My long awaited galileoscope upgrade! TAKE 2

[mandaragit]

Hi guys, just wanted to share with you my Christmas present from Santa

Just a warning though, these photos were taken with a crappy camera by a lousy photographer in a messy in-law's house i hope for my sake that my wife doesn't read this...

@orly: I owe you a couple of pictures of my Polaris mount, I promise as soon as I go back in the provinces I'll post some

The nice big box made a nice big hole in my wallet


ooops this one's from the stork, not Santa


gotta love the double packaging, specially if you're ordering halfway 'round the world

[mandaragit]

continued...

nice sturdy case...


my little angel, err... witch, helping inspect the goods...


this is actually what we came for in Manila, a witch costume for the coming halloween

[mandaragit]

excellent finish, i really fell in love with the color of this scope


I actually considered getting the pink one




the focuser is top-notch, at least based on my very limited experience actually no experience at all

[mandaragit]

and to top if off, I finally got these 2 from my sister in Singapore, courtesy of the nice Mr. Joo Beng
thanks Joo Beng hope to buy some more stuff from you in the future!




that's all for now! thanks for looking and hopefully I can report on my first light

[kaomoo]

Congrats bro! Looks good! Man, that's one BIG box with tons of cushioning!

[mandaragit]

thanks kaomoo, i got this scope specifically for my upcoming trip this December on a dark sky in the southern part of the Philippines. I will be there for 5 days so hopefully I can get at least one cloudless night...

I'm still waiting for some accessories as well, a 2" diagonal and 2 eyepieces, one of them is an ES 82 N2 8.8mm, I've heard good reports about this line in cloudynights, apart from it being on sale so if I like it I may buy some more and maybe give my impressions...

[Clifford60]

Congratulation on your new toy.

[acc]

Wow looks good; the scope does look well-built. Thanks for sharing :-)

[kaomoo]

Wow looks good; the scope does look well-built. Thanks for sharing :-)

yeah
i am starting to think that i should have gotten this one instead for my guidescope :p

[acc]

Ya kaomoo I think many ST80 or similar widefield refractor owners upgrade their scope eventually, many sooner than later...