Posts Made By: William Daley

Hi all,

I knew it would happen when I re-subscribed to Astronomy Magazine. I was a charter subscriber to the mag in about 1973 and let my subscription lapse after 20 years.

Now I am wanting to get back into the hobby, and narrowed my search to the CPC 1100. I really am only interested in visual use, no astrophotography for me.

I hope this part of the discussion doesn't violate forum rules (I looked!), but I notice on every website I see, the price of the scope is exactly the same. There are no scope stores where I live, so I plan to buy it online. My question is, can anyone suggest a dealer that is willing to negotiate on the web price? Sent an email to one dealer and got a ho-hum response.

Anyway, thanks and would appreciate any thoughts any of you may have. Never been on this forum before, but I see I have a message inbox so feel free to use that venue.

William

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a used Televue NP127 and a new Televue Gibraltar 5 mount. When installing the scope to the mount, the instructions say to mount the bottom ring plate under the mount cradle with four 1/4" button-head screws. The plate is threaded, so installation is easy. The problem is this. The the scope is mounted, the heads of the four button-head screws actually touch the scope tube, enough to cause concern for marring the finish on the scope, especially when sliding it back and forth for balancing. In talking with Televue, they only tell me it shouldn't be happening and to machine the screw heads to allow some clearance. On the internet, I find images of the same setup with the plate mounted above the cradle, which will work, with compromise in scope balance. Does anyone have this setup? Can you look and see how much clearance there is between the screw heads and the scope body?

Grasping at straws here. I did have the heads machined, but dangit that shouldn't be necessary!

Thanks,

William

Hi all,

I appreciate everyone's help and thoughts. I have a new CPC 1100 coming next week from Highpoint Scientific. They were most helpful.

I'm sure I will have a few questions very soon!

Thanks,

Bill