Just a few things I couldn’t otherwise live without:
I have three Tele Vue eyepieces, the best by far is the 12.0mm Radian. The view out of this baby is like looking out the window of the Enterprise. It gives me 76X magnification, just enough to really show details on the Moon, color on Saturn and even the Equatorial Bands of Jupiter. It’s a lot to spend on an eyepiece but worth it. I’ve had mine for years and it never lets me down.
My telescope sits on an Orion EQ Deluxe, which they no longer sell. The current equivilant model is the Orion SkyView Pro Equatorial Mount. This guy is rock solid. The movements are as smooth as can be. EQ mounts can get very expensive, this is a good pick up for the money – you won’t do any better at this price point.
I own a Newtonian Reflector so collimation is a task of which I have become intimately familiar. If you don’t know what collimation is, I’ll be covering that soon. In the meantime, here’s a guide. I’ll just say that I couldn’t do it without my trusty Orion Collimating Eyepiece. Don’t stare down the eye piece barrel of your Newt without one!
I have a Skyview Deluxe also. What size is your reflector. Im trying to get an idea how much weight this thing can take. I have my eye on an 8″ open truss design but it weighs in at 20 lbs!