Popular Post Speed Posted February 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2022 Hi not sure if this will work but ..... +DaveJW, +Glafnazur, +Derbyshire Dave and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Very nice Dave 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 How long does it take to cool down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 That's a nice bit of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Thanks cool down isnt that long approx 3/4 hour but good images about 20 mins has a cooling fan as well so that helps had if for years and love it ..from what I know these are getting rare now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Got off a good friend who doesn`t do much observing as he is getting a little old now He has a skywatcher 180 Mak pro that he is trying to sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 It looks a beast of a scope, despite its 178mm aperture. Superb. And it kind of dwarfs the EQ6 holding it up. I really wish i'd brought one 15 - 20 years ago when i had the chance (when i was younger, fitter and my eyes worked better) I was actually more interested in the Mak-Cass and came very close to buying one when i visited Widescreen in London when they were on Baker St. But Simon didn't really 'sell it' to me that day and i went down the 5" apo route a year or so later with a William Optics FLT132. Not too many regrets thinking about it. And i think i'm too old now to manage something like a Mak Newt. They are big heavy scopes. But if a used MC came up second hand i may yet be tempted. Collimation would be my biggest concern rather than cooldown. I've always had a fascination with Russia, its history and their telescopes and optical designs. Optically they are right up there with the best of them. And my 2 refractors both have a rich Russian optical heritage so i guess in some ways i already have a bit of a Russian scope. Theres always room for one more though 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Hi only collimated it a couple of times took it to Orion Optics a few years ago to get it serviced and they said the collimation was fine even then agree with the comments re the EQ6 mount but the weight loading says it`s fine a very basic mount but I only do visual maybe a newer EQ6 with go to at some point but the focuser is what I am looking at next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Streetbob Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Great scope. I think Micro is a bit of a misnomer though! More like Macho.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 😀 it`s all about the dew 😀shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 to be honest it`s about the came size as a 8 " reflector really think the photo makes it seem huge +Streetbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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