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Ultra portable 250mm Dobsonian : Herein lies my journey into ATM - Amateur Telescope Making ~~~ I've been wanting to own a dob for a while and also wanted something airline portable. Well there aren't many options on the market so I went from toying with buying a Sumerian or Hubble Optics to saying...

Nice to hear back and good to know you've gotten some decent views! I suggest giving a few months to really tease out all the scope can give and understand where it stands before thinking about an upgrade. Also for planets at high magnification, apart from perfect collimation, good seeing (atmospher...

Since you seem to know what you're getting into i strongly reccomend to just bite the bullet and go with the 6SE or any other big scope with goto. Take the effort to collimate the scope carefully and saturn and jupiter would be really really amazing. Goto is really nice when observing planets at hig...

Hi and welcome. I think it's a fairly appropriate post since questions this specific don't get asked a lot on our local forum here. For me my advice for beginners is to either get a scope that does not require collimation (maksutovs or refractors), or get the largest scope you can afford and then ta...

Hi Chia, reserved for you. Drop me a message when you are free thanks.

Hi all. Selling some items from new skywatcher telescope. All unused, but no box. 1. 9x50mm Finderscope - $60 [RESERVED] 2. 30cm Green vixen style dovetail - $40 [RESERVED] 3. Tube rings for 10 inch scope (diameter about ~280mm) - $10 [RESERVED] Contact: 98-18-48-five-nine https://lh3.googleusercont...

Even with the star adventurer 400mm is quite a stretch... But if you're resourceful enough then never say never. I guess it depends on your expectations too. Good luck!

hhzhang wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:51 pm

Wow what a lovely scene!

Not an uncommon thing to do on trips to malaysia although that's only for a day or two. I think the main concern would be the electronics if it sits outside for too long.

Nicely processed. Great work as always! How many hours this time?