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Yes I am.This is an interesting offering.Is it a kit? Because these are precision instruments.Looks like a starter newtonian reflector.Pretty good for an intro to astronomy.You can get some nice views of the moons and planets and also see some of the brighter galaxies and nebulae.MY first telescope was a newtonian
Carl
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It's a Partwork we are considering to make available 
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It is a good choice for a first telescope and the equatorial mount makes observing over longer periods much easier.
Carl
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I dont think I could trust myself to build such a precision instrument. I think I'd feel safer putting the subscription cost towards a good retail one.
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If it had a computerised star tracker and a DSLR mount, I'd consider :) Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
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The telescope can be controlled using a free App via a SmartPhone or Tablet
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How many issues and how much per issue Tom?
I may be interested, as I've always wanted a good telescope to share with my son, (we are both interested in space/star gazing though only with binoculars at the moment) and a reflector is better than a refractor, though I would be concerned about how well the mirrors would be packaged as they are very precisely manufactured. One scratch or tiny blemish would render them useless?
When would it likely be available for subscription if DeAg went with it?
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Its 70 issues and will only be available as a 12 month Sub or full kit (poss both). Undecided to run with it as yet and therefore no cost avail as yet, will be 2017 if we do, watch this ModelSpace Obviously any kind of mirror has to be well packaged.
No one can say we dont offer diverse product and finally puts to bed the idea that the forum is biased to a particular genre, its simply a matter of what comes along that captures interest.
Would never have thought you being into star gazing kev
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Thanks for that Tom, much appreciated. Might be too expensive for me if it is only to be 12 month or full kit, but it would be nice for others if DeAg did go with it.
Yes, I've always liked space and astronomy since I was a kid and my youngest has a keen interest in it too. I don't like space/science fiction that much though. Once made my own simple instrument for observing sun spots many years ago. Made from a piece of glass plate which was heavily sooted on one side from a burning candle to block out most of the light then the sun was focused through it with a lens onto a sheet of white paper to show the spots? Worked quite well.
Was thinking of entering my 1:48 'Lunar Landing' kit (here at post #3 - http://forum.model-space...spx?g=posts&t=20428 ) for next years comp though not sure yet, may be something else.
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Wow that looks a beautiful piece of equipment and so modern. It looks like being a very complete and well thought out device looking at the web page you have listed. After leaving school I worked in a camara shop for a period of time and one of the lines they sold were telescopes - Tasco I seem to recall was one of the brands and even in those days these scientific instruments were expensive so to have the option of a partwork would be very nice. Happy Modelling
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It has a computerized mount? Cool.The mirror will be on a backing plate I am sure so will be pretty safe to transport through the mail.It looks like it comes with a range of eyepieces too.With a mirror this size you will get some nice images of Jupiter and Saturn.You should easily be able to see Jupiters red spot and its 4 larger moons and Saturns Rings should be visible (especially since Saturn is tilted towards earth at the moment.
The only difficulty with newtonians is collimation-aligning the primary and secondary mirrors.There are tools to assist with this and it is something you should learn anyway because if you carry the scope around a lot you may need to recollimate it. As far as attaching a DSLR that may cause some balance issues since the eyepiece is near the front of the scope.However you can buy dedicated astrophotography cameras quite cheaply these days that are very small and light and fit directly into the eyepiece that will allow you to take images of the planets.
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That looks a nice piece of kit so may be interested in this  Al
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It's a great hobby to get into. I have a Skywatcher 130 with computer guidance. OK - true addicts say it's cheating as I just tell it to point at Saturn, the Orion nebula - whatever - and off it goes. Look in the eyepiece and voila. The dodgy pics below were taken by simply pointing a 'phone down the eyepiece... Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Not bad pics of objects millions of miles away taken on a phone camera, I have trouble taking them from a few feet away with mine  Al
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here are a couple of moon pictures taken through a refractor with a DSLR camera of the last lunar eclipse Carl darbyvet attached the following image(s):
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In that case you better hope that someone does not beat you to a similar announcent for 2017
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Im defiinitely in. Just the excuse ive needed to get into the star gazing hobby Built- Shelby Mustang, Lamborghini Huracan
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Tomick wrote:In that case you better hope that someone does not beat you to a similar announcent for 2017
The rules don't prohibit two identical builds and the one I have is not that easy a kit to find Tom, so unlikely to be two of the same, and similar would be an interesting challenge?  
Kev
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Actually, a decent large scale (1/16 or even bigger?) model of the Lunar Module - with interior - would make a fascinating part work...
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