NKT
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Well, I was showing my wife the plan for the new telescope and decided to show her the set up that I REALLY wanted. She asked what the big difference was since it looked the same as the original scope. To my surprise, she said "If you can find a deal on it, get it"...
    
Needless to say I was able to find that deal so here's what I've got coming the first week of November:
Celestron CGEM 800 SCT
AC/DC power supply
Celestron f6.3 focal reducer
Canon Eos t ring
T adapter
RS232 cable
The next part of the setup will be a little later unless I can find a decent deal. That will be a 80mm refractor and side-by-side mount.
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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DaemonGPF
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Congrats! Post pics when it arrives.
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-Josh
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Doubleglaze
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Nifty! I'm mesmerized by your conga line of dancing critters there ). Cheers to both of you, nice to take the plunge and also have support on the home front.
Mark
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Vixen VMC260L / Sphinx SXD
Pentax 75 SDHF
Canon 40D / 50mm f1.4 / 100mm f2.8 macro / 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 / 200mm f2.8L
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NKT
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Thank you!
I'm a bit miffed right now though... Got an email from the place and according to them it's on back order  Guess this gives me more time to read the user's guide and gather some of the other item's I need.
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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NKT
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WOOOHOOO!!! Scope is in transit from California! 
Scheduled delivery for Nov. 3rd.
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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Javier1978
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Well thatīs an understanding wife!!
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6" f5 Sky Watcher Reflector
Eq3 mount (Dual Axis)
Unmodded Canon 300 D
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NKT
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Well lookie what I found on my door step
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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Edited by NKT (11/03/09 05:23 PM)
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NKT
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And it transforms into this 
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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therocksal
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Very pretty combo!
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Skywatcher 10" Truss Dob
Astro Tech 6" Mak-Cass (on order)
Orion 80ED
Atlas EQ-G
Canon XSi
KWIQ guider
Celestron 15x70s
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NKT
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Oh, she's pretty alright!
I had a chance to get it outside in time to start cooling off. Took some time to go over the different setting and functions of the mount. Boy do I have a lot to learn! I also set up Stellarium to talk to it which is really cool.
Anyways, got it set up and did a very rough alignment. Since I wasn't going to be outside for a long period I set it up on my deck which has a very small view of the sky. I clicked on the moon in Stellarium and told it to slew to it. After it finished moving the moon was almost perfectly centered! What a great view even though it was so blinding!!!
I'm more than satisfied with what I've seen so far with the scope and mount. Hopefully the weather will hold up this weekend and I can try to get some shots of the moon. I'll have to wait till next week before the moon stops washing out the sky.
Now if I can sneak a small refractor on there before the wife notices... 
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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NKT
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FYI, just got off the phone with telescopes.com. They're now selling the CGEM800 for $1,799. I had purchased it when it was $2099 + 10% coupon bringing the price to $1,889. They ended up crediting me for the difference.
But if you place a new order for one and use the 10% coupon it would be even cheaper!
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CGEM800
Orion 80ED
Canon XSi/Meade DSI II
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Edited by NKT (11/04/09 01:28 PM)
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