http://www.singastro.org/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=10899 . For safety, you can use a welders glass or solar film. At the present moment guess the best source would be Astro Scientific centre although I'm not sure if t...

Nice! Alot of black pixels in M101 though but still nice.

Is anyone bringing such systems in? I would like to get something like this to go cruise the Universe.

Wow now i want to get both of these one.day, imagine an eye piece like this on a 14 to 20 inch dob. What is the biggest aperture you guys have experienced so far? does singapore has any big telescope for public viewing? The biggest I know of is the 16 incher at the Science Centre Obaervatory. Open ...

Dammit. Makes me wanna grab one 14" for visual and permenantly set my 6" SCT on a GE mount for AP duties...

Oh wait, weight's gonna kill me....

Envy man. Look forward to your transit shots too.

About time. Such a hassle and waste of resources.

No luck.... Hope they can come up with a 2nd run....

ggodetucsamoht wrote:I was poison 15 years back, got myself a miserable 50mm tube a it brought me to some spots on sky back then, now with this fatter version I hope it won't fail my years of no-see-on-sky.

Deja vu brother! I started off with a cheapo 50mm tube almost 20 years ago too.