Help with mount

Well given that the problem is too much play in the mount, it sounds like an easy fix tbh

olympusstar wrote: Hi Carl ,
Thanks I really appreciate that. Would you mind if I dropped in on Friday morning and would you mind if I stayed and watch so I would know how to do it myself next time ?
Thanks so much,
Gary

Hi Gary,

It's no problem at all.

Dave are you messing regarding having to send the scopes back to Mexico. Could you imagine the shipping cost ).

olympusstar wrote: Hi Carl ,
Thanks I really appreciate that. Would you mind if I dropped in on Friday morning and would you mind if I stayed and watch so I would know how to do it myself next time ?
Thanks so much,
Gary

Hi Gary,

It's no problem at all.

Dave are you messing regarding having to send the scopes back to Mexico. Could you imagine the shipping cost ).

Hi Lads,

Happy New Year to every one! Lots of luck, all the best and lots great sightings and meteor showers and stuff for 2016!!

Am new to the whole Astronomy so please be very patience with me but thought I clink myself into this old post here as I have a similar issue with mine!

Got a Bresser Skylux EL 70/700 (lidl) Telescope from my kids for Christmas and am really enjoying it so far - had a few very good looks at the moon to start me off!

I know it is also not the most expensive / good one but read lots of comment, that it is a good one to start off with!

My problem is with DEC axis mount fixation - hope using the right terms here! When trying to fine adjust or if you touch to hard with your face onto the eye piece, the telescope keeps on moving / not staying fixed on the spot.

Does not matter how tight I make it, it very easily moves up and down and of course - you know what they say: after very tight comes very loose - I managed to damaged the thread of the DEC fixation screw last night .

Any worth into looking to get it fixed or better contact support & hope for an exchange fro the same or should i may even consider trying to get slightly better model/version?

Your help and reconsiderations would be much appreciated!
Thanks am ill in advance
Best regards
Andre

Hi Andre,

I had an earlier edition - by about 10 years - of the Skylux, and it also had a slight problem on the EQ2 mount whereby one of the axes had a little bit of play, even with the fixing screw fastened securely. Over time, I decided to disassemble it myself and clean it, finding out that I had to re-adjust something in the housing for the fixing screw to grab properly. That then kept the mount in a solid, locked position.

I still have the mount today and use it from time to time (I even added and EQ2 declination motor to it for tracking), but I can't remember the exact component I 'fixed'. If I am remembering it correctly, there's a chunky plastic collar inside the housing that just needs to have the orientation turned a little before putting the pieces back together.

I know there were a few other visitors to this site over the years that had similar problems on certain years the Skylux was available.

Leaving the mount problem aside, the Skylux is a great little scope, a fantastic entry level refractor with quite an easy-to-use equatorial mount. On a really clear night (and depending on how close Earth is to the planet in question) you should see 2 cloud belts on Jupiter, the phases of Venus, the Rings of Saturn as a single band around the disk, and excellent views of the Moon. The only sound piece of advice I can give is ditch the poor quality eyepieces that came with it, and pick up 2 Celestron Plossl eyepieces (which you'll get very cheaply, get a 26mm and 12mm) that will serve you just fine.

Clear Skies!

Seanie.

Hi Seanie,

thanks so much for your reply / and tips. Once I get the broken thread fixation screw fixed - contacted Lidl customer servcies already and hope it wont be taking too long!! - I will check that out! But unfortunately it is not the thread of the screw - which would be easily replaced - that broke!!

I was actuality looking at getting one additional Celestron eye piece already I had seen been recommended somewhere, where I also read that the 4 mm one included is no good! Think the 20mm one seems to be ok but that might be just my novice option .

A Celestron 1.25" 8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece!? Do you know them / do you or anyone else have any experience with them?

Clear Skies!
Andre