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2 hours ago, dweller25 said:
@A McEwan - I have this that I can let you have to make your Takahashi experience complete again...
Price is £2500 😁
I'll....think about it. Generous offer!
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6 hours ago, william123 said:
Just buy another one from your Takahashi dealer.
YAY! Great idea! Now... go for another Df or hold out for the new DZ.....?!? Decisions....
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29 minutes ago, Mr niall said:
That's terrible news. If it doesn't work out I'll give you a tenner for the scope - provided you pay postage of course (although I'm not sure what I'd do with it without that metal plug, maybe use it as a guidescope or take the lens out and use it to store bits and bobs; or maybe turn it into a decorative planter) 🤔
I know that won't ease the pain but hopefully it'll help to know you've got a course of action with a positive outcome if you don't find the holder plug.
If you took out the optics and the baffles, you could use it as a protective shell for your Skywatcher 60mm! Upcycling is good!
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5 hours ago, dweller25 said:
If you can retrace your steps from where you last saw it to when you used it after that you may get lucky.
Is it the metal end cap with the Takahashi logo ?
Yup, that's the thingy. Nicest little disc of branded aluminium I ever owned!
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42 minutes ago, Geoff Barnes said:
Have you checked the vacuum cleaner bag? Small things often end up in there!
Good idea!
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59 minutes ago, DarkAntimatter said:
Well, if it turns out it's worthless I'd be willing to take it off your hands for you. 😉
Hope you find it soon. Possibly in a jacket pocket?
Thanks for the offer. I'll give it a little longer before abandoning it though. Keep an eye out for a PM though.... !
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11 hours ago, dweller25 said:
I’m sure it will turn up 👍
Have you checked outside ??
Yes, but I actually last remember seeing it inside, so.... I hope it does turn up. Otherwise my telescope will be utterly worthless.....
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2 hours ago, Roy Challen said:
In the dog?
Well, not directly, but it doesn't seem to have come out of her....yet....
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Tragedy has struck.
My Takahashi FC100Df. My probably ultimate dream-scope, only in my possession a couple of years. Molly-coddled and cared for when not in use, but used as often as possible.
It's almost too sad to recount.
Sigh....
I've lost my official Takahashi 1.25" drawtube/eyepiece-holder plug.
Whatever can I do? I've looked in all my cases, all my bags, in the dog's bed, in my cupboards and hidey-holes. No sign.
Replacable?
Ant
PS I presume they only come in one colour so no complications a-la finder brackets?
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3 hours ago, Philip R said:
Hi @A McEwan I am happy with my Lunt too!...
...and I still have the Giro mount I brought from you several years ago.
Great! Funny - I was wondering about that mount the other day!
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13 hours ago, Rusted said:
I have the Lacerta 2" and like the optical performance and relatively modest heat sink temperatures.
I can get mine unpleasantly warm after hours of tracking the high summer sun with my 7".
Lacerta fixed 2" ND3 in the base. Having a single polarizer in the rotating eyepiece base is a practical comfort touch.
I added a [2"] UV/IR blocker as extra insurance due to my 7" [180mm] aperture refractor.
You shouldn't need one with a smaller instrument and 1.25" wedge.I'm still moving a 1.25" Baader SC from eyepiece to eyepiece and to camera and to binoviewer and back again.
Endlessly, so it must be really worth having to put up with all the hassle.
A 2" SC would make much better sense for me but it is rather pricey.
The 1.25" SC is well worth having for the smaller prism if it is still within your budget.One other thing worth consideration in your solar prism choice is the viewing angle of the eyepiece around lunch time in high summer.
The Lacerta uses the 67° Brewster Angle and can make for some odd viewing angles when the sun is high.
While in the other three seasons the 67° actually makes much better, comfort sense than the normal 90° IMO.
This viewing angle factor will also depend on the size and mounted height of the instrument.
And also on whether you want to use a binoviewer. In this case you may need to raise the instrument in high summer for greater comfort.Now what was the question again?
Great, thanks. 1.25" only as already have a 2". No binoviewer, but thanks for comments!
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9 hours ago, Stu said:
The Pelicase 1510 and 1525 fit the FC100DC with focuser and dewshield removed but not sure about the DZ.
This is the soft case I use. As said it is quite suitable for most uses but obviously not up to hard case levels of protection.
https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/geoptik-padded-case-for-100mm-refractors-f750.html
That's the very same case I use.
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Hi,
Is there a thread or a page where the commonly availavle 1.25" Herschel Wedges are reviewed and compared? Am thinking I would like one for my 1.25" only scopes (I already have the older model Baader 2" one). Thanks.
Ant
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I do love these grab'n'go setups....
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Congratulations! I use a soft case for my FC100Df from Telescope Express, but I too would one day like to have a hard case for it.
Ant
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Total cloud cover here unfortunately!
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Turn Left At Orion is good because it shows easy ways to find objects, and has illistrations of those objects that realistically depict how they will look through a small telescope. THere is no hyperbole, just good, accurate descriptions and sketches. It's a great beginners book, and helps get you into the habits of finding your way around the sky, with no artifically high expectations.
Ant
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19 minutes ago, DirkSteele said:
WHAT!? A confession like that results in an immediate expulsion from Takahashi Owners Club. 😉
Or just confiscation of equipment for a while?
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2 hours ago, andrew s said:
I like the new blue Tak colour. I think all you Tak-a-holics need to sell your passe green Taks and get the new blue ones...
...hence depressing the secondhand market and allow a whole new generation of Takites to develop.
Regards Andrew
LOL that's so funny!!!
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I really like that! Might be a project for me some time. Very nice!
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11 minutes ago, Ben the Ignorant said:
That 77m Swift has an impressively clean objective for a 1968 telescope, it's very well preserved.
You people seem to be after vintage japanese achromats and an italian astro blogger has a few for sale, so take a look at that:
Very nice!
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1 hour ago, Stargazer33 said:
In that case, can you put a heater tape around the collar of the focuser and turn it up to '11' 😁 to warm and hopefully expand that in order to unscrew it? A pair of those bright orange rubber freezer gloves might help with the grip too.
Yes, I have a dew band I can do that with. Meant to give it more time today but have had other things to do, so hopefully one evening this week.
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Nice setup, Jeremy! And yes, we have to be prepared for the odd little jibe or poke!
I certainly use my Tak too. It's my main observing telescope - my all-rounder. It gets taken out to fields, the garden, the Inverness observatory, and on trips too, sometimes, so it is definitely not a white elephant!
Ant
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Congratulations on your new Tak and bits'n'bobs! Clear skies ahead hopefully!