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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bencw" data-source="post: 3336371" data-attributes="member: 118729">Thanks both Joachim and Ron, food for thought. The scope in the link from Joachim went for a lot more than I paid, accepted though it is a flourite one. My scope was about £200 complete with stay on cover, 20x and 30x EPs and a good tripod, so I can probably hope to nearly get my money back if I sell it.   My astro adapter came from Optolyth in Germany, but as you point out,  it's no good, as the 1.25" EP nose wont go into the scope, I guess the adapter is made for the latest Optolyth scopes, but it is definitely sold described as an astro adapter for Optolyth scopes. I will probably hang on to the scope a while unless I happen to spot a bargain, but will sell the 22-60x zoom. I am loath to mess with the opticron EP as it is a good quality EP, but I have a Celestron 20-60x EP that only cost me £29 so I might experiment by cutting back the nose on that, it should fit nice in the adapter then as long as I dont damage the moving element and ruin it. If it works and I find that is a bit of an improvement on the 22-60x EP then I might invest in higher quality EP, but if still poor it will likely be another scope later in the year. The Opticron  HR80ED looks a good option. Thanks again.Ben</blockquote>