+Ibbo Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) picked up a C11 yesterday along with anEQ6. The scope was quickly put on the njp mount and at about 1-30 it cleared I had the imaging kit to hand managed these not too bad considering the seeing and I was about 2 metres from the screen while focusing L RGB colour it clouded over for a bit then cleared and i grabbed the bino views and had a look :o at Jupiter, the moon (even more shocked) and Mars Views of Jupiter were a bit turbulent but had good moments and some good detail was visible. To say the moon was bright is a bit of any understatement and I did spend about 30 mins slewing over the surface. Mars was up next and I was very impressed at the detail and if I waited for those moments of good seeing very impressed. Surface features and the polar cap very evident. I am disgusted with myself as the 6 has been untouched but bearings for the worms will be ordered later a strip down ,clean and re grease will be done when they arrive Edited February 19, 2014 by Ibbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Happy first light Steve Great things to come from you and this new scope I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Nice one Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Looks very promising Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Looking like some great images to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Congratulations. Nice first images. When i first looked through the C11 at the moon i was blown away; i was using an 8mm EP and the surface detail i could see was amazing; i just wanted even mote magnification but didn't have a shorter fl EP. I'm glad you ae not disapointed. Looking forwards to seeing lots more images and reports Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+Ibbo Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 thanks folks When i first looked through the C11 at the moon i was blown away; i was using an 8mm EP and the surface detail i could see was amazing; i just wanted even mote magnification but didn't have a shorter fl EP.I'm glad you ae not disapointed. Looking forwards to seeing lots more images and reports Jd I don't know about reports I was using cheap 19mm e/p in the bino viewers and the views were great, if you have not tried bino viewers I recommend them my problem is I only have one pair of eyepieces I need to borrow an e/p or 2 to match some of mine to give test which suit me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I've never looked through binoviewers. I'd be interested to at some stage. I hadn't thought about the technical difficulties or working out what pairs of eye pieces would be good to buy for this purpose, i suspect there are lots of considerations like the eye relief, actual fov (pointless being too wide i'd have thought)... Can you alter the focus on each eye piece as you can with binoculars as my eyes are different. Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yes James you have it about right and yes you can alter the focus and inter pupil distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 nice member title Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 nice member title Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice work and nice new scope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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