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[mercurial]

/just bought an orion 8" dob

Congrats

 

[dappled]

Congrats

 

[Crusader]

Congrats and welcome to the Dob club! Did you get it already or does it still need to be delivered? If it needs to be delivered you are in for a surprise...

 

[mercurial]

Lol, 30 minutes to assemble for a noob

 

[Crusader]

Nah, I was thinking more about the size. When my XT10 arrived the size of the boxes blew me away... And then I got to the scope!

 

[mercurial]

Tell me about it. I nearly died when I opened the box of my 12".

 

[dappled]

Congrats and welcome to the Dob club! Did you get it already or does it still need to be delivered? If it needs to be delivered you are in for a surprise...

Hehehe, i am, aware of the shipping weight, around 35kgs
Going to pick it up tomorrow or sat. Unfortunately i can't teleport it to my house

 

[Crusader]

The weight isn't the problem at all. You'll know what we are talking about once you get it.

 

[dappled]

The weight isn't the problem at all. You'll know what we are talking about once you get it.

:erm: and here i was thinking that the weight/dimensions would be the biggest issue.
Am i going to require a degree to set it up?

 

[mercurial]

:erm: and here i was thinking that the weight/dimensions would be the biggest issue.
Am i going to require a degree to set it up?

Nope. The mount is easy to set up. Just requires a little time. Just a few nuts and bolts that need to be mounted etc...

 

[Crusader]

Relatively easy to assemble so shouldn't be a problem there. Just remember photos don't do it justice at all!

 

[dappled]

dam you okes, what am i in for a surprise about??!

 

[Crusader]

You'll see. We don't want to ruin the surprise for you.

 

[dappled]

haha..... er.... why do i get the feeling it's a bad surprise...

 

[Crusader]

Nope. It's a good surprise. Trust me.

 

[AllBrain]

New toys are always fun. Hope you enjoy the build and the final result.

So been doing quite a bit of research around my next eyepiece or eyepiece kit and noticed these beauties are available locally for around R1600 a piece:

http://www.telescope.com/control/pr...pieces/~pcategory=eyepieces/~product_id=E0011

Read a few user reviews and some magazine articles and they seem to be good bang for the buck. Anyone used them before?

 

[Crusader]

They are basically the same as the Hyperions which are very nice eyepieces.

 

[AllBrain]

I should truly stop my window shopping. As soon as I decided on what eyepiece I want next I see something else and end up never buying anything.

The Williams Optics UWAN range seems to be the one that I however keep coming back to. That 4mm 1.25" looks so tempting.

Should I buy locally with inflated price or buy international to see if I can reduce the price? Stupid duties and VAT will screw me most likely.

 

[mercurial]

I should truly stop my window shopping. As soon as I decided on what eyepiece I want next I see something else and end up never buying anything.

The Williams Optics UWAN range seems to be the one that I however keep coming back to. That 4mm 1.25" looks so tempting.

Should I buy locally with inflated price or buy international to see if I can reduce the price? Stupid duties and VAT will screw me most likely.

I have the Willams Optics 4mm UWAN. It's awesome

 

[Kalvaer]

Best way to import is wait around until you have friends or family going oversea's and then get it dropped off were ever they are staying. Or if you have friends who stay there, get it sent to them and get them to ship it as a gift or something.

I got a lot of my stuff from B&H which I got my wife to pick up when she was in NY.

Worst thing I ever did was buy a 2" EP, Now I want to upgrade all of mine to 2"