swamp thing

Ace scope matey. I hope to see it at future star parties  

Nice one Gerry 

Look forward to seeing some pics of the beast.......  

39 minutes ago, PeterW said:

I would if I were you, collect numbers to help people work out the best places.

 

PEterW

TBH Peter you really don't need a meter reading to tell you that the isle of Skye is dark..............very dark 

1 hour ago, estwing said:

Last time I observed with the Frac pack this happened...

 

Reckon he needs to ease off on that dew heater a tad   

Congratulations John. 

It's a great achievement to bag the nag after so many tries.  

35 minutes ago, Hairy Gazer said:

I read a comment made on here the other day about the maximum magnification you can realistically use in UK skies (250x apparently). Therefore I was wondering what everyone else thinks this is, especially for you guys with 16" plus, apertures.

 

Regularly go way over 250x (20" Dob) 

.......Oh! and it rules doing so  

12 hours ago, planetman83 said:

The best aperture is the biggest aperture you can transport to a dark sky alone.

^^ Thiis 

23 hours ago, Beulah said:

How about a potential dob? Ingredients below... 

Hoping to convert my Skywatcher 400p to a full truss...the company I work for gave me some 1 inch thick wood (very old spruce with some mega tight grain...) shelving that had been used in a laboratory for >50 years and was about to go to landfill...some pieces were warped but the rest were stable.

Mirror and rocker boxes have been weight tested and are very strong.

Still a long way to go but I am really looking forward to getting this made. I want to be able to take a decent size dob out in the wilds and still fit in a small car, or even hand pulled in a trolley...hoping to save some of the timber for my guitar building! All wood will be painted matt black and over-coated with exterior varnish.

 

 

Where's ya build thread Sam?  

Indeed, very nicely done Jim  

33 minutes ago, jetstream said:

We need bigger scopes Niall! Our 15"s would look pretty skinny up against those big jobs the Mob has...

Maybe, but you have those Canadian skies Gerry 

You have the true wilderness that nowhere in the UK can complete with......... I envy you buddy  

And don't you just look the picture of happiness.......Ya misery 

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Badum tish  

Of course Steve, you do get some interesting results that way  

Glad someone got it  

Are we allowed to use the flash Stu?

My iPhone keeps under exposing 

Gits the lot of ya  

21 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

Did Steve's fall out with the others because nobody said they were all wearing black?

I know mate looks like a flaming funeral doesn't it  

Great thread, very interesting  

Nice pics Mike  

Nice to see you wheel it back out of the Disco safely. Get that ramp sorted proper and its happy dobbing ahead

Waiting Mike  

Looking good Mikey boy. Looking good  

Still waiting........

1 hour ago, faulksy said:

wont be long

Waiting............. 

Good stuff Mike

Lets have some pics then.........

Just knew it would be your fault.............Yeah right!! 

At least it's sorted mate. 

33 minutes ago, mapstar said:

Hmmmmm it's not looking too good for Elan mate. At least you'll have a great Strehl ratio with no central obstruction! Not much good for observing though 

We could be sharing my secondary at this rate.  

Pity you did't use Webster clamps on your scope Mike or we could just take it in turns to use my UTA  

Was going to say, this is fast becoming a joke.............but there's nothing fast about it