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Status Updates posted by Naemeth
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Sad to hear that the TV Panoptics are being phased out.
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How am I spending one of my precious days off? In bed. Great, thanks body - worst time to get ill!
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Hmm, clear skies so may drag myself out, question is: Is my 24mm Pan overkill for the little ST80? :D
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Just discovered that my favourite game of all time (1997 Windows based game, Total Annihilation) is actually available for Mac, and is compatible with my laptop! I finally have something to do on cloudy nights :D.
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Think I've decided - I'll soon be selling my Heritage and saving for a 130PDS as the replacement - nice dual speed focuser and should do well on the AZ4.
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If I were to get a 5" refractor, it would either be too long in FL to be truly widefield (wanting an ~F/5 with more aperture than my ST80, less than my 10" dob) or would have more CA than I'd care for at F5, and if it was apochromatic the cost would be prohibitive. AFAIK, a 5" refractor is always going to be more than a 5" reflector (hence the choice to go for the latter) :).
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It's probably a good thing there aren't any astro shops in Leeds City Centre. Otherwise I could easily see myself somehow justifying yet more expense.
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3 weeks of holiday requested at work, deposit for Les Granges is paid. It's all go :D.
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Wow, M42 through an O-III Filter is amazing!
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All this overtime I've been doing this month may mean that by the time I come back from my astro holiday in March, I'll be able to afford: HEQ-5 2nd hand, Skymax 180 Pro and a FF/FR for my ED80 :D. That would end the spending gap with some serious style :D.
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Time to do some wrapping. Needed to wait until everyone fell asleep so they don't see what I've got them. Well, that's my excuse for browsing here and FLO for well over an hour :D.
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Bike is now operating like a dream. Lovely :D.
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Tidying the room to make it look less of a tip. At the moment it's a pile of mess and scopes ;). I should add that none of the scopes are in piles or anything, they are all perfeclty safe :D.
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Grr.. Astrotrac on ABS for a price I can afford. So tempted, still saving for the holiday though.. :(
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Yeah, would have been £1486 (not including bag and postal charges) to convert to http://www.firstlightoptics.com/astrotrac/astrotrac-travel-system.html, which would be £1 cheaper brand new!
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Contemplating what to buy after my astro holiday. I know it will be something big, but what to get? Perhaps an Astrotrac, a CGEM-DX mount (and then a C14), or perhaps the 8,10,17.3mm Delos, the 31mm Nagler and the Paracorr. I guess I've a long time to decide, but they are all clearly very different.
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New Avatar just for fun. Guess the scope :D.
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Great stuff, observing session with the Leeds Astronomical Society is on, I've got the day off work and am not in until tomorrow evening, and skies are looking clear until midnight / 1 am, bring on the fun with my 66mm refractor :D.
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Hmm.. debating whether or not to dismantle my lovely constellation jigsaw that is currently residing on my desk. Can't find a frame to fit it, and it takes a lot of room... but it's glow in the dark!
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Two more astro things to get and then the spending is off for a while. It's going to be tricky, but I need to save for this holiday!
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Getting ready to go out observing. I know I only just got my ST80 and haven't done a first light, but it has to be the dob :D.
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I know exactly what you mean, with the Heritage on ground or table no issue, but it is one of my most wanted additions right now for the 10 inch. I can observe for long with the 10 inch, but every few minutes having to stretch and stand back from the eyepiece for a few seconds when observing for a while.