faulksy

I have put the latest final piece of the jigsaw in place...

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awsome,awsome set, do you realy feel you need to group them all so closely as the fov will overlap massively. lovely collection though

very nice scope the portaball, lovely design. look foward to your first light

That's nice Helen mine is white

I'm a little embarrassed to put my first scope up ...just a small 6"

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nothing wrong with your scope, you will have some great views with it and great memories.

Some people have an organ or the like in the corner of the room, Scrap 15 has a couple of fine Dobs, great conversation pieces, well done that man!

Alan

i like to keep my organs close to my chest alan

12" dob plus the 3.5mm Pentax XW (454x) primarily Derek.

god there great scopes arnt they john, cant wait for my new one

Is the cat officially out of the bag now Mike?

looks like, didnt mean to put that gerry

Sweet stuff, LaH. Won't be your last.

I thought I was happy with my humble 400p......

Roll on SW Stargate 500p!! (and maxed out credit card...  )

my moto is, if you die in debt you win how do you think im ordering my 20" 00 ultra grade mirrors. i win

thats amazing, both scope and image

This is my pride and joy. For a few nights a year, though. Very happy with the portability. It's only 9.5kg's and it's quite small so I can actually take it with me as hand luggage on a plane! (never tried that out)

Mirror is also the best my money can buy: a OOUK research grade I think it is. 0.988 strehl or thereabouts. So the mirror is hardly ever the limiting factor 

very nice. i dont think mirrors come much better than a orion optics uk. love mine to death

i love the 8mm as well and find my eps cover all bases, just need a pm now. i used to have most of the delos, full set of bgos and a 22mm and 31mm nagler, sold them all to buy what i have now and dont regret it at all

good luck damian

And it's only quiet on here because we like to look through ours rather than at it :-)

nice one damian, good luck. love reading this thread.

hi damian, after all the work you have done and time spent and got it so close, would it cost much for john to finish it off for you, overwise you could go to far and have to junk your blank. im realy not knocking you mate you realy have tried your best and most people woulld of given up by now. you should of become a doctor, you have loads of patience

mike

lovely

This probably will get disqualified as they aren't strictly MY binoculars :-)

you must have a lot of children

Finally ditching the shoebox! Got a number of astronomy camping trips lined up and knew that everything needed more protection and to be sealed from dust. Found this case with a gasket around the lid. Planning to use the middle for solar filters.

thats a great looking box

Late to the party but here's mine. Only about a month old - my first scope and I love it!

12" Explore Scientific Truss Dobsonian. Got it for its aperture : portability ratio and very pleased with it so far

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thats lovely mate. put your location (roughly) in your signature, people can help you then if need be and advise you on locations. welcome to sgl as well

Pic below. Essentially, I removed the base from the RDF and attached it with two macho nylon cable ties. It's tight/loose enough I can rotate it to refocus the RACI if I need to.

To align, I pointed the RACI at a brightish star, centred it, and then adjusted the RDF until it covered the star. In use, I swing the scope using a rough aim with the RDF, and then use the RACI.

Chris

thats brilliant, thank you

My mini (grab 'n go) frac set-up. One day I hope it will grow up and acquire some more inches round its waist.....

Chris

how did you fit the red dot finder to your optical finder, brilliant idea, any close up pics please

or handbags

very nice set up.love this thread

weres your 14"

yes but to be fair mike my and your "home" skies aint that bad!

very true calv, can see the milkyway on good nights and 20 mins up the road can see m31 naked eye